KILGORE, Texas — The father of a child who died in April 2021 after the toddler fell into a hot tub at a Kilgore hotel was briefly back in jail this week.
Scotty Wayne Killough, 41, whose address is listed in jail records in Henderson, was indicted in late 2021 on a charge of criminally negligent homicide in the death of his son, 2-year-old Luke Wayne Killough.
At the time, the boy’s family told the Tyler Morning Telegraph that the father had taken Luke, his 4-year-old sister and an infant to the pool. The father had left with the infant to get a bottle when Luke fell into the hot tub. His sister tried but was unable to get Luke out of the water, the family said. Luke died after several days in the hospital.
Read more from CBS19's newspaper partner, the Tyler Morning Telegraph.
