Trial that had been set to begin later this month for Bobby Spikes, the suspect in the December 2021 fatal shooting of Stanley Bussell on Clearman Court, has been postponed.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Rick Boling told Judge John Atkins Wednesday morning that evidence testing results are still pending and won’t be ready in time for the January 23 trial date, with the judge granting the motion to continue despite an objection from Spikes.
Hopkinsville police allege that on December 8, 2021 Spikes and his girlfriend called Bussell to a home on Clearman Court to work on a vehicle.
Bussell’s body wasn’t discovered until 34-year old Candace Marcel of Hopkinsville was found dead in an abandoned vehicle on Cerulean Road in Trigg County and a search warrant was served at Marcel’s Clearman Court home.
The arrest warrant for Spikes says he fatally shot Bussell in the head.
Spikes and Marcel had been in some type of relationship and had once lived together, though they were no longer sharing a home, according a detective who testified at a hearing in December of 2021.
Kentucky State Police continue to investigate Marcel’s death and no one has been charged in her murder and Boling says he’s been told an indictment for Marcel’s death will be pursued soon with the Trigg County grand jury.
Judge Atkins set another pretrial conference for January 22 and told Boling to have a timetable on the Trigg County case and any additional updates on the evidence.