If the victim went and reported it immeadiately, rape kit done, statements/interviews done, then she dies. Is it not the State's obligation to still prosecute? I'm not saying that's the situation, we don't know, but was he prosecuted for her rape before she passed?
Honestly, it would take all of 15 seconds to look at both phones and figure out exactly how and why whatever it was on both of them, seemed central to what Stines did.
Oh for sure. The judge’s phone would have been open to whatever he was looking at. So they’d know that, and if it jibes with whatever Stines has claimed.
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Totally agree with you on “garbage article” by DM.Garbage article. Basically they took the rumors we’ve all seen, then asked police if they were true, to which police gave the boilerplate answer that everything is on the table.
Cops probe lurid motive after judge is 'shot dead by sheriff'
Sheriff Shawn 'Mickey' Stines is accused of pumping eight bullets into his close friend after entering Judge Kevin Mullins's chambers at Letcher County Circuit Court in Kentucky.www.dailymail.co.uk
-Cops are investigating a 'sex scandal' motive among other leads in the sensational death of judge Kevin Mullins who was allegedly murdered by the sheriff of his tiny Appalachian community, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
Lurid sexual allegations about married district judge Mullins began circulating almost immediately among some folk in and around the small town of Whitesburg, where the killing happened on the afternoon of September 19
-Kentucky State Police, the lead agency in the investigation, confirmed to DailyMail.com that detectives were including the sex claims among many other lines of inquiry as a possible reason for the baffling killing.
Asked if the allegations were in the mix, Trooper Matt Gayheart said: 'Absolutely. We are not ruling out anything as a possible motive.
-'The whole thing will be investigated thoroughly. It's just going to take some time to make sure we can make the right determination. It could be weeks, it could be months.
'Our investigators seized the two cell phones and they're being analyzed.'
I guess I can’t say what type of account was created. It involves a fundraising company.
Two interesting bits to me.Garbage article. Basically they took the rumors we’ve all seen, then asked police if they were true, to which police gave the boilerplate answer that everything is on the table.
Cops probe lurid motive after judge is 'shot dead by sheriff'
Sheriff Shawn 'Mickey' Stines is accused of pumping eight bullets into his close friend after entering Judge Kevin Mullins's chambers at Letcher County Circuit Court in Kentucky.
-Cops are investigating a 'sex scandal' motive among other leads in the sensational death of judge Kevin Mullins who was allegedly murdered by the sheriff of his tiny Appalachian community, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
Lurid sexual allegations about married district judge Mullins began circulating almost immediately among some folk in and around the small town of Whitesburg, where the killing happened on the afternoon of September 19
-Kentucky State Police, the lead agency in the investigation, confirmed to DailyMail.com that detectives were including the sex claims among many other lines of inquiry as a possible reason for the baffling killing.
Asked if the allegations were in the mix, Trooper Matt Gayheart said: 'Absolutely. We are not ruling out anything as a possible motive.
-'The whole thing will be investigated thoroughly. It's just going to take some time to make sure we can make the right determination. It could be weeks, it could be months.
'Our investigators seized the two cell phones and they're being analyzed.'
I agree it is kind of a garbage article. But two things I find interesting are that there were initially 2 shots and the judge was known to carry a gun. Could the judge have shot first and missed? Cops are trained to empty their magazine if they shoot so I have never considered the 8 shots to be anything but normal. A cop would not fire 2 and then 6 more.Garbage article. Basically they took the rumors we’ve all seen, then asked police if they were true, to which police gave the boilerplate answer that everything is on the table.
Cops probe lurid motive after judge is 'shot dead by sheriff'
Sheriff Shawn 'Mickey' Stines is accused of pumping eight bullets into his close friend after entering Judge Kevin Mullins's chambers at Letcher County Circuit Court in Kentucky.
Where does the statement that "Cops are trained to empty their magazine if they shoot" come from? I've never heard of that before.
I think we’d know. We’ve heard the account as to how this went down, thanks to apparent surveillance footage that captured it. It appears he fired, walked up to him, and gave the coup de grace when he was already down (remaining shots at point blank). That explains the delay.
The victim died before the trial so the criminal charges previously filed against the defendant related to this victim were dropped. Again, this is a matter of law where it be a violation of a defendant's constitutional right (i.e., Sixth Amendment) which guarantees the right to face and question your accuser in Court.
I mean…. John Doe shoots and kills Jane Doe. Jane is dead, but criminal proceedings continue without Jane, and thank god, because then all killers would never be charged since they can’t face the accuser in court…. I know it’s extreme but trying to prove a point. Moo
