Everyone Warned Judge Kevin Mullins That Mickey Stines Was "Losing It"-WEEK IN REVIEW

About this episode

The episode discusses the tragic events leading to the shooting of Judge Kevin Mullins by Sheriff Mickey Stines, highlighting the warning signs and mental health issues involved.

Three days before Sheriff Mickey Stines allegedly walked into Judge Kevin Mullins' chambers and shot him nine times, an attorney contacted the Kentucky Bar Association asking what he could do to intervene. He had already warned Mullins directly. Told him Stines was losing it. The local police chief saw enough to say Stines had lost his mind. Staff inside the sheriff's office watched their boss place phone calls to relatives who had been dead for years. His friends took him to a doctor. The doctor diagnosed acute stress reaction and sent him home. Twenty-four hours later, Kevin Mullins was dead. Court documents reveal the warning signs were everywhere. Witnesses say Stines had not slept in days. He had lost a massive amount of weight. He was convinced unnamed people were going to kill his wife and daughter. He woke his wife at night to whisper because he believed their home was bugged. Coworkers saw it. An attorney saw it. The police chief saw it. Nobody had the power to stop it. Kentucky has no red flag law. Involuntary commitment requires proof of imminent danger, not paranoid delusions, not rapid weight loss, not bizarre behavior. And when the person in crisis is an elected…

People in this episode

Guest: Shavaun Scott

Topics covered

• mental health
• paranoid psychosis
• warning signs
• involuntary commitment
• true crime
• law enforcement

Keywords

• Mickey Stines
• Kevin Mullins
• mental health
• paranoid delusions
• acute stress reaction
• warning signs
• involuntary commitment
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kentucky Bar Association, Kentucky

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