Kaiden Lee Harold Stull, an 11-year-old boy from Durbin, West Virginia, died on Thursday, November 24, 2022, while hunting on his family’s farm in Pocahontas County. He was born February 18, 2011, in Elkins and was remembered as a son, grandson, nephew, cousin, student and friend who loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing, riding dirt bikes, music and gaming.

The shooting occurred during a hunting trip near Bear Mountain Road in the Bartow area. Early reports and Kaiden’s obituary described the death as a hunting accident, but investigators later charged his father, John M. Stull, in connection with the shooting. Court records show an indictment accusing John Stull of carelessly and negligently shooting and killing another person while hunting, and of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm; his prior February 2021 conviction for manufacturing a controlled substance was cited in the firearms charge.

In 2024 John Stull, listed as being from Bartow, pleaded guilty to prohibited person in possession of a firearm and negligent shooting, both reported as misdemeanor offenses; final adjudication was delayed and a substance abuse evaluation ordered. No other suspect has been identified publicly. Did anyone in the Bartow or Durbin area know Kaiden or have information about that day?