HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Cabell County jury has convicted a Huntington man in the 2021 death of his three-month-old daughter.
The 12-member jury found Shannon Overstreet, 53, guilty Friday afternoon of first-degree murder, child abuse causing death and concealing a dead body.
Overstreet killed his young daughter, Angel, in 2021. He took her body to his Kentucky farm where he burned her body. Her remains were found in a barrel.
Overstreet testified in his own defense Thursday claiming he found his daughter dead but didn’t kill her. He said the burning was his attempt to cremate his daughter.
It’s believed Angel died on May 4, 2021. She was reported missing later that month. Overstreet originally told CPS he had given his daughter up but there was no record of that.
Overstreet was indicted in connection with his Angel’s death in December 2023.
Overstreet faces life in prison at sentencing.
The trial latest five days. The jury deliberated the case for less than four hours.
The mercy phase and sentencing are scheduled for Monday in Cabell County Circuit Court.