WHITESBURG — (TNS) The wife and daughter of former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines deny any relationship with District Judge Kevin Mullins, according to grand jury transcripts.

Mullins, 54, was shot and killed inside his chambers at the Letcher County Courthouse by Stines Sept. 19, 2024. Stines is charged with murder, and his case remains pending.

Speculation immediately began circulating in the small Eastern Kentucky town that Mullins and Stines’ minor daughter were engaged in a relationship.

But the daughter and Stines’ wife told Kentucky State Police detectives neither ever had a relationship with Mullins, according to grand jury transcripts.

The transcripts were released Wednesday morning as part of a brief filed by Stines’ attorneys that requested his indictment be d

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