Authorities: Daughter charged with murder in deaths of father, girlfriend in Ocean County
The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office says a woman has been charged in the deaths of both her father and his girlfriend.
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Oct 5, 2021, 10:44 AM
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13h agoThe Ocean County Prosecutor’s
Office says a woman has been charged in the deaths of both her
father and his girlfriend.
Authorities say Sherry Lee
Heffernan, 55, of Landenberg, Pennsylvania, has been charged with two counts of
murder, among other charges.
The incident happened Sunday around
4 p.m.
Police responded to a
residence on North Seventh Street to conduct a welfare check upon
the residents.
Officers located
the bodies of John Enders, 87, of Surf City, and Francoise Pitoy, 75, of
Manchester. Both suffered multiple stab wounds.
The Ocean County Medical Examiner
determined the cause of Enders’ death to be multiple stab wounds with severance
of the right carotid artery and blunt force trauma. The manner of death was
ruled to be a homicide.
A post-mortem examination of Pitoy was
scheduled for today.
An investigation revealed the
victims were dating and that Enders was the primary
owner of the residence.
Heffernan was taken into
custody at the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing.
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