On April 9, 2019, 22-year-old Lauryn T. Kinne of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, was fatally shot during a violent home invasion on Saffell Street. Kinne, in her third trimester of pregnancy, and a male resident were found with gunshot wounds after police responded around 5:30 a.m. Both were taken to Frankfort Regional Medical Center; the male survived, but Kinne died of a chest wound and her unborn child also did not survive.
Investigators say the incident began as a robbery in which multiple men entered the home demanding valuables. One intruder, identified as Derrick J. Morris, allegedly struck the male victim with a firearm; the gun discharged and the bullet struck Kinne. Arrests followed: Derrick J. Morris, 33, was charged with murder and first-degree robbery, and Johnathan T. Harley, 20, admitted involvement and was charged with first-degree robbery. Robert J. Jones, 20, and Austin Chilton, 19, were later arrested and charged with first-degree robbery.
An Anderson County grand jury returned indictments against all four on counts including complicity to murder, complicity to first-degree fetal homicide, complicity to first-degree robbery, and complicity to first-degree burglary; Morris, Chilton, and Harley faced tampering with physical evidence charges, and Morris faced first-degree assault. Does anyone have information about Lauryn, the Saffell Street residence, or the early-morning activity in Lawrenceburg that night?