FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Court TV) — A Florida man is being held without bond after investigators say he pushed his girlfriend to take her own life.
Miguel Hernandez is facing a charge of manslaughter. (Broward County Jail)
Miguel Hernandez, 41, is charged with manslaughter in the death of his girlfriend, Mary McGonigle, 37, who died from a single gunshot wound to the head. While a medical examiner ruled McGonigle’s death a suicide, Hernandez has been charged under the manslaughter statute under the theory that he encouraged her to do it.
Deputies with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office were called to the home Hernandez shared with McGonigle on Jan. 24, 2026, for a reported shooting. When they arrived, they saw McGonigle lying on the ground with a “large pool of thick, clumpy blood” surrounding her head. Officers who responded to the scene described seeing Hernandez holding her body with blood on his hands, “clearly distraught, crying, sweating and physically shaking.”…