Double-murder suspect Bobby Spikes is on track to go to trial in September, with some lingering motions discussed in Christian Circuit Court Thursday morning.
Spikes is now represented by defense attorney Jason McGee, and special prosecutor Blake Chambers retracted his motion to consolidate the cases of Bobby and Kendall Spikes, saying it’s no longer needed, and he has more supplemental evidence he will be providing to the defense.
This comes after Kendall Spikes entered a guilty plea to complicity to tampering with physical evidence and hindering prosecution or apprehension in the first-degree. He had originally also been charged with complicity to murder and complicity to kidnapping, but those charges were dismissed without prejudice. However, part of the conditions for this plea is that Kendall Spikes must testify truthfully at the trial of his father, Bobby Spikes.
In court Thursday, Bobby Spikes once again inquired into money that was seized by Hopkinsville police when he was first arrested. Chambers says that since Spikes is now facing a robbery charge in connection with the double-murder, that money is considered evidence.
Bobby Spikes is charged with murder in 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. Along with two counts of murder, Bobby Spikes is charged with two counts of robbery in the first degree, kidnapping, tampering with physical evidence and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon.
Bobby Spikes is set to go to trial on September 15, with another pretrial conference set for July 14.