LOGAN, W.Va. — Logan County Chief Deputy Mike LaFauci said the department’s members are leaning on one another amid deep grief and sorrow. Deputy Caden Mullins, 24, was killed in a Saturday afternoon accident while on duty in the Man community.
“He was leaving a trunk-or-treat event that was going on at Man. He was enroute to handle a call for service. The plan was to drop his passenger off at the house before he took the call and then the accident happened,” LaFauci said.
Sheriff P.D. Clemens announced the passenger was Mullins’ “significant other.”
Before they made it to their house, Mullins’ cruiser collided with a coal truck on Route 10 near the Rum Creek Road intersection. He was killed and the female passenger was severely injured. She was flown to a Charleston hospital and LaFauci had no update on her condition.
Mullins had been a member of the Logan County Sheriff’s Department since 2025. He started his law enforcement career earlier with the Charleston Police Department, but didn’t like the long drive back and forth from Man to the Capitol City and wanted to be nearer to home.
“He was a great deputy. He was a hard worker and do anything you asked of him. He was very active in the community. We hired him in August 2025 and he came to us from the Charleston Police Department,. He was a hometown boy, born and raised in Man, West Virginia,” LaFaucci said.
Caden’s brother Jason “Gage” Mullins is also a Logan County Sheriff’s Deputy.
The tragedy has it hard. LaFauci said it was literally the loss of a close family member and everyone grieves.
“It’s been devastating to lose a brother like that. We’re trying to carry on the best that we can. It’s a tragedy for everybody that was involved and we pray for everybody that was involved,” he said.
Law enforcement from numerous departments are expected to participate in a ceremonial escort of Mullins’ body back to the funeral home in Man after it is released by the state Medical Examiner’s office Monday afternoon. LaFauci expected there would be a long line of blue lights in the procession.
“It’s hard to say, and again to speak on his character, I’ve had classmates of his who went through the academy with him call from as far away as Marshall County wanting to be part of this. I’m guessing it’s going to be quite a few cars,” he said.