How Could You? Hall of Shame-Tana Perkins Reneau

This will be an archive of heinous actions by those involved in child welfare, foster care and adoption. We forewarn you that these are deeply disturbing stories that may involve sex abuse, murder, kidnapping and other horrendous actions.

From Blaine, Washington,”a former schoolteacher and current Blaine school board candidate [and adoptive mother] pleaded not guilty Friday in Whatcom County Superior Court to nearly a dozen felony charges that accuse her of torturing and sexually assaulting four children who were known to her.

Tana Perkins Reneau, 51, stood mostly silent before Court Commissioner Ann Vetter-Hansen. Her lawyer entered a plea of not guilty and Reneau said “uh-uh” when Vetter-Hansen asked whether Reneau had any questions.

A tentative trial date was set for 9 a.m. Aug. 28 in Superior Court.

After the hearing, a member of Reneau’s legal staff told The Bellingham Herald that Reneau had no comment. Her legal entourage left quickly through the rear courthouse stairwell.

Reneau, who is on the Aug. 1 primary election ballot for a seat on the Blaine school board, remains free after posting $500,000 bond on June 10.

She’s facing four counts of second-degree child assault, three counts of first-degree incest, one count of first-degree child rape, one count of second-degree child rape, one count of third-degree child rape, and one count of second-degree assault, all related to the alleged years-long physical and sexual abuse of four children, according to court records.

She was arrested June 2 after investigations conducted by the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office and state Child Protective Services alleged the abuses occurred from January 2020 through May 2023, according to court documents.

The children — who are not being named — reported the abuse to authorities, according to court documents. They include three girls ages 7 to 14 and one boy older than 10, according to court records.

Reneau has at least six children, including four who are adopted.”

Without comment, Blaine mother enters plea in child rape, torture case in Whatcom court
[Bellingham Herald 6/16/23 by ROBERT MITTENDORF ]

The Washington courts online says that she has a trial on 1/16/24.

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