A convicted serial killer who identifies as a woman is allegedly residing with a vulnerable elderly woman and two young children in western Sydney, raising serious concerns about community safety and supervision failures.
Reginald Arthurell, now known as Regina, was released on parole in November 2020 after serving 24 years for the 1997 murder of fiancée Venet Raylee Mulhall, whom Arthurell bludgeoned to death with a piece of wood in Coonabarabran, NSW. Prior convictions include manslaughter for stabbing stepfather Thomas Thornton, 49, with a carving knife in the 1980s, and the robbery and killing of sailor Ross Browning, 19.
Arthurell returned to prison in 2022 for sexually touching a man without consent at crisis accommodation in Sydney’s south-west. An extended supervision order expired in December 2024, with no application to extend it.
On Ben Fordham’s 2GB radio show on Monday, a caller using the pseudonym Tina claimed her mother, an elderly grandmother, is now living with Arthurell. Tina alleged Arthurell is “brainwashing” her mother about business ventures involving her superannuation.
“This sick bastard killed his stepfather with a carving knife, he robbed and killed a teenager and he murdered his own fiancée with a piece of wood,” Fordham said on air. “After killing her, he photographed himself wearing one of her dresses. That should have been the last we heard of him, he should have been locked up for life, but that is not what happened.”
Tina said her mother met Arthurell while working at Westmead Hospital, where Arthurell was a patient. Arthurell reportedly moved in late last year.
“She told me that Reginald owned a saddlery business and was in business with Dwight Yoakam, the country and western singer from America,” Tina told Fordham. “So she told me that he made clothing and he was a client at the hospital where she worked. Then in probably November I heard through other family members that this Reginald was apparently moving in with my mother. And when I asked my mother who this person was, it was the same information: he is a millionaire, he previously lived in America, had been working in the Navy, previously owned a saddlery business in Glen Innes, NSW.”
There is no evidence of any connection between Arthurell and Dwight Yoakam.
In February, a sibling alerted Tina to Arthurell’s past via text: “It was a text message, it said, ‘Please do a Google search on this person,’” she said on the show. “All of this information came to me about Reginald Arthurell, who also identifies as Regina. All of those things started sending alarm bells. The information I found on Google told me he was a serial killer, and one of his victims was actually a Quinn lady from Coonabarabran, who happens to be related to my mother. My great-grandmother was a Quinn, and my mother was born in Coonabarabran.”
“You are telling me that your mum is related to one of the victims?” Fordham asked. “I believe so,” Tina replied.
Tina expressed uncertainty about whether her mother knows Arthurell’s history. “I do not know what Reginald has disclosed, or Regina, whatever they like to call themselves, I do not know what information has been disclosed, I do not know what balances and checks have been done,” she said.
“I understand if she has made that choice, but also, if this person is supposed to be under community correction orders where they are supposed to be supervised in the community, what are the details of those orders and who is actually making sure those orders are being followed? From what I know, the person is currently residing in a house with an elderly lady who is currently vulnerable, and it is within 100 metres of two public schools.”
Tina has contacted NSW Police and the Department of Corrective Services since February 12 but received no response. “When I questioned Corrective Services about who in NSW currently looks after these people and makes sure they are adhering to their orders, they hung up on me,” she told Fordham. “I called police on more than several occasions.”
A spokesperson for NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley stated: “All decisions in relation to extended supervision orders are made after thorough consideration of risk assessments and all other relevant information, with the primary object of the Act, which is the safety and protection of the community, in mind. This individual is not currently under an extended supervision order. Any concerns regarding allegations of financial abuse, or other concerns relating to the safety of other individuals, should be reported to the NSW Police Force.”
NSW Police declined to comment.
The family has urged authorities to investigate, citing the proximity to schools and the elderly woman’s vulnerability.
