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One dead, one charged with murder in Kanawha County

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County man is behind bars on charges of murder and wanton endangerment for allegedly shooting and killing the man he found with his ex-girlfriend at a Cross Lanes home.

Members of the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department’s SWAT Team arrested Dustin Wayne Bodkins, 29, for the shooting death of Timothy Morris from St. Albans following a standoff on Orchard Avenue before 4 a.m. Thursday.

Bodkins was also accused of pointing a gun at the woman involved, identified as Lindsey Winans, and threatening to kill her. The two had recently separated.

According to the criminal complaint, Bodkins returned to the home he had shared, at one point, with Winans for medication. He allegedly started searching the home once inside and found Morris in a closet. There was a fight and Morris was shot during it.

Bodkins later barricaded himself in a bedroom with a gun.

Deputies with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department were investigating.





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