By Angela Weatherford, Athens Review

5/14/2008

It was a Mays family reunion of sorts in 392nd District Court Monday.

One by one, loved ones of Randall Wayne Mays took the stand to testify the defendant had a difficult life that led to mental illness and a drug problem.

Randall Wayne Mays was convicted last week for the murder of Henderson County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Tony Ogburn, 61, on May 17, 2007.

On that day Mays killed both Ogburn and HCSD Investigator Paul Habelt at Mays’ Payne Spring property. HCSD Deputy Kevin Harris was also injured in the standoff.

The defense, led by Bobby Mims, closed its case Monday afternoon.

“Randy” — as his family calls him — was described as a person with a good heart, but who would sometimes go into spells where “his face would change.”

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