Double murder suspect Bobby Spikes appeared in Christian Circuit Court Monday morning for hearing, as the DNA evidence has finally come back from testing and other evidence issues were discussed.
Special prosecutor Blake Chambers informed the court that the testing has come back and with that, both the Commonwealth and the defense are on track to go to trial in November.
Chambers hesitated to call the test results ‘inconclusive’, saying it gives information still, though it may not be a benefit to either side.
Spikes himself says he’s been unable to view all of the evidence, with the issue stemming from a flash drive that he can not fully access—defense attorney Eric Bearden says he will work to address the issue.
Trial is set to begin on November 4 and a pretrial hearing was set for October 14.
A superseding indictment was recently handed down by the grand jury against Spikes, charging him with two counts of murder, for the deaths of Stanley Bussell and Candace Marcel, who was found deceased in a vehicle in Trigg County, which lead to the search and ultimately discovery of Bussell on Clearman Court in 2021. He’s also indicted for two counts of robbery in the first degree, kidnapping, tampering with physical evidence and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon.