Donatila O'Mahony- Plot to Steal Home Ends in Murder

 

Geeeeeeeez, this really reminds me of Pam Huff. Have you seen The Thing About Pam? It's on Peacock.

Donatila O'Mahony, on Long Island, was convicted of murder and forgery charges after she shot and killed Lee Pedersen inside his Aquebogue home in 2020.

O'Mahony forged Pedersen's will in an attempt to claim ownership of the home.

The judge said before the sentencing that he could not imagine a more "evil plot."

A 43-year-old Long Island woman convicted in the “cold-blooded” execution murder of a 69-year-old homeowner to forge his will and start living on the property will spend a quarter century to the remainder of her life in her new prison home.

“Prior to the murder, in 2019, O’Mahony asked a friend in New Jersey to purchase a Sig Sauer 9mm handgun, which she would later use to kill Pedersen. On the night of the murder, she borrowed that same friend’s car, which was captured on video surveillance in the area of Pedersen’s home,” prosecutors said in a press release describing the facts of the case. “That car was also captured on video surveillance returning to O’Mahony’s home several hours after the murder.”

“When O’Mahony later returned to her own home, she asked her friend from New Jersey to dispose of several items, including the Sig Sauer 9mm handgun he had purchased for her, ammunition, and clothes. O’Mahony’s friend destroyed the handgun and disposed of the clothes, but kept the plastic bag of ammunition in his home in New Jersey. The bag of ammunition was subsequently recovered by police and swabbed for DNA,” prosecutors said. “The Suffolk County Crime Laboratory then conducted a forensic analysis which revealed the presence of both O’Mahony’s and Pedersen’s DNA on the swabs.”.

The friend was 76-year-old George C. Woodworth, who testified for the prosecution and admitted to providing the murder weapon and to helping get rid of it, along with other evidence. Woodworth also admitted to letting O’Mahony use his car.

Woodworth’s sentencing is scheduled for April 10, having pleaded guilty plea to a criminal solicitation charge in the case.

Here's how utterly stupid O’Mahony’s is: her attempt to forge Pedersen’s will and get away with it was a failure, as the victim’s real will said nothing about the defendant being entitled to the man’s home upon his death. 

“This was a cold-blooded killing fueled by greed, treachery, and the complete disregard for Lee Pedersen’s life, all in order to steal the victim’s home,” DA Tierney said in a statement. “The only new home this defendant will be living in as a result of her actions, is prison.”

Jurors ultimately convicted Mahoney of the charges on Jan. 4, and O’Mahony was sentenced to serve 25 years to life in prison Thursday. Prosecutors said must also serve a consecutive sentence of 2 1/3 years to 7 years for forging the will and attempted grand larceny.