The stepmother of the Utah woman murdered by her personal mom whereas they have been on a visit to Las Vegas issued a determined plea for assist in discovering the 11-year-old simply hours earlier than the our bodies of the pre-teen and her mom have been present in a resort room.
In a Fb submit shared with Us Weekly, McKennly Smith shared a lacking poster that includes a photograph of each Addi Smith and her mom, Tawnia McGeehan38, smiling extensively.
“My daughter Addi and her mother (are) lacking,” McKennly wrote within the heartbreaking submit. “Please share submit and name or textual content with any data thanks!”
Little did McKennly know Addi was already lifeless — shot to demise by her personal mom on Saturday, February 14, whereas the 2 have been staying on the Rio Lodge and On line casino. McGeehan then died by suicide, in line with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police.
Based on investigators, no different resort visitors reported listening to gun photographs.
The mom and daughter have been in Las Vegas for a cheerleading competitors. When Addi failed to point out up for the competitors on Sunday, February 15, others on her group began to fret about her and McGeehan.
A mom and daughter from Utah have been discovered lifeless in a Las Vegas resort room on Sunday, February 15, in what police have stated was a murder-suicide, Us Weekly has realized. Tawnia McGeehan, 38, and her daughter, Addi Smith, have been visiting Las Vegas from Utah for a cheerleading competitors, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police have confirmed. (…)
Police knocked at their resort room door that morning and cleared the scene after they obtained no response. Nevertheless, resort employees continued to area calls from family members in Utah, and cheer mothers on the bottom, to verify in on the pair.
Safety employees ultimately opened the door 4 hours later, making the grotesque discovery.
McGeehan had been embroiled in a bitter custody dispute over Addi along with her ex-husband, Brad Smiththat dragged on for 9 years. Throughout that point, she misplaced custody of Addi when a choose decided she took deliberate actions to attempt to alienate the woman from her father. The dad and mom, although, had ironed out a coparenting settlement lately which break up bodily custody of Addi.
McGeehan left behind a observe behind which police discovered within the room. Investigators haven’t disclosed the observe’s contents.
Addi was a member of the Utah Xtreme Cheer (UXC) group.
Studies at the moment are suggesting that McGeehan might have been on the receiving finish of some vicious texts despatched by different cheer mothers.
McGeehan, in line with the New York Submithad been having points with a few of the different ladies who’ve daughters on the group.
“There’s one or two women that she by no means obtained together with and it obtained actually dangerous a month in the past,” stated Tawnia’s mom, Connie McGeehanchatting with the Submit. “Within the final comp(etition) they’d, one other woman obtained dropped and a few of the mothers have been saying it was due to Addi. They have been texting (Tawnia) imply stuff and blaming Addi. Cheer was her and Addi’s life. I believe one thing occurred the day earlier than (they died) that made her spiral.”
Kory Uyetake, the UXC group proprietor, defined to the Submit he was conscious there had been “feedback backwards and forwards” between Tawnia and a few of the different mothers, however stated all appeared regular Saturday, after the group traveled from Utah to Nevada for the competitors.
Connie added that Tawnia additionally struggled with despair however famous that issues gave the impression to be enhancing, after regaining custody of Addi.
In case you or somebody you recognize is in emotional misery or contemplating suicide, name the Nationwide Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).