A motion for bond modification was denied in Christian Circuit Court Thursday morning for complicity to murder suspect Kendall Spikes.
Spikes is charged in connection to the deaths of Stanley Bussell and Candace Marcel both of Hopkinsville in December of 2021. He is accused of aiding his father, Bobby Spikes, in the shooting death of Marcell, and then of acting in complicity with Bobby Spikes to kidnap Marcel, resulting in her eventual death.
Kendall Spikes is represented by defense attorney Sands Chewning, who requested that Spikes be released on an ankle monitor, due to a medical condition—he also contends that Spikes has only cooperated with officers and was not a threat during the three years this case was being investigated, so he wouldn’t be a threat to the community now.
Special prosecutor Blake Chambers disagrees on the cooperation, and also asked the court to consider the gravity of the charges.
Chambers also asked for an additional pretrial hearing to allow Chewning to go over the significant amount of evidence in this case, and he believes they could come to a resolution in the matter.
Ultimately, Judge John Atkins did deny the motion for bond modification—for now.
A pretrial hearing was set for January 10, and the matter of if Kendall Spikes’ case will be joined with Bobby Spikes’ double murder case is to be determined.
Kendall Spikes is charged with complicity to murder, complicity to kidnapping, complicity to tampering with evidence and first-degree hindering prosecution or apprehension.