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BY JANIE SLAVEN Record Staff Writer PINE KNOT � McCreary County�s drug problem exploded into public consciousness last week with news that an apparent drug overdose left a young mother dead and a high school senior hospitalized. Emergency responders were dispatched to a mobile home next to Pine Knot Cemetery just after 7:30 a.m. Friday morning when a friend discovered Randi Elaine Chitwood, 19, and Kristofer Holmes Gilreath, 17, unresponsive. First on scene was McCreary County Deputy Sheriff Freddie Clark, who said Sunday that �various type drugs� were found in the trailer. Clark could not elaborate pending lab identification of the substances seized but stated that the case involved an �accidental overdose.� McCreary County EMS transported both teens to Scott County Hospital where Chitwood was pronounced dead. Gilreath, a week shy of participating in McCreary Central High�s commencement, was reportedly transported to the University of Tennessee Medical Center. �We have no information to release on Kris Gilreath,� a UT spokesperson said Monday, May 24. For complete details, see the Tuesday, May 24, 2004, Edition of The McCreary County Record. Reader Comments rose (6/9/2026) to the family randi & chris I'm very sorry for your loss i did not know them but they looked like very good people,again I'm very sorry for i too lost my wife and daughter not to drugs but it still hurts the same ,may GOD bless both of your families!!!!!!!!! Pat Metcalf (6/3/2026) I wish to extend my condolence to the entire family. My thoughts to Lisa, Jeannie and Great Grandmother Betty. Pat Metcalf Louisville, Kentucky Jonathan Hearld (5/25/2004) I don't know either one of these people, but my heart goes out to them both, and their families. What a young age to have to die. This must be a very difficult time this must be for both families to have to go through. I hope though this might be an example to other young people, drugs kill, stay away from them or the same might happen to you someday. I am sure this young lady didn't think she would die, she had a whole life ahead of her, just 19 years old and a mother. Linda (5/25/2004) TO THE FAMILY OF RANDIE & CHRIS MAY GOD BE WITH YOU. RANDIE WAS A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN, I DIDN'T KNOW HER PERSONALY BUT I HAD TALKED TO RANDIE IN HER GRANDMOTHER'S BEAUTY SALON AND SHE WAS A VERY SWEET PERSON.AND TO THE FAMILY OF CHRIS GILREATH I WISH HIM A FULL RECOVERY, MAY GOD BLESS & BE WITH BOTH FAMILY'S. THIS IS SUCH A SAD THING THAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH. THIS IS SO HEART BREAKING! Add a Comment |
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