Mickey Stines Made Someone Put a Bulletproof Vest on His Wife Before He Shot a Judge

Mickey Stines made someone help put a bulletproof vest on his wife. Per defense filings, he’d lost forty pounds in two weeks. He reportedly told a staffer that someone demanded he end his own life or “they” would harm his family. Weeks later, the former Letcher County sheriff allegedly walked into Judge Kevin Mullins’ chambers and shot him.Stines hadn’t slept in seven days. He was calling family members who’d been dead for years. He FaceTimed his aunt the morning of the shooting and asked to speak to his grandmother — a woman he’d personally helped take off life support two and a half years earlier. His aunt described his behavior in one word: psychotic.A social worker who examined Stines four days after his arrest found him still in an active state of psychosis. He was placed on antipsychotic medication. He didn’t recognize a jail cell — despite running the county sheriff’s office for years. His defense team is arguing insanity and extreme emotional disturbance. The prosecution counters with what the surveillance video shows: Stines clearing the room, closing the door, and firing. Anyone following the Mickey Stines insanity defense should know the judge has signaled a likely venue change and has indicated any bail would far exceed what the defense requested. No trial date has been set.END LINKSJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDISCLAIMERThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.HASHTAGS#MickeyStines #KevinMullins #TrueCrimeToday #CourthouseShooting #KentuckyCrime #LetcherCounty #StinesTrial #InsanityDefense #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast