‘Dance mom’ who killed 11-year-old daughter at Vegas cheer contest was embroiled in bitter custody battle

Source: New York Post

The Utah “dance mom” who killed her 11-year-old daughter before taking her own life in a Las Vegas hotel room went through an ugly custody dispute with her ex-husband starting with their divorce in 2015. Addi Smith, 11, was found shot dead alongside her mother, Tawnia McGeehan, 38, at the Rio Hotel & Casino on Sunday after the pair failed to show up for a cheer competition, authorities said. Court papers viewed by the Daily Mail reveal McGeehan and her ex-husband, Brad Smith, spent a bitter nine years fighting for custody of Addi following their divorce, and that the split was far from amicable.