The Pennsylvania woman charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of her father and his longtime girlfriend will remain jailed pending trial on the charges she stabbed and shot the couple in their bayfront home in Surf City on or about Sept. 29.
Superior Court Judge Wendel E. Daniels, the presiding judge for the criminal division, Ocean County, ordered Sherry Lee Heffernan, 55, detained, County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer, announced Nov. 3.
Heffernan was charged Oct. 20 for unlawful possession of weapon, specifically a handgun, and possession of weapon for an unlawful purpose.
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