MILLSTONE, W.Va. -- A Harrison County man has been arrested on charges that he killed a Calhoun County couple in April.

Kirk Alan "Bucky" Miller, of Salem, was arrested Thursday after an almost three-month investigation into the deaths of Julie and Mike Flanagan at their home on Left Fork Road, near Millstone, according to State Police.

The Flanagans were found dead in their home by their daughter, who came to visit them April 14. The couple died of apparent gunshot wounds.

According to a criminal complaint filed in Calhoun County Magistrate Court, Miller had sold marijuana for Mike Flanagan since around Feb. 1.

Flanagan allegedly agreed to split any money from the drug dealings with Miller, but did not keep his promise, according to the criminal complaint. Miller allegedly said that he repeatedly asked Flanagan to pay him.

After being rebuffed several times, Miller decided to kill Flanagan weeks before the actual shooting, according to the complaint.

On April 11, Miller went to the Flanagans' house on Long Fork Road. Flanagan didn't immediately recognize Miller, but then invited him into the house, according to the complaint. Miller allegedly offered to sell Flanagan a 12-gauge shotgun, and Flanagan agreed.

According to the complaint, Miller said he was very angry that Flanagan wouldn't pay him for the drug dealings yet had money to buy the shotgun.

He allegedly went to his truck and loaded the shotgun without the Flanagans' knowledge, then walked back into the house and shot Mike and Julie Flanagan multiple times while they were sitting downstairs.

Miller cut the phone lines in the house, picked up the discharged shells from the shotgun and rifled through the Flanagans' bedroom looking for marijuana and money, according to the complaint.

He allegedly took two jars of marijuana and two Ruger .44 caliber RedHawk pistols, and later sold one of the guns to a co-worker at Ritchie Petroleum for $250.

Miller is charged with two counts of murder. He is being held at Central Regional Jail.

Reach Kathryn Gregory at kathr...@wvgazette.com or 304-348-5119.

MILLSTONE, W.Va. -- A Harrison County man has been arrested on charges that he killed a Calhoun County couple in April.

Kirk Alan "Bucky" Miller, of Salem, was arrested Thursday after an almost three-month investigation into the deaths of Julie and Mike Flanagan at their home on Left Fork Road, near Millstone, according to State Police.

The Flanagans were found dead in their home by their daughter, who came to visit them April 14. The couple died of apparent gunshot wounds.

According to a criminal complaint filed in Calhoun County Magistrate Court, Miller had sold marijuana for Mike Flanagan since around Feb. 1.

Flanagan allegedly agreed to split any money from the drug dealings with Miller, but did not keep his promise, according to the criminal complaint. Miller allegedly said that he repeatedly asked Flanagan to pay him.

After being rebuffed several times, Miller decided to kill Flanagan weeks before the actual shooting, according to the complaint.

On April 11, Miller went to the Flanagans' house on Long Fork Road. Flanagan didn't immediately recognize Miller, but then invited him into the house, according to the complaint. Miller allegedly offered to sell Flanagan a 12-gauge shotgun, and Flanagan agreed.

According to the complaint, Miller said he was very angry that Flanagan wouldn't pay him for the drug dealings yet had money to buy the shotgun.

He allegedly went to his truck and loaded the shotgun without the Flanagans' knowledge, then walked back into the house and shot Mike and Julie Flanagan multiple times while they were sitting downstairs.

Miller cut the phone lines in the house, picked up the discharged shells from the shotgun and rifled through the Flanagans' bedroom looking for marijuana and money, according to the complaint.

He allegedly took two jars of marijuana and two Ruger .44 caliber RedHawk pistols, and later sold one of the guns to a co-worker at Ritchie Petroleum for $250.

Miller is charged with two counts of murder. He is being held at Central Regional Jail.

Reach Kathryn Gregory at kathr...@wvgazette.com or 304-348-5119.