Something is most definitely up in Whitesburg, Kentucky. On 19 Sept. 2024, Sheriff Shawn Stines walked into the chambers of his longtime friend, Judge Kevin Mullins. Security camera footage shows Stines and Mullins looking at something on their phones. Then, out of nowhere, Sheriff Stines drew his service pistol and coldly executed Judge Mullins.
Stines then calmly walked out of the building, immediately surrendered to authorities, and told the arresting officers, “They’re trying to kidnap my wife and kid.” Despite being shown on video killing Mullins, Stines has pleaded not guilty on the basis that this was a crime of passion caused by “extreme emotional disturbance.”
