Mickey Stines closed the door. That’s the detail the prosecution will drive through every argument the defense makes. If the former Letcher County sheriff didn’t know what he was doing when he allegedly shot Judge Kevin Mullins in September 2024, why did he wait for other employees to leave the room first? Stines is charged with first-degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty. His defense is building an insanity case: they say he was in a psychosis, that he hadn’t slept in seven days, that he’d been calling dead family members, and that he believed his wife and daughter had been taken. New testimony from his aunt describes a man pacing all night, watching his security cameras, and FaceTiming her minutes before the shooting to ask for his grandmother — who had been dead for two and a half years. But body cam footage from after the arrest tells a different kind of story. Stines wasn’t calm. He wasn’t defiant. He was fixated on whether the cameras were running, demanding officers record everything, unable to trust anyone in the building — including people who’d known him his entire life. A social worker found him in active psychosis four days later. In the latest Mickey Stines update, the judge is signaling a likely venue change and indicated that fifty thousand dollars wouldn’t come close to what bail would require. No trial date set. Join 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=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This 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. #MickeyStines #KevinMullins #HiddenKillers #LetcherCounty #TrueCrime