An eastern Kentucky man has been charged in the shooting death of his 12-year-old daughter.
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office said on Tuesday that deputies executed an arrest warrant on 47-year-old Stacy Collins, of Van Lear, charging him with the August 11 murder of his daughter, Stacia Collins.
The case began the morning of August 11 at approximately 11:00 when Stacy Collins was found shot on an isolated roadway near Van Lear. It was determined he had shot himself.
“It was found that the male subject had what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” the case’s lead investigator, Deputy Tim Clark, told WYMT.com.
Stacy Collins was transported to Highland Appalachian Regional Hospital before being transferred to a Lexington hospital.
Not long after Stacy Collins was located, authorities discovered his daughter was missing. A search party was formed, and approximately two hours after her father was discovered, Stacia Collins’ body was located about two miles from where her father was found. She had been shot to death.
“Some people were driving through the area approximately … two-and-a-half-miles away from where the male subject was found, and they located a young female that was laying (sic) in the roadway,” Clark told the television station.
Stacy Collins was lodged in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
