The man responsible for the death of his girlfriend’s four-year-old daughter in Bullitt County was sentenced to 50 years in prison in Bullitt Circuit Court Thursday.
Dakota Hill was convicted of murder for killing Serenity McKinney.
McKinney was last seen by extended family in December 2020. They filed a missing person’s report in January 2022. By February, Dakota Hill and Serenity’s mother ‘Abby’ McKinney were both charged with murder.
‘Abby’ McKinney’s charge was dropped to manslaughter earlier this year. She will serve at least 10 years in prison.
Inside Bullitt Circuit Court, Hill read a prepared apology to the court and to Serenity McKinney’s extended family.
Serenity was often in the care of her paternal grandmother, Melody Roller who said she hadn’t seen Serenity since 2020.
She lost contact with ‘Abby McKinney’ and Dakota Hill after the two of them left the state. That is when the family reported her missing.
Source: WAVE
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