Virginia Beach woman sentenced to 17 years for killing 90-year-old father

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A Virginia Beach woman was sentenced Tuesday to 17 years in prison in connection with the shooting death of her 90-year-old father.

Jennifer Mulligan pleaded guilty in April to second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the death of Woodard McClure. Police say Mulligan shot and killed him in his bedroom on May 7, 2025.

Virginia Beach woman pleads guilty to second-degree murder for shooting death of father

Officers recovered a .380-caliber handgun and a spent casing during a search of the residence.

According to court documents, Mulligan retrieved the firearm from a box in her garage. She had expressed difficulty as her father’s sole caretaker due to dementia and sexual abuse of her siblings as children…

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