GUILTY FL – Daniel Gillespie, Jr., 71, suspicious death, Clearwater, 15 NOV 2018 *daughter Shannon Gillespie arrested 2021*

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Daughter arrested for 2018 murder of father in Clearwater home | firstcoastnews.com
Daughter arrested for father's death after beating, stabbing him inside his Clearwater home, sheriff's office says
March 26, 2021
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The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office says Shannon Gillespie, 46, was the person who beat and stabbed her father inside his home back on Nov. 15, 2018.
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Shannon was arrested Friday morning at her home in St. Petersburg. She faces one count of first-degree murder and battery.

 

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https://ccmspa.pinellascounty.org/PublicAccess/default.aspx
STATE OF FLORIDA vs. GILLESPIE, SHANNON MARY LOUISE
Charges: 1. MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE
Case Type: FELONY
Date Filed: 03/26/2021

OTHER EVENTS AND HEARINGS
12/10/2021 PRE-TRIAL (8:30 AM) (Judicial Officer ST. JOHN, SUSAN)
BRING
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08/18/2021 MOTION Doc # 52
FOR SPEEDY TRIAL (COPY FORWARDED TO COURT BY DEFENDANT)
08/17/2021 COPY OF MOTION FORWARDED TO COURT Doc # 44
08/17/2021 COPY OF MOTION FORWARDED TO COURT Doc # 46
08/16/2021 MOTION TO REDUCE, MODIFY OR SET BOND Doc # 49
(COPY PROVIDED TO COURT BY DEFENDANT)
08/16/2021 WRITTEN DEMAND FOR SPEEDY TRIAL Doc # 50
(COPY PROVIDED TO COURT BY DEFENDANT)
08/12/2021 MOTION TO REDUCE, MODIFY OR SET BOND Doc # 47
(COPY OF MOTION FORWARDED TO COURT BY DEFENDANT)
08/12/2021 WRITTEN DEMAND FOR SPEEDY TRIAL Doc # 48
08/11/2021 MOTION TO REDUCE, MODIFY OR SET BOND Doc # 43
08/11/2021 WRITTEN DEMAND FOR SPEEDY TRIAL Doc # 45
08/05/2021 COPY OF MOTION FORWARDED TO COURT Doc # 38
08/05/2021 COPY OF MOTION FORWARDED TO COURT Doc # 40
08/03/2021 COPY OF MOTION FORWARDED TO COURT Doc # 34
08/03/2021 COPY OF MOTION FORWARDED TO COURT Doc # 36
08/02/2021 MOTION TO REDUCE, MODIFY OR SET BOND Doc # 41
SEEN BY JUDGE
08/02/2021 WRITTEN DEMAND FOR SPEEDY TRIAL Doc # 42
SEEN BY JUDGE
07/30/2021 COPY OF MOTION FORWARDED TO COURT Doc # 31
07/30/2021 MOTION TO REDUCE, MODIFY OR SET BOND Doc # 37
07/30/2021 WRITTEN DEMAND FOR SPEEDY TRIAL Doc # 39
07/28/2021 MOTION TO REDUCE, MODIFY OR SET BOND Doc # 33
07/28/2021 WRITTEN DEMAND FOR SPEEDY TRIAL Doc # 35
07/26/2021 MOTION TO REDUCE, MODIFY OR SET BOND Doc # 30
07/26/2021 WRITTEN DEMAND FOR SPEEDY TRIAL Doc # 32
07/22/2021 JUDGE'S NOTE Doc # 29
07/21/2021 WRITTEN DEMAND FOR SPEEDY TRIAL Doc # 27
07/21/2021 MOTION TO REDUCE, MODIFY OR SET BOND Doc # 28
COPY SENT TO COURT BY DEFENDANT
07/12/2021 NOTICE RETURNED SERVED Doc # 26
07/06/2021 PRE-TRIAL (8:30 AM) (Judicial Officer ST. JOHN, SUSAN)
06/28/2021 Reset by Court to 07/06/2021
Result: HEARING HELD
07/06/2021 ORDER GRANTING - IN COURT Doc # 23
D/MTN TO CONTINUE
07/06/2021 WAIVED RIGHT TO SPEEDY TRIAL Doc # 24

 

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02/27/2024 JURY TRIAL

https://ccmspa.pinellascounty.org/PublicAccess/default.aspx

STATE OF FLORIDA vs. GILLESPIE, SHANNON MARY LOUISE
Charges: 1. MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE
Case Type: FELONY
Date Filed: 03/26/2021

			OTHER EVENTS AND HEARINGS
02/27/2024			JURY TRIAL (8:30 AM) (Judicial Officer ST. JOHN, SUSAN)
10/25/2023			PRE-TRIAL (8:30 AM) (Judicial Officer ST. JOHN, SUSAN)
08/21/2023			NOTICE RETURNED SERVED Doc # 87
08/16/2023			PRE-TRIAL (8:30 AM) (Judicial Officer ST. JOHN, SUSAN)Result: HEARING HELD

 

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Shannon Gillespie was Found Guilty of 1st degree Capital murder of Daniel Gillespie Jr, 9/16/2025. Life without parole.

 

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Shannon Gillespie was Found Guilty of 1st degree Capital murder of Daniel Gillespie Jr, 9/16/2025. Life without parole.

Mysterious 2018 Clearwater murder case ends with victim’s daughter convicted

A jury found Shannon Gillespie guilty of beating and stabbing her 71-year-old father to death in 2018.

www.tampabay.com

A jury found Shannon Gillespie guilty of beating and stabbing her 71-year-old father to death in 2018.
Published Sept. 19
It was no secret that Shannon Gillespie wanted her father out of the house, relatives told investigators.

But connecting her to his brutal murder would take years.

Family members’ testimony pieced together a mystery that began when the family’s patriarch was found beaten and stabbed to death in his Clearwater home in 2018. More than two years later, Gillespie was arrested in connection with her father’s killing.

She was sentenced to life in prison late Tuesday after a Pinellas jury found her guilty of first-degree murder after 3½ hours of deliberation.
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