Enraged Ex-Boyfriend Broke into Woman's House and Stabbed Her 30 Times, Then Called Police and Confessed

Chance Donohoe, 27, was sentenced to life in prison with a possibility for parole after 31 years after murdering his ex-girlfriend, Shannon Hiott, 29

An Ohio man who who admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend in 2023 by stabbing her over 30 times was sentenced to life in prison.

On Thursday, Aug. 8, Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Kim Brown also ruled that 27-year-old Chance Donohoe would have the possibility of parole after at least 31 years served, according to the Columbus Dispatch, CBS affiliate station WBNS and ABC 6.

Donohoe, who pleaded guilty last month to aggravated murder and gross abuse of a corpse, per Franklin County prosecutors, admitted to murdering his ex-girlfriend Shannon Hiott, then 29, in August 2023.

Prosecutors said that on Aug. 29, 2023, Donohoe broke into Hiott's home in Columbus, attacking her and stabbing her because he thought she may have been seeing someone, the outlets reported. Soon after, Donohoe called police to tell them he had killed her and eventually admitted to breaking in and stabbing her.

According to the Dispatch, Assistant Franklin County Prosecutor Dan Lenert said in court that Donohoe had been hanging around outside of Hiott's home when he saw a car belonging to another man he knew parked outside.

Lenert also said that Donohoe had abused Hiott's body after the murder and screwed her front door shut to prevent the body from being found, the outlet reported.

Hiott and Donohoe had previously dated for about a year and a half before she ended the relationship, the 29-year-old's family told the Dispatch, and she eventually installed security cameras and had her locks changed.

Hiott's sister, Lana, told the outlet that she had also blocked Donohoe's phone number and social media accounts, and the family added that she even had friends take his belongings to him after their break up so that she could avoid seeing him.

Donohoe eventually turned himself in at a gas station in Liberty Township, Ohio, the outlets reported, just under 100 miles outside Columbus.

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Initially, Donohoe was charged with two counts of aggravated murder, two counts of murder, aggravated burglary and abuse of a corpse, but the other charges were eventually dropped, per WBNS.

During sentencing, Hiott's family gave victim impact statements, and spoke to the judge and the rest of the packed courthouse about what she must have felt like in the moments before her death.

"How scared she must have been. You are a foot taller and 100 pounds heavier," Hiott's mother, Jamie Hiott, said in court, per the Dispatch. "You had all that time to change your mind, but you're a monster."

A GoFundMe campaign started last year in the wake of Hiott's death described her as "a beloved friend, community member, music lover, co-worker and human being."

Judge Brown also directly addressed Donohoe as she sentenced the 27-year-old, telling him: "The crime that you committed is a heinous one. What you did to Shannon is unspeakable."

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