The Commonwealth has argued that the indictment of former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines should stand, despite ...

Ex-Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines tearfully greets his loved ones while his defense attorney, Jeremy Bartley, illudes to Stines’ deposition in a separate federal investigation being crucial to ...

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines is accused of killing District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers in the city of Whitesburg on Sept. 19.

Downtown Whitesburg on Oct. 7, 2024, in Whitesburg, KY. As people try to divine a motive for the killing, some are focusing on Stines’ state of mind.

Letcher County Sheriff Stines, 43, is accused of killing 54-year-old District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers in the city of Whitesburg on Sept. 19.

Letcher County Sheriff Stines, 43, is accused of killing 54-year-old District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers in the city of Whitesburg on Sept. 19.

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines is accused of killing District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers in the city of Whitesburg on Sept. 19 Kentucky Court of Justice via AP; AP Photo ...

“I was told that Sheriff Stines had tried to call his daughter, and he had tried to call his daughter from the judge’s phone also,” Stamper testified, per CNN. Stamper said Stines’ daughter’s phone ...

Stamper said Stines’ daughter’s phone number was stored on Mullins’ phone, per the AP. The fatal shooting of Mullins occurred in his chambers in the city of Whitesburg on Sept. 19.