Dad admits he suffocated and killed 2-month-old daughter; gets 7 years in prison (Catlettsburg, Kentucky)

Typical of the kid-glove treatment that killer dads typically get from the courts. No mention of what happened to the mother of this baby. Dad is identified as JOHN T. ELLIOTT JR.

http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/Father-Admits-to-Suffocating-Daughter-247859421.html

Father Admits to Suffocating Daughter

Posted: Fri 2:21 PM, Feb 28, 2014

By: WSAZ News Staff

CATLETTSBURG, Ky. (WSAZ) – A father charged with the death of 2-year-old daughter will spend the next seven years in prison.

In June 2012, John T. Elliott, Jr,. 31, Catlettsburg was arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of his daughter, Summer Adkins.

Adkins died in March 2012. The autopsy report called Summer’s death homicide by compression.

Earlier this month during a plea hearing, Ellliot admitted he suffocated his daughter to stop her from crying.

Friday, he was sentenced.

Boyd County Commonwealth Attorney David Justice says the plea was accepted after the two paternal aunts approved of the deal.

Justice says the aunts were, “The only relatives who expressed concern for the child.” The aunts are Elliott’s sisters.