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Bluegrass Crime Stoppers

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Police seek help in solving a cold case

It’s been nearly 11 years since the mysterious murder of a former University of Kentucky architecture professor, and police are still awaiting the break they need to crack the case.

Paul “Pete” Pinney Jr. was last seen alive about 5 p.m. on Nov. 2, 1997.

Police say that about 5:17 p.m. that day, someone attempted to withdraw several thousand dollars from Pinney’s account at a Central Bank ATM behind the Chevy Chase Plaza, where Pinney lived. They only got $500.

Then, about 12:39 a.m. on Nov. 3, police said, someone revisited that ATM and withdrew another $500 from Pinney’s account.
Police released a SuperAmerica store video yesterday of a man who charged $15 worth of gas to a credit card belonging Pinney a few hours before Pinney was found dead. The video was grainy, but clear enough to make out a white man, about 5-foot-10, with a receding hairline that is either thinning or graying on the sides.

Police charged Paul Lee Barnett, 48, with illegal use of a credit card for allegedly making two ATM withdrawals from Pinney’s account in the hours before the murder. Barnett was not the man in the video, police said.
More than a decade ago, police said, the motive for Pinney’s murder may have been money. Back then, detectives said they thought at least two people were responsible for dumping his body because Pinney was a large man.
About 10 minutes after the last ATM withdrawal, the suspect in the video bought gas with Pinney’s Ashland Inc. credit card at a SuperAmerica on Richmond Road. The credit card was in Pinney’s wallet when his body was discovered just after 7:30 a.m. on South Cleveland Road in rural Fayette County. Pinney also kept his ATM personal identification number in his wallet. Police said there were also about 10 unsuccessful attempts to use Pinney’s card.

Anyone with information may call Crime Stoppers at (859) 253-2020 or Lexington Police detectives at (859) 258-3700.

Wanted person of the week

James Demetrius Mullins, 29, of Lexington is wanted in the shooting of Dominic O. Faulkner on the afternoon of April 18. Faulkner was shot multiple times on Whitney Avenue.

JAMES D. MULLINS

Date of birth: 8/10/78
Height: 6′02″/ Weight: 270 lbs.

WANTED FOR:

MURDER & PAROLE VIOLATION

If you would like to support Crime Stoppers, call 859-253-2020 or Toll-Free at 1-877-970-2020 or visit www.lfucg.com/crimestoppers/

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Nine die during Memorial Day weekend

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Nine people died in nine separate crashes on Kentucky roadways during Memorial Day weekend, from 6 p.m. Friday to 11:59 p.m. Monday, Kentucky State Police said.

According to preliminary statistics, three people died in car wrecks in Barren, Boone and Fayette counties. Four people died in all-terrain vehicle wrecks in Floyd, Harlan, Pike and Rockcastle counties. One person who died was on a motorcycle in McCracken County. And a pedestrian died in Fayette County.

Two of the three people in car wrecks were not wearing seat belts, and alcohol was suspected in one of the three crashes. Three of the four victims of ATV wrecks were not wearing helmets. State police did not release any other information about the motorcycle wreck in McCracken County.

There were eight fatalities in eight crashes on Kentucky roads during the Memorial Day weekend last year.

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