Interrogation: Danny Beard, for the murder of Navy Petty Officer Andrea Washington.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Over a year after a Navy petty officer was slain inside her Jacksonville home, newly obtained court records shed some light on what led police to charge her ex-boyfriend with her murder.

Danny Ray Beard II is charged with second-degree murder in the September 2018 shooting death of his ex-girlfriend, 38-year-old Andrea Washington. Beard, 37, who was arrested three months later, has maintained his innocence all along – even writing the judge last month to plead his case.