became angrier and more apt to "fly off the handle" the longer they lived with him. Dant's former boss and his oldest brother also testified on his behalf, both stating that they never saw Dant abuse Katilyn or Addryana and that they had recently become concerned about Dant's mental health because of his odd, apathetic behavior. Lastly, Dant called Dr. Candace Walker, who is a psychiatrist at the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center. After discussing Dant's mental health, which had become stable since his arrest with the aid of several medications, Dr. Walker testified regarding what Dant had told her about the night of Addryana's *17 death. Dr. Walker stated that during her evaluation of Dant, he told her that when he heard Addryana wheezing on the morning ofJanuary 23, he picked her up and put her on the couch in the living room. Dant stated that when Addryana started to cry, he took her into the bathroom because he was afraid someone would hear her crying.[2] Dant then told Dr. Walker that he shook Addryana. At this point, Addryana stopped crying, but Dant stated that she also had a dazed look on her face and had stopped breathing. According to what Dant told Dr. Walker, it was at this point that Dant woke up April Johnson and began performing CPR on Addryana.
On June 1, 2006, after hearing all the evidence presented, the jury found Dant guilty of wanton murder and recommended that he receive a sentence of life imprisonment. On June 20, 2006, the Hancock