No settlement has been reached in the murder case of a Bowling Green man accused of shooting his wife, the man’s attorney told the judge Monday.

Terry Ernest Thomas, 77, appeared in Warren Circuit Court for a pretrial conference.

Thomas is charged with murder and receiving stolen property (firearm) in connection with the death of his wife, Mary Thomas, who was found dead in her bed from a gunshot wound on Jan. 9, 2024, at the couple’s home at 1128 Blue Bell Way.

Thomas’ attorney, Dennie Hardin, updated Warren Circuit Judge Chris Cohron on the status of the case.

“We do not have a resolution at this time,” Hardin said, adding that an offer from Warren County Commonwealth’s Attorney Kori Beck Bumgarner to resolve the case without a trial has been met with a counteroffer.

Hardin requested that the case be put on the docket for March 3.

“We hope to either have a resolution then or set it for a trial that day,” Hardin said.

Thomas has been in Warren County Regional Jail since Jan. 10, 2024, in lieu of a $1 million cash bond.

The Warren County Sheriff’s Office investigated Mary Thomas’ death, and her husband was taken into custody after purportedly confessing.

WCSO Detective Vedad Hadzikadunic testified in court last year that the couple’s daughter called 911 on the night of Jan. 9, 2024, to report having received a phone call from Terry Thomas during which he claimed to have shot his wife in self-defense.

Deputies were dispatched to the home on Blue Bell Way, where Terry Thomas initially claimed that his wife had attempted to stab him, then took the gun from him and shot herself, Hadzikadunic said.

Police retrieved a .22 caliber handgun that was found on top of the drawer next to the bed on the side where Terry Thomas slept, and deputies learned through investigation that the gun had been reported stolen in Florida in 2014.

When Terry Thomas began having difficulty breathing, he was taken to The Medical Center, where he gave a statement to Hadzikadunic.

“He advised that he and his wife had been having problems for many years,” Hadzikadunic said. “He went into the bedroom to try to make the relationship better, and he advised she produced a handgun, a struggle occurred and then the gun went off.”

The Thomas’ daughter was interviewed over the phone and reported that Terry Thomas told her he and his wife were arguing.

Hadzikadunic testified that Thomas also called his son in the wake of the shooting and gave him an account of what happened.

“(Thomas) told (his son) he got tired of arguing with his spouse and he just couldn’t take it anymore and he shot her,” Hadzikadunic said.

During that phone call, Thomas reportedly told his son that he was going to prison for the rest of his life, the detective said.