Background: News footage of Stacy Collins in court (WSAZ). Inset: Stacia Collins (Justice For Stacia Collins/Facebook).
A Kentucky man who shot his 12-year-old daughter dead after sending her mother an excruciating text has been sentenced after pleading guilty to the crime.
Stacy Collins, 50, was charged with the kidnapping and murder of his 12-year-old daughter Stacia Collins, whose body was found in August 2022. He initially pleaded not guilty then reached a plea agreement with prosecutors in March, according to reporting by local CBS affiliate WYMT and NBC affiliate WSAZ.
Stacy Collins, who shot himself the same day as his daughter, had sent the girl’s mother an ominous text before he committed the violent act, asking the woman if she wanted to talk to her daughter “one last time.”
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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