Dad asked 12-year-old’s mother if she wanted to talk to her daughter ‘one last time’ before he murdered her

A Kentucky antheral who shot his 12-year-old girl dormant aft sending her parent an excruciating substance has been sentenced aft pleading blameworthy to the crime.

Stacy Collins, 50, was charged with the kidnapping and murder of his 12-year-old girl Stacia Collins, whose assemblage was recovered successful August 2022. He initially pleaded not blameworthy past reached a plea agreement with prosecutors successful March, according to reporting by section CBS affiliate WYMT and NBC affiliate WSAZ.

Stacy Collins, who changeable himself the aforesaid time arsenic his daughter, had sent the girl’s parent an ominous substance earlier helium committed the convulsive act, asking the pistillate if she wanted to speech to her girl “one past time.”

A justice sentenced Stacy Collins to 2 beingness sentences connected April 16, to beryllium served concurrently. He volition person the anticipation of parole successful 25 years.

Summer Mullins, whose property was not available, was the parent of Stacia Collins and spoke during the sentencing. According to WSAZ’s sum from the courtroom, she told Stacy Collins, “I anticipation you spell to the worst spot successful Hell for each eternity.”

On the greeting of Aug. 16, 2022, Mullins received a text from Stacy Collins that she shared with WSAZ astatine the time. The substance read, “Do you privation to speech to your girl 1 past time?” Mullins tried to inquire what helium meant, but helium ne'er responded to her again. She besides ne'er heard from her daughter.

Stacy Collins was aboriginal recovered by police, suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Stacia Collins, who had not been astatine schoolhouse that day, was aboriginal recovered miles away, deceased from a gunshot wound.

After helium was treated astatine the hospital, Stacy Collins was charged with execution and kidnapping and booked into the Big Sandy Detention Center, wherever helium remains successful custody. He is expected to beryllium moved to a authorities penitentiary for the duration of his sentence.

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