Background: News footage of Stacy Collins in court (WSAZ). Inset: Stacia Collins (Justice For Stacia Collins/Facebook).
A man from Kentucky has been sentenced for shooting his 12-year-old daughter to death. This tragic incident occurred after he sent a distressing text to the girl’s mother.
Stacy Collins, aged 50, was accused of kidnapping and killing his daughter, Stacia Collins. Her body was discovered in August 2022. Initially, he pleaded not guilty but later decided to enter a plea agreement with the prosecutors in March. The information was reported by local media outlets such as CBS affiliate WYMT and NBC affiliate WSAZ.
Prior to taking his own life on the same day as his daughter, Stacy Collins sent a troubling text to the girl’s mother. In the message, he asked the mother if she wanted to speak to her daughter for the last time before he carried out the violent act.
A judge sentenced Stacy Collins to two life sentences on April 16, to be served concurrently. He will have the possibility of parole in 25 years.
Summer Mullins, whose age was not available, was the mother of Stacia Collins and spoke during the sentencing. According to WSAZ’s coverage from the courtroom, she told Stacy Collins, “I hope you go to the worst place in Hell for all eternity.”
On the morning of Aug. 16, 2022, Mullins received a text from Stacy Collins that she shared with WSAZ at the time. The text read, “Do you want to talk to your daughter one last time?” Mullins tried to ask what he meant, but he never responded to her again. She also never heard from her daughter.
Stacy Collins was later found by police, suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Stacia Collins, who had not been at school that day, was later found miles away, deceased from a gunshot wound.
After he was treated at the hospital, Stacy Collins was charged with murder and kidnapping and booked into the Big Sandy Detention Center, where he remains in custody. He is expected to be moved to a state penitentiary for the duration of his sentence.
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