Henderson woman is sought in slaying

Renee Terrell and Saige Terrell.

Renee Terrell and Saige Terrell.

Christopher Wayne Luttrell

Christopher Wayne Luttrell

HENDERSON, Ky. - A 33-year-old Henderson woman is being sought as a suspect in the death Monday of an employee with Kentucky's social services agency.

Police say the suspect, Renee Terrell, a noncustodial parent, is on the run with her son, 9-month-old Saige Terrell, and her boyfriend, Christopher Wayne Luttrell. The three are believed to be traveling in the victim's vehicle. The victim was identified late Monday night as 67-year-old Boni Frederick of Morganfield.

Little information about the crime was available Monday night. But from what Henderson police have been able to piece together, Frederick, who works with the Kentucky

Cabinet for Health and Family Services, went to Terrell's home at 1229 A Clay St., sometime between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m., according to Henderson Police Sgt. John Nevels.

"The state has custody of the baby, and Frederick was bringing the baby (to Terrell) for a visit," he said.

It's unclear when Frederick was killed, Nevels said, but Terrell was last seen in Henderson around noon.

Frederick's body was found around 4 p.m. Monday.

Nevels declined to comment on the manner of death. He did say that "it was a violent attack" and that an autopsy was scheduled for 9 a.m. today in Madisonville, Ky.

Terrell is described as a white female with brown hair and brown eyes. She wears glasses and is described as 5-feet 5 inches tall and about 250 pounds.

Saige Terrell is a white male, about 19 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. According to an Amber Alert Web site, Saige is "developmentally disabled" and has a scratch on his right cheek and a rug burn on the back of his neck.

Luttrell, 23, is a white male described as 6 feet, 2 inches tall and 150 pounds.

He has red hair and blue eyes and has tattoos on his arms. Police say he is also wanted in Jefferson County for parole violation.

Authorities believe the three are traveling in a white, four-door 2000 Nubia, which is made by Daewoo. The car has a Kentucky license plate 675DRV.

The Amber Alert Web site said that Terrell may be headed to Evansville or Fort Wayne, Ind., where she has relatives.


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Comments » 13

mypov writes:

Personally I feel that social workers should not be required to go into peoples homes alone. This is going to change the way social work is done.

redscj428#182842 writes:

I argree that social workers, or anyone who works for an agency (that is unarmed) should never have to go into a residence alone. Especailly when there is a child involved. Not only is it dangerous for the worker, but also the child who may be harmed or held hostage.Let the mother come to the child!

hjohnson001#46333 writes:

Now maybe the workers can get "Hazardous Duty" pay.

damnedifino writes:

How can a worker go missing for that many hours un-checked ? Is there no safe guards for them

www.mforeman#201604 writes:

I agree that a person with supervised visits should come to the child where their are more people around. Their is an obvious reason why the parent is on supervised vists and does not have custody of the child. When they do find these people I pray the baby is unharmed but we shouldn't even waste tax payers dollars on these two.

bluestar writes:

Tragic it is about the social worker. It is rally sad. However, you can not go around messing with people when it concerns their children, and more so but not totally when it comes to the mothers of the children. Now true there are some parents out there that do not care about their children at ALL. More often than not though, the mother, if even no one else has a HUGE connection/bind with their child. Most mothers would be 900% protective of their children. In this case the mother was told if she did this, this, and this, that she could get her child back. She did the things as requested but did not get her child back and was basically told she would never have her child back, most likely. Who killed the case worker? Don't know. Just like we in the USA have stuck our noses into other countries businesses to the point where more and more they began to rebel against us and hate us, we are doing the same with child protection services. I know of a woman that gave up four of her children when she was nine months pregnant to her mom, who was a substance abuser and the whole family was substance abusers but the mom manipulated the system into giving her the children so she could collect some good $$$$ for the children and the kids were going to school in the wimter time with little tennis shoes with big, big holes in them while she was out buying her and her boyfriend matching gold jewelry, watches, big screen TV, etc, while the children still suffered, yet the bleeding heart social worker was amnipulated into beleiving it was best for the children. There should be a little more effort into blood kin having a little more to say about what happens to the children, rather than some fabualous agaency that thinks they know everything come in and screw up everyone's lives and take their children.

lalala1 writes:

to mhite:

social workers do their best to protect children. if a person is unable to take care of their children, then they should be taken away. however, another goal of this "fabulous agency" is to reunify the child with the biological parents, which is i'm sure why they were having supervised visits in the first place. social workers don't need to screw up people's lives, because they do that just fine on their own.

tbd923#188160 writes:

The state has ample reason to remove children from questionable circumstances. This lawbreaking joker and his girlfriend deserve nothing in this situation regardless of paternity. Get this couple off the street, find this child, and remove him from the imminent danger that these rejects pose to his life. Mhite has no idea what danger these "violent attackers" pose to this helpless, disabled child.

Flash writes:


Do you think the fact that there is a murdered social worker in the parent's home might be an indication that she (and the boyfriend) shouldn't be raising the child?

mypov writes:


casper#206311 writes:

The child had a rug burn on it's back and neck.Sounds like some one was dragging the child across the carpet,probably just to change a diaper.God help this baby.The baby doesn't have a chance with the idiots who call themselves parents,

gunner13 writes:

To mhite I hope that when they find your sister,they lock her up & throw away the key.

ditchmitch writes:

It would be best if the fbi, when they find them, drop them both dead... what a waste of guts: fat, tired, useless "mother" w/ one scuzzy dirtbag boyfriend.
