Amanda McGhee was fifteen and pregnant when along with her older boyfriend Andrew Mann murdered her father and stepmother. According to prosecutors Amanda McGhee and Andrew Mann planned the double murder for weeks. The teen killers would first shoot her father, who would lay dying for several hours before calling her stepmother home and fatally shooting her. Amanda McGhee would be sentenced to forty five years in prison and Andrew Mann would receive a life sentence
Amanda McGhee 2023 Information
| Supervision Status: | INCARCERATED | Assigned Location: | TENNESSEE PRISON FOR WOMEN |
| Combined Sentence(s) Length: | 45 YRS 0 MTHS 0 DAYS | Supervision/Custody Level: | MEDIUM |
| Sentence Begin Date: | 07/01/2007 | Sentence End Date: | 06/30/2049 |
Amanda McGhee Other News
A woman convicted of killing her father and stepmother in 2007 is now petitioning to have her prison sentence reduced.
Amanda Dawn McGhee, now 26, was only 15 years old when she plotted with her boyfriend, Andrew Bryan Mann, to kill Terrance and Alisa McGhee. The murders took place on June 29, 2007.
In a taped confession, McGhee told investigators that she and Mann plotted the murders over a number of weeks. McGhee told interrogators that the original plot had involved battery acid, but said she and Mann decided to use her father’s gun instead.
McGhee, in the taped interrogation, told police her father Terrance McGhee lay alive for hours in his bed making strange noises before he died. McGhee said she called her stepmother Alisa McGhee at work the day of the murders to tell her she loved her, and to ask when she’d be home.
McGhee was 15 years old and pregnant with Mann’s child. He was 21 at the time. McGhee gave birth while in Knox County Juvenile custody.
McGhee was sentenced in 2009 to 20 years for the death of her father, and 25 years for the death of her stepmother. She’s serving the two sentences consecutively, for a total of 45 years in prison.
She is petitioning for relief from conviction, and her case is set to be heard Nov. 9.
Amanda McGhee More News
The girl who plotted to kill her father and stepmother in 2007 at their Jolly Lane home pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of second degree murder.
Amanda Dawn McGhee was sentenced to 20 years for the death of her father, and 25 years for the death of her stepmother. She’ll serve the two sentences consecutively, for a total of 45 years in prison. However, she can get a 15 percent reduction in her sentence for good behavior.
McGhee conspired with her boyfriend, Andrew Bryan Mann to kill Terrance and Alisa McGhee. The murders took place on June 29, 2007.
In a taped confession, McGhee told investigators that she and Mann plotted the murders over a number of weeks. McGhee told interrogators that the original plot had involved battery acid, but said she and Mann decided to use her father’s gun instead.
McGhee, in the taped interrogation, told police her father Terrance McGhee lay alive for hours in his bed making strange noises before he died. McGhee said she called her stepmother Alisa McGhee at work the day of the murders to tell her she loved her, and to ask when she’d be home.
McGhee was 15 years old and pregnant with Mann’s child. He was 21 at the time. McGhee gave birth while in Knox County Juvenile custody.
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Amanda McGhee Now
Amanda McGhee is currently incarcerated at the Tennessee Prison For Women
Amanda McGhee Release Date
Amanda McGhee first chance at parole is in 2049
