JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (TCN) — A woman will spend three decades behind bars for fatally shooting her girlfriend and hiding the victim’s body under a tarp.
The Florida State Attorney’s Office for the Fourth Judicial Circuit announced July 31 that Shannon McCarthy pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, tampering with evidence, and written threats to kill or do bodily injury in connection with the death of Heather Sheppard. A judge subsequently sentenced McCarthy to 30 years in Florida State Prison.
According to prosecutors, on July 3, 2023, Sheppard’s daughter reported her mother missing. She reportedly last saw Sheppard at a home on Colonial Avenue where she stayed with her girlfriend, McCarthy. The daughter and another individual allegedly attempted to check on Sheppard, but the defendant refused to let them inside and said Sheppard had left…