Ex-boyfriend of slain Jacksonville Naval Chief Petty Officer pleads guilty to her 2018 murder
The man accused of killing a Jacksonville mother and Navy Chief Petty Officer pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Wednesday.
Action News Jax first told you in 2018 when Danny Ray Beard was arrested in the murder of Andrea Washington.
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Washington was found shot to death in her Northside home on Sept. 17, 2018.
The State Attorney’s Office said Beard was Washington’s ex-boyfriend, “who had documented history of domestic violence, which resulted in an active temporary injunction for protection preventing contact.”
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Weeks before her death, Washington told investigators that Beard threatened to kill her.
Beard is set to be sentenced on July 7 by Judge Mark Borello. Beard will be sentenced to 30 years in Florida State Prison “per the terms of the negotiated agreement,” the State Attorney’s Office said.
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