It’s a longshot.
The Hastings woman accused of fatally shooting her former boyfriend and using a horse to transport and later bury his body will appear for a bond hearing next month, court records show.
Caylen Deller is currently behind bars facing first degree murder charges for the killing of father-of-two Chad Mullen last September.
Deller’s legal aid attorney will somehow try to convince a Putnam County judge to spring her from jail on her own recognizance pending the outcome of her case, papers state.
Mullen’s daughter, Holli Mullen, has vowed to attend the May 27 court hearing and has lobbied against Deller’s unlikely release.
In a case that gripped St. Johns County last year, Mullen abruptly went missing after last being seen near Deller’s former horse farm.
His corpse was discovered buried in a shallow grave in a rural area in Federal Point on October 28.
“The remains were tied up with various types of cordage and ratchet straps, including what appeared to be a lasso rope,” according to a probable cause affidavit.
Deller and Mullen dated for roughly a year, a relationship friends and family described as highly volatile.
In a viral St. Johns Citizen interview with Deller before her arrest, the drug-addled equestrian calmly denied any role in the slaying.
“I don’t know anything about it,” she said on Oct. 31 outside an unrelated court appearance after the discovery of his remains. “But I’m glad that his mother might have some peace and closure now.”
Deller, 31, allegedly shot Mullen near her horse farm, Stormy Stables, and enlisted friend Tina Marie Lee-Ellis to help her move his body to another location.
Deller’s ex-boyfriend, Ken Wadell, told The Citizen that she confessed to killing Mullen, admitting she used a horse to drag his body to Lee-Ellis’ SUV.
Deller faces the death penalty if convicted of Mullen’s murder.
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Hoping it all goes south for this killer and there’s no chance of her EVER getting out of jail. What a slap in the face that would be to Chad Mullens family. She’s a low life!
Shes a good lady yall dont know that how bad they faught how many time he threatened her i do or about the currupt putnam sheriffs where i am from if as many times the cops were callee on a domstic despute someone goes to jail lets add another note he was a nark for the cops and rolled over on some big name dealers or the illegal searches of her barn on camera from the sheriff i hope she walks free and sues the county and chads family for depermation of character. Putnam county sheriffs are bought and corrupt they have no evidence tieing her to anything otherise their would be a trial set
💔 He was a good man! She was a w’h’orse 🐎 trainer alright! Made a move she can’t undo. A psycho’ She is. In front of her kid too? That’s what I hear. Bad idea to pull the trigger. As far as I feel is right “an eye for an eye” done with her! I pray she get the life she deserves and never gets released. At the end of today that’s what I pray for🙏 her to stay for the rest of her life she’s a danger to society!
This is an outrage. The Mullen family deserve justice. She is a flight risk and should remain incarcerated until her trial is over. Once the trial is over, I’m hopeful that her next stop is Old Sparky.