The Ocean County Grand Jury has indicted Sherry Lee Heffernan, 55, of Landenberg, Pa., on two counts of murder in the deaths of her father, John Enders, and his girlfriend, Francoise Pitoy, in Surf City on Sept. 29.
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer made the announcement Dec. 22.
The indictment stems from an Oct. 3 investigation after Surf City police officers discovered Enders’ and Pitoy’s bodies in Enders’ residence on North Seventh Street after being requested by a family member to conduct a welfare check. Enders was 87 and Pitoy was 75. She lived in Manchester.
The Ocean County medical examiner’s postmortem determined Enders died from multiple stab wounds with severance of the…
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