Suspect in Revelin Meador case appears in court, father faces separate charges

ALLEN COUNTY, Ky. – New information is developing surrounding the Allen County case involving the death of 7-year-old Revelin Meador.

The case has been reopened nearly six years after Revelin Meador’s unfortunate death. A suspect in her case, her grandfather, 70-year-old Bobby Meador, was seen in Allen County district court Wednesday morning.

Her father, 31-year-old Farren Meador, also appeared at the court on separate charges that authorities have confirmed are related to separate cases. 

According to the warrant for arrest for Bobby Meador, authorities responded to a dead 7-year-old, medically fragile child off the 900 block of Celsor Street in Scottsville at 8 a.m. on August 1, 2020.

The child has been identified as Revelin Meador, who was diagnosed with Stokes-Adams Syndrome, a medical condition that causes fainting spells and a temporary blood drop to the brain.

The report states Bobby Meador was her legal guardian at the time of her death. It also states the Allen County coroner found two positive substances in her system – fentanyl and cotinine. Cotinine is produced by the body once nicotine is used. 

Revelin Meador’s cause of death was released as acute fentanyl intoxication. Now, nearly six years later, her case was reopened after new detectives discovered new tips from the community.

According to the warrant, authorities believed that Revelin Meador was not capable of self-interaction with those drugs and that they would need to be dispensed to her. 

One of the detectives over the case said now that the case is reopened, the community had played a pivotal role to the justice for Revelin.

“What we’re doing right now is just reviewing old evidence as well as interviewing everybody that knew Revelin and was familiar with the family dynamics. That takes time because it’s there was a lot of people in and out of this house so, that’s one thing we’ve discovered. There was a lot going on in this house and mostly bad stuff so, I’m trying to track everybody down an interview. You know six to seven years later has been challenging, but everything is coming together pretty good,” said Detective Ryan Dillon with the Scottsville Police Department.

So far, Bobby Meador has been charged with first-degree manslaughter. Farren Meador has been charged in separate cases with first-degree rape, first-degree sexual abuse and tampering with evidence.

They both have pleaded not guilty and will be seen in court next week.

We will keep following this story for you.