Kentucky man charged with fatally shooting daughter, 12

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PAINTSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Officials say an eastern Kentucky man has been charged in the fatal shooting of his 12-year-old daughter. News outlets report Johnson County Sheriff Doug Saylor said 47-year-old Stacy Collins was charged with murder in the death of Stacia Collins. Saylor says the girl’s body was found on Aug. 11 along a rural road after her father was found with with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The girl died from a gunshot wound and the father was hospitalized. Saylor said Collins was arrested Tuesday and taken to the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center. Online records don’t indicate whether he has an attorney.