On the morning of December 11, 2023, 49-year-old Jennifer Conley of Hedgesville, West Virginia, was fatally shot in the parking lot of the WVU Medicine Spring Mills Medical Office Building in Spring Mills. Deputies from the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department found her unresponsive after a call about a shooting; she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities identified the suspect as Jennifer’s 53-year-old ex-husband, Dennis Conley of Hedgesville. A public description of the suspect and his vehicle led to a traffic stop by Martinsburg Police, where Dennis Conley was taken into custody and a firearm was recovered. Investigators say he had made criminal threats toward Jennifer in the months before the shooting; he was charged with murder and arraigned and is being held in the Eastern Regional Jail without bond.

Jennifer Conley was born November 15, 1974, in Baltimore. She was the mother of daughters Abby and Libby Conley, held a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and a Master of Science from Strayer University, and worked for about 20 years managing mortgage-backed securities at Wells Fargo and Computershare. Family and friends remember her for optimism, warmth, and a love of Broadway, history, and trips to Disney parks.

If anyone has information about her death or knew Jennifer, please share what you know with investigators.