Former lover advocates guilty by a brutal hammer attack that killed McMurray almost

With big photos showing her bloody and beaten face displayed in the courtroom, Jennifer Pardini spoke about her recovery from the brutal hammer attack by her ex-boyfriend who killed her almost two years ago.

“I am strong. I’m brave. And I will persevere, “said Pardini. “This has changed my life forever. But I have the rest of my life in front of me. “

She told how William McCann Obschelp came to Home Peters Township, on July 8, 2023, who wore a knife and lured her in the garage, where she found a hammer and her bludgeon before leaving her for death. Her father, Ron, found her on the floor of the garage surrounded in her own blood, and her mother, Greta, called 911 to receive medical care that saves her life.

The attack fractured Pardini’s skull, hurt his brain and left it with a double vision and numerous traumatic wounds that he continues to recover and rehabilitate. But she took the position during Oberschelp’s pleading on Thursday, to thank her responsible for her medical care and to describe miraculous recovery, when some did not expect to ever go or talk again.

“And yet, here I talk to everyone today,” he told the supporters who gathered at the court in Washington.

Then he pointed to a tattoo on the arm that he received after spending months recovering in the hospital that reads “and I still get up”, which is a daily reminder for her what she has overcome.

“It reminds me of my inner power every day,” said Pardini.

After Pardini spoke about her ordeal, Judge Valarie Costanzo called him “inspiration” for others, including dozens of supporters who wrapped in the courtroom where there was no open chair in the gallery.

“You are really brave to come here to give this statement,” Costanzo said.

Moments later, Oberschelp was officially pleaded guilty of charges of attempted homicide, aggravated aggression and violation as part of an agreement with prosecutors, and Costanzo immediately sentenced him 16 ½ to 33 years in prison, followed by one year. She also ordered Oberschelp to pay almost $ 28,000 in refund as part of the pleading agreement.

Oberschelp, 29 years old, from McMurray, apologized to Pardini for what he called a “brutal, selfish” attack he claimed was stimulated by a psychiatric episode, accompanied by alcohol and drug abuse. After the attack, Oberschelp called Pardini’s mobile phone and left a voice message to seem to justify what he had done.

“I do not imagine the evil that I have provoked or the amount of lives I have affected,” he said.

But Pardini’s mother, Greta, did not agree with Oberschelp’s statement that mental health issues led.

“I don’t think for a minute, the defendant didn’t know what he was doing that night,” she said. “There is no doubt in my mind that he knew correctly. What he didn’t know is what everyone in this court is knowing: Jen is the strongest person I know. Her will to survive is absolutely miraculous. “

Pardini’s father, Ron, even had tougher words for Oberschelp, calling him “coward and a fraud,” also suggests what life he could seek him while executing his sentence in a state imprisonment.

“You have hurt more people than you will ever know in a way you can’t imagine,” he said before leaving his daughter. – God bless, Jen. It was absolutely strong before her. It will overcome it. “

After hearing, Oberschelp – he rocked and wore an orange prison jumpsuit – was escorted from the courtroom by the sheriff’s deputies and took back to the prison in Washington County, where he was restrained from his arrest following the attack. Meanwhile, Pardini’s supporters crammed into the courtroom and embraced it as they were talking a few minutes before the crowd was filtered.

Washington district lawyer Jason Walsh later said that Pardini’s recovery and his words in court were inspired.

“It’s a wonderful person,” Walsh said.

As Pardini left the yard, she offered advice for other people in situations of domestic violence and how they can find help.

“Talk to people. I woke up that I am more and more with him, “she said. “He was trying to isolate me.”

Then she reflected on her attack and recovery, as she hopes that the plea and the conviction of Obschelp will allow her to advance with her life.

“I feel so relieved and relaxed,” said Pardini. “I feel like a new chapter starts.”