Photo: Hamilton County Justice Center
An Ohio woman charged with her father’s murder stabbed him to death in order to move in to his home, according to police.
Liscia Willis was arrested on Saturday after her father, James Lee Dunlap, 69, was found fatally stabbed in the basement of his Forest Park home on Friday, theCincinnati Enquirerreported.
James Dunlap.Greater Cincinnati Police Museum
Police say they believe Willis’ plan was to kill her father, a retired cop, then take over his mortgage, theEnquirerreported.
She was charged with aggravated murder, and is being held in the Hamilton County Justice Center on a $1 million bond, online records show.
Willis’ attorney Clyde Bennett II hit back at the allegations facing his client, telling theEnquirerthat Dunlap’s house did not have a mortgage and that she occasionally stayed at the home.
Bennett, who did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment, also said that the belongings she brought to the home were “personal items” and not furniture, and that Willis would not have a mental competency hearing.
“You have a woman who’s a pretty good woman for 49 years of her life,” he told CBS/CW affiliateWKRC. “And all of a sudden they claim she just woke up and took a knife and started stabbing her father. That’s asinine to me and doesn’t make sense.”
Dunlap, who was known as “Skip,” was a U.S. Army veteran and a longtime police officer in Cincinnati, according to anobituaryfrom the Greater Cincinnati Police Museum.
Willis’ case will go before a grand jury on Dec. 31, online records show.
A spokesperson for the Forest Park Police Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
source: people.com
