Man Stabs Spouse 40 Instances on Valentine’s Day, Sends Grotesque Physique Picture to Her ‘Boyfriend’ and Household: Police

In line with information reviewed by Regulation&Crime, Taylor, 34, was arrested in Indiana final week for allegedly killing his spouse after being upset together with her response to his Valentine’s Day plans, stabbing her 40 occasions with a “huge ass kitchen knife” and sending a photograph of her physique to a person with whom he believed she was having an affair.

Taylor was taken into custody on Friday and charged together with his spouse’s homicide.

In line with a possible trigger affidavit obtained by the outlet, officers with the Jeffersonville Police Division have been despatched to the Meyers’ residence within the late hours of February 14, after responding to a name from somebody who believed Deborah was in peril.

The caller instructed the emergency dispatcher he’d obtained a name from Deborah’s telephone and will hear her yelling out for assist.

As soon as they arrived on the scene, first responders knocked a number of occasions however obtained no response.

The caller additionally drove to the Meyer residence and spoke to police, which is when he obtained a photograph message from Deborah’s telephone exhibiting her physique on the ground. Police then breached the door, the place they have been met with Taylor, who they described as “aggressive.”

Additionally inside the house, police positioned Deborah’s physique and the couple’s three younger youngsters below the age of 5. Per WAVE 3, the youngsters have been asleep on the time of the homicide. Deborah appeared to have been stabbed about 40 occasions, police mentioned.

In an interview with detectives, Taylor allegedly confessed to killing his spouse. He defined that their marriage had been strained since January, after he claims he noticed a photograph of her holding palms with one other man who he known as her “co-worker.”

Taylor mentioned he tried to drag out all of the stops for Valentine’s Day, telling police it was a “Bringing Paris to you”-themed night for which he had “his children draw footage of the Eiffel Tower as decorations.”

“It was the toughest I’ve ever tried,” he allegedly mentioned through the interview. “She simply did not give a s–t.”

Sooner or later after dinner, Taylor mentioned he and his spouse fought and he or she left the home “proper when [her] boyfriend [got] off work.” He mentioned he was “upset” about being residence once more with the children.

Taylor allegedly mentioned she was gone for about 20 minutes earlier than she returned residence. Whereas his spouse was within the toilet, he then purportedly tried to learn her textual content messages on her good watch, earlier than demanding to see her cellphone.

After she refused at hand her telephone over, a bodily confrontation between the pair allegedly ensued.

“He acknowledged that through the argument she punched him within the face and he grabbed her and took the mobile phone and instructed her, ‘I am stronger than you,’” the affidavit states. “Meyer instructed me throughout this preliminary interview on the hospital that it was ‘all wrestling and hitting, and I began choking her. She hit me with a water bottle and I hit her with a wine bottle after which I went and acquired the knife.’”

In line with Taylor, his spouse saved asking him, “What are you going to do, kill me? You are going to harm me and depart our children with no mother and father?”

Taylor mentioned he then pinned his spouse to the bottom and went by way of her telephone, earlier than inserting a name to the person he believed to be her “boyfriend,” who he reportedly instructed, “It is your f–king fault. You need to spoil my marriage and tear my household aside,” as he spouse screamed within the background.

Per the affidavit, the individual on the opposite finish is the one who first referred to as police.

Taylor then allegedly proceed to choke his spouse and hit her within the head a number of occasions with a wine bottle till she turned unconscious.

Not sure if she was useless, Taylor allegedly mentioned he then went to the kitchen and grabbed a “huge ass kitchen knife, an extended one,” and repeatedly stabbed his spouse within the chest. Taylor then despatched a photograph of Deborah’s physique to the opposite man, writing, “Your fault.” Pre WDRB, he additionally despatched the picture to a household group textual content.

A health worker decided Deborah had been stabbed about 40 occasions.

Taylor is presently being held within the Clark County Detention Middle with out bond. He has pleaded not responsible to the homicide cost and is presently scheduled to seem in court docket on March 18.