By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

PICKENS — A Liberty woman has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison after fatally shooting her boyfriend three years ago.

In a release issued Dec. 9, 13th Circuit Solicitor Cindy Crick said Nicole Michelle Heape, 31, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter on Nov. 8, 2025.

Heape was initially charged with murder and possession of a weapon

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