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Stacia Leigh Collins, a 12-year-old student at Porter Elementary School from Van Lear, Kentucky, was found dead on August 11, 2022, in a remote area near Millers Creek at Boone’s Camp down a seldom-traveled dirt and gravel road. An autopsy confirmed she died from a gunshot wound.

Johnson County deputies had responded earlier that day to a reported assault in the Van Lear area and found Stacia’s father, 47-year-old Stacy Collins, with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. While he was being transported for medical treatment, Stacia was discovered to be missing; with assistance from the public, her body was located a short time later. The investigation quickly focused on Stacy Collins as the primary suspect. It was reported that Stacia’s parents were estranged and that the night before her death he had asked to keep her overnight and take her to school. The morning of August 11 he sent Stacia’s mother a photo of their daughter ready for school and a text asking if she wanted to speak to her daughter one last time.

Does anyone have information about Stacia’s movements on August 10–11, 2022, or recall seeing them in the Van Lear area around that time?