Murder-Suicide: Utah Mom ‘Spiraled’ After Getting ‘Mean’ Texts From Another Parent Before Killing Daughter

[Sugar Cookie]

The dance mom in an apparent murder-suicide with her 11-year-old daughter at a cheer competition in Las Vegas had been getting “mean” texts from other parents in their team, The Post has learned.

Tawnia McGeehan, 38, had been having problems with “one or two” other women with daughters in the Utah Xtreme Cheer (UXC) team, of which her daughter, Addi Smith, was a part, according to her mother.

“In the last comp they had, another girl got dropped and some of the moms were saying it was because of Addi. They were texting [Tawnia] mean stuff and blaming Addi.

A source close to UXC confirmed there had recently been a “confrontation” between Tawnia and another of the dance moms in the team waiting room.

Tawnia had “struggled with depression her whole life,” according to her mother, but appeared to be “turning a corner,” especially since ending a nine-year custody battle for Addi with her ex-husband, Brad Smith, in 2024.

UXC team owner Kory Uyetake told The Post he was aware there had been “comments back and forth” between Tawnia and some of the other moms, but that everything seemed normal on Saturday after the team traveled from Utah to Nevada for the competition.

Tawnia and Addi’s bodies were discovered at the Rio hotel and casino Sunday along with a note after they failed to appear at the cheer competition and worried family members called for a welfare check.

Exclusive | Utah dance mom ‘spiraled’ after getting ‘mean’ texts from another parent before murder-suicide: sources

“There’s one or two ladies that she never got along with and it got really bad a month ago,” Connie McGeehan, 61, told The Post.

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I have no sympathy for this woman she is a piece of shit... she should have just killed herself and left the girl with her father.

 

[HijabiGirl]

WTF? Mom killed her daughter and herself over some mean girl shit? Why not just, I dunno, pull your kid from dance and move along?