Jurors deciding if woman is guilty of murdering her father in Loveland

Jurors began deciding Wednesday whether a woman accused of killing her father is guilty of second-degree murder almost a year to the date that John “Clint” Cushman was stabbed in his Loveland home.

In closing arguments in 8th Judicial District Court at the Larimer County Justice Center in Fort Collins on Wednesday, the defense and prosecution disagreed about whether Heather Cushman acted in self-defense on Sept. 9, 2024.

Cushman, 33, was arrested the night that John “Clint” Cushman, 60, was stabbed in his home in the 800 block of East Sixth Street.

In an interview with detectives from the night of the incident that was submitted into evidence, Heather Cushman said she was confronting her dad about alleged abuse and that the conversation escalated into a physical altercation with a knife