New video shows Mickey Stines Place Call on Richter's phone in front of a fatal shooting

First on Fox: Fox News Digital has received surveillance material in which the moments that led to the former Letcher County and the alleged murder of Kentucky Sheriff Shawn Shawn “Mickey” Stines by the former 47th judiciary of Kentucky, Kevin Mullins, as Stines 'Stines' lawyer, shared a motive for the shooting.

The couple, who had known themselves years before the unforeseen killing on September 19, 2024, who shook the tiny city of Whitesburg, had spoken together with a group of friends and employees in the chambers of the judge in the hours before shooting and went for lunch together with a group of friends and employees.

In the surveillance video from Mulllins' chambers, a group of people, some of whom had eaten in the street grill and the bar with stines and mums for lunch, were only able to maintain a few than 12 minutes with the judge.

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After that, Stines entered the chambers of Mullins and cleared the room to speak privately to the judge.

“When I see the sheriff, it is interesting to watch him because he was ready to go in the minute in which he came in,” Susan Constantine, consultant, author and body language expert told Fox News Digital. “He thought about it, he shot his feet [and] Had his hands in his pockets. “

In the meantime, she noticed that Mullins looked desperate and that Stines' presence was almost not aware of.

In the next seven minutes, Stines and Mulllins spoke privately before stone uprising and apparently closed the crew's door.

“[Stines] Sits down and wants to have a conversation with the judge, “said Constantine.” The judge is very nonchalant, very carefree. It doesn't seem to be moved much. It seems to be a lot that I would say is just inconspicuous.

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The 54 -year -old district judge Kevin Mullins was killed in the chambers of his judge by Shawn M. Stines, Sheriff of Letcher County. (Kentucky Court of Justice; Letcher County Sheriff's Office)

“And then we have the sheriff [he] Leans in, “she said.” Then he obviously has something in his head because he is in an action posture. “

“I think that [Mullins] Angelbart, I think it has created more fear of the judge because he did not take it seriously, whatever was spoken, and he somehow plays it out, “she said.

Mullins then gave his phone to Stines, a rumored, but never previously seen event, which led too much speculation among real crime experts and internet shelves.

After Stines had looked through the judge's phone, he set a call that remained unanswered before he threw the phone back onto the judge's desk.

Then he allegedly got up, left his pistol unmottered and moved threateningly to Mullins before he opened the fire in the point blank area and killed the judge.

The former sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines in Lecter County shows his weapon on the judge of the district court Kevin Mullins. (Handout of Lecter County)

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Konstantine said that the judge did not seem to believe that he was in direct danger until seconds before the shootout.

“The judge somehow goes, 'what do you do?' Put the weapon off, “she said. “Just use his hand gestures and somehow slit out, how 'What do you do?' This makes no sense. “

“And suddenly the sheriff must have said something,” said Contantine. “And suddenly he goes into the protection, is right, both palms are open. 'What do you do? Hear. Do not do that.' Now it is in self -protection mode [Stines] I got him when he was the weakest. Because both are hands on. And then he went for the shot. “

Konstantin does not believe that the crime was committed in the heat of the moment because Stines' lawyers are willing to argue.

“I think that was already planned [a] The outstanding attack that would take place, “she said.

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Lawyer Jeremy Bartley explains Stines' motif

In a telephone interview on Monday with FOX News Digital, Stines' lawyer Jeremy Bartley and his wife and co-counsel Kerri Bartley put online rumors about the phone exchange and explained the version of the events of the defense in the days before the shootout.

“[Stines] Had tried to contact his daughter several times, including the time he was in Chambers and he tried to contact her from the judge's phone, “said Jeremy Bartley.

On October 1, 2024, defender Jeremy Bartley asked questions to the preliminary hearing before hearing the Kentucky State Police, Clayton Stamper at Shawn “Mickey” Stines on October 1, 2024. (Scott Uutterback / Courier Journal / USA Today Network about iMagn images)

He also noticed that Stines received a call from his aunt while he was in the judges' chambers.

Bartley said that the phone exchange had nothing to do with a relationship between the judge and his daughter, as was speculated.

Rather, he said that Mullins experienced an increased paranoia that his family was in danger in the time before the shootout due to a civil lawsuit in which he was named and deducted.

“Especially in the approximate two -week period before the incident in the judges' chambers, the investigators spoke pretty much all witnesses to support what also said those who have Mickey near Mickey,” said Bartley. “And that's just that: Mickey had become extremely paranoid. He had become sleepless, basically didn't sleep. [He] Skill little, if at all. He was somehow withdrawn. And you know it was so concerned that his employees asked him to go to the doctor, and he ultimately did the day before the shootout. “

The former Letcher County Ky. Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines wipes his eyes when he listens to certificate during his indictment in Morgan County, Ky., On Tuesday, October 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

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According to Bartley, an important factor for the judge's emotional state was a deposition in a civil lawsuit against the deputy Ben Fields of the former sheriff of Letcher County, who described Stines as a accused because he did not adequately monitor the fields.

The lawsuit that Sabrina Adkins submitted in January 2024 came up with the conviction of the fields after he had guilty to rape and date to rape and date, while she had legal difficulties in 2021. The civil lawsuit claims to condemn in exchange for sexual favors that the fields of Adkins stay at home without staying at home. When she later refused to participate in sexual activities with fields, she was arrested, according to lawsuit, for violating the conditions of her home.

The lawsuit states that all sexual attacks have taken place in Mullins' chambers and that other women were exposed to the same predatory treatment.

“[Stines’] All centers in the civil lawsuit of Sabrina Adkins, who had been sexually attacked by these Ben fields or forced them into sexual favors, worry big in return for the fees for monitoring the ankles, “said Bartley.

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Stines had been deducted in the lawsuit just three days before the shootout.

“This civilian system had attracted a lot of attention to things that happened in the courthouse,” said Bartley. “And in fact, if you look at it, it was because of this complaint – the reason why a camera was set up in the chambers of the judge, which is very unusual, very unusual that the administrative office of the Court of Justice puts a surveillance camera in the chambers of a judge.”

Bartley said that Stines are under pressure from his colleagues so as not to say too much during the procedure in the civil lawsuit.

“I think one of the big things is that my client felt that he was put under pressure not to say too much during the deposition, and not talk about things that happened in the courthouse, especially in the judges' chambers,” he said.

The former Letcher County Ky. Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines looks at the public prosecutor's office during his indictment in Morgan County in West Liberty, Ky., On Tuesday, October 1, 2024, the district judge Kevin Mullins has been able to kill. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

“On the day on which this [shooting] happened, my customer had tried several times to contact his wife and daughter, and he believed that they were in danger, “said Bartley. And there was pressure, and there were threats for him to keep him in line to prevent them from saying more than these people wanted to say.”

According to Bartley, Mullins and Stines were not particularly good friends in contrast to nationwide, although they have known each other for a long time.

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“I don't think they would find a certain weekend, the judge and my client hang out socially,” he said. “I think that your relationship was pretty exclusively centered on your job.”

Stines were charged with a first degree for a first -degree murder on an official. Bartley said the alleged killing occurred in the heat of the moment and was not deliberately. He plans to defend insanity for Stines.

The public prosecutor Jackie Steele did not give back any comment.