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A 24-year-old Wisconsin woman has admitted to one of the most gruesome crimes in recent history. Taylor Schabusiness was arrested recently after she reportedly strangled her boyfriend to death and then dismembered him. That’s not all the Wisconsin woman did. Schabusiness admitted to authorities that she sexually violated the man after he was deceased.
The Daily Mail reports that Taylor Schabusiness has been charged with a laundry list of crimes associated with the killing of 24-year-old Shad Rock Thyrion. According to police documents, the incident took place sometime over the course of the night of February 22nd, ending in the tragic discovery of Thyrion’s decapitated head — by his own mother — at around 3:00 in the morning of February 23rd. The mother of the slain man told police that she was awakened by the sound of a storm door shutting — which indicated to her that her son’s girlfriend, Taylor Schabusiness, was leaving. She had last seen her son alive on the 21st, and he was in the company of the 24-year-old Wisconsin woman. When she got up from the sound, she noticed Schabusiness driving away from the residence, but she did not hear or see signs of her son. It was around this time that a bucket near the basement stairs caught her attention. To her horror, the woman discovered her son’s decapitated head inside of it.
Police caught up with Schabusiness very shortly after the discovery of her slain boyfriend’s head. Police reports indicate that the woman had blood stains on her hands and clothing. When they notified her that her boyfriend had been murdered and decapitated, her responses were unusual.
“that is pretty f***d up.”
via The Daily Mail
Within minutes of talking to police, however, Taylor’s story changed and she admitted to killing Thyrion during rough sex. From there, police were horrified to hear an emotionless story of depravity, as Taylor Schabusiness recounted the horrifying things she’d done to her boyfriend. She admitted to strangling him to death with a chain before using a series of knives to dismember and decapitate him. She admitted to police that she’d also performed sexual acts on his deceased body. She claimed, however, that she did not intend on leaving his head in a bucket for his mother to discover in the early morning hours of February 23rd. She told police that she’d “gotten lazy” and was not prepared to thoroughly clean up the crime scene, because the murder was not “planned.” The Wisconsin woman told police that she and her boyfriend had been smoking meth and shooting up other drugs before the incident.
Taylor Schabusiness has been charged with 1st degree murder, 3rd degree sexual assault and a variety of other charges. She remains in jail — which is exactly where she deserves to remain for the rest of her life.
Chelsea Hoffman is a true crime writer with over a decade of professional writing experience. She is best known for her coverage of missing people including the tragic disappearance of Madeleine McCann as well as the heartbreaking cases of Dylan Redwine, Heather Elvis and many others.
