Physical contact was practically already predetermined. OMG.Crazy to me that this is where the sexual assaults were happening, too. Even the desk is tiny.
I have teenage daughters that babysit and I know several families where she has the phone numbers for both the husband and wife. This is for emergencies purposes and a few times the husband has arranged child care to surprise the wife. It isn't just the wife that plans dates and arranges childcare. Add in that this was a close family friend for 20 years and I don't know that it would be odd to have the phone number for both of them. I wouldn't question it if my girls had numbers for the fathers of those they baby sit for.That would have been known by Stines. And in addition: babysitting daughters are at risk often, I think. If babysitting, Mullin's wife could have had the number. Why should it be the husband?
@cathyrusson
Prior to the shooting the sheriff's phone called his daughter AND the judge's phone called the sheriff's daughter. Defense confirms that the sheriff's daughter's phone number was in Judge Mullen's phone.
1:25 PM · Oct 1, 2024
good point. we don't really know what grade level she is in do we? She may have been in class, may have already graduated depending on where her birthday falls and whatnot.It was the middle of the day. Wouldn't the daughter have been in high school classes when MS attempted calling her from both his phone & Judge Mullins' phone? I can see why she wouldn't have answered either call, maybe didn't even realize that calls had come through depending on the rules in class. Imo.
Certainly it was important to MS, HOW the call would be answered, if it was coming from Mullins phone?It was the middle of the day. Wouldn't the daughter have been in high school classes when MS attempted calling her from both his phone & Judge Mullins' phone? I can see why she wouldn't have answered either call, maybe didn't even realize that calls had come through depending on the rules in class. Imo.
I propose a differnt possibility..Yeah, there's no indication this was spontaneous, either. People have reported that he was troubled and even paranoid for weeks. He planned this. He chose a time and a place and a method, did it, then calmly turned himself in. There's nothing 'heat of the moment' about that.
And to be honest, I don't really care what his motivation was. More that just about anyone, he knew the legal avenues if he felt the judge had committed a crime or they had a personal grievance. He chose violence.
Unless it comes out that he had some kind of genuine psychiatric break, I see no mitigating factors here at this time.
MOO
I just don't want to hear it. Can someone cite?Jeremy Bartley, Sheriff Mickey Stines’ attorney, was asked after today’s preliminary hearing if he believes there was an “inappropriate relationship” between Judge Kevin Mullins and Stines’ daughter. Here’s his response:
I just don't want to hear it. Can someone cite?