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Updated: 10:17 PM Sep 12, 2008
Mills Found Not Guilty in Fatal Stabbing
A jury has found Dennis Mills not guilty of murder in the stabbing death of Randy Gue at Huntington's Harris Riverfront Park last October. Posted: 3:21 PM Sep 11, 2008Reporter: Michael Wooten; Dave Benton Email Address: michael.wooten@wsaz.com; dave.benton@wsaz.com |
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Updated Story From 11 p.m. Newscast
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Murder suspect Dennis Mills was set free Thursday after a jury found him innocent.
The key question in the case was if Mills was a cold-blooded killer or if he acted in self-defense the night Randy Gue died.
Mills took the stand, telling his side of the story.
"There was a progression of events that escalated where deadly force seemed necessary," he said. "Either he was going to kill me or I was going to have to stop him."
In the end, the jury believed Mills.
"He got up there, said Rich Weston, Mills' defense lawyer. "I think the jury looked at him and could tell he was telling the truth, and on cross-examination they got nothing out of him."
It was a verdict that Gue's family and friends were not prepared to hear.
"I would not want to be the jury that made that decision after all that evidence was put in front of them showing that man was 100 percent guilty," said Charlotte Blair, who is Gue's aunt. "He was guilty."
Mills had an emotional outburst after he was acquitted.
"There's nothing to be happy about," he said. "There's nothing to go through my mind. This is just a time to cry."
Following the verdict, Mills was taken to the Western Regional Jail where he was released Thursday evening as a free man.
UPDATE @ 5:07pm Thursday
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A jury has found Dennis Mills not guilty of murder in the stabbing death of Randy Gue at Huntington's Harris Riverfront Park last October.
Gue's family wept in the courtroom as the judge read the verdict.
Earlier Thursday, Mills testified Gue was trying to break into his car--where he was asleep. Mills said he killed gue in self defense.
The defense attorney said it was Mills' testimony that won the case because, bottom line, the jury believed him.
Keep clicking on WSAZ.com for more information.
UPDATE @ 3pm Thursday
The case went to the jury shortly before 3 p.m. in the trial of a man charged with stabbing another man to death.
Dennis Mills was the only witness for the defense. He told the court that he was provoked; and that it was "kill or be Killed."
UPDATE @ 10am Thursday
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Testimony continues Thursday morning in the murder trial of a man charged with stabbing another man to death.
Dennis Mills is on trial for the death of Randy Gue.
The prosecution is expected to wrap up its case sometime Thursday morning.
We're told that when the defense presents its case, Mills is expected to testify in his own defense.
The case could go to the jury late Thursday afternoon.
Keep clicking on WSAZ.com for the latest information.
UPDATE @ 6pm Wednesday
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Lifesaving self-defense or a vicious unprovoked attack – that’s what jurors must decide in a Huntington murder case that began Wednesday.
Dennis Mills is on trial for the murder of Randy Gue. It happened last October at Harris Riverfront Park when Gue was stabbed in the throat. The prosecution said Gue was looking for a lighter in an abandoned car when Mills jumped out, threatened him and slashed his throat.
The defense said Mills was asleep in his car, which was also his home, when Gue tried to break into the car and steal from him.
The victim's girlfriend, Ellen Flees, testified for the prosecution. She was followed by several law enforcement officers and an emergency worker. The case continues Thursday.
ORIGINAL STORY
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Jury selection is underway in the trial of a man charged with stabbing another man to death.
Dennis Mills is charged with 1st degree murder in tin the death of 35-year-old Randy Gue.
It happened in the early morning hours last October at Harris Riverfront Park in Huntington.
Investigators say Gue and his girlfriend were spending the night at the park when they started going through parked cars looking for a lighter. That's when police say Mills attacked Gue with a steel pipe and knife.
The trial is taking place in Cabell County Circuit Court. It’s expected to last a couple of days.
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rany gue jr was my best friend on of the greatest people you could know and if you didn't know him you wasn't good enough to no him, i know that this is an old blog site,but incase any of you people ever revisit it, to the gue family i love you guys, to those who want to get on her and run my bro (bf) in the dirt you will get ur's when judgement is do mills is a cold blooded killer and i hope he rotts in hadeys for what he has done he said he has dreams about randy i hope my brother haunts him for the rest of his misrable life he should have spent the rest of his life in prison in a4x6 cell i love you randy rest in peice bro
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I Love you Aunt Donna - we will miss Randy and remember the Fun and Good times and his wonderful Smile!!!!
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Well, I'm going to do my best to put all this to rest. Randy was not a drug crazy, he got addicted to pain killers for kidney stones, which he got on a regularly because of too much calcium in his body. That led to the other stuff. I did know my son, yes, he was picked up in a raid, but released that night because they had no evidence. He was coming home to his 1 yr. old baby and to get the rehab that WV wouldn't provide. Mr. Mills said on the stand that there was no way Randy or Ellen knew he was there, he was all covered up, so the idea that he meant to hurt him was crazy. Dennis has been arrested before for pulling a knife on a nurse at the VA hospital (it's documented) that's why he wasn't there. He has family and was homeless by choice, he is just an odd little mad who needs help. The car looked abandoned, they had alot of their own valuables in their cars, and money. They were not trying to rob him. If they had kno They just surprised each other and it got out of hand.
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