Overview

• Amanda Kempton pleaded not guilty to a class D felony for leaving the scene of a fatal hit-and-run and posted $100,000 bail.
• Prosecutors are assembling evidence for her June 30 arraignment after her lawyer told investigators she believed she hit a traffic cone.
• Sara Burack, 40, was found unconscious on Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays in the early hours of June 19 and later died at Stony Brook University Hospital.
• Friends say Burack sold her car and condominium last year and chose to sleep in bank foyers and public libraries during a period of voluntary homelessness.
• Loved ones describe her growing paranoia, reliance on Adderall to work long hours and frustration from a 2022 $200,000 real estate commission dispute.