Who Is Taylor Schabusiness? Meth Murder Investigation

Taylor Schabusiness is a 24 year old woman from Green Bay, Wisconsin. Police have accused Schabusiness of murdering a man she smoked meth with and cutting off his head and putting it in a bucket.

Taylor Schabusiness Allegations

Police Say They Found Schabusiness With Body Parts In Crock Pot. “Taylor Schabusiness, allegedly the last person to have seen the 25-year-old victim alive, was found at a nearby house. Her clothing was spackled in dried blood, according to the complaint, and police searching her van found a crock pot box containing other human body parts, “including legs.” When police asked her what had happened, Schabusiness replied, “That is a good question.”” [Yahoo]

Police Found Human Head In Bucket. “A police officer went down the basement stairs and saw a plastic bucket on the floor. He “lifted the towel and observed a human head inside the bucket. (He) … looked around the room and observed what appeared to be dried blood on a nearby mattress,” the complaint said.” [Press Gazette]

Schabusiness Charged With Murder, Mutilation. “Taylor D. Schabusiness, 24, is charged with 1st Degree Intentional Homicide, Mutilating a Corpse and 3rd Degree Sexual Assault. A court commissioner set her bond at $2 million cash at a hearing Tuesday afternoon. Schabusiness seemed calm when she appeared in Brown County court via video conference. She said very little, only acknowledging that she has the right to an attorney.” [WBAY]

Police: Schabusiness Admitted Strangling Victim. “Investigators said Schabusiness told them she and the victim had been doing drugs and having sex. She said they had used chains while having sex, and she went “crazy” and started strangling the victim. A detective said she admitted to hiding the body parts, according to the complaint. She also went into detail about the weapons she used to dismember the body.” [Upper Michigan]

Police: Schabusiness Said She Molested Corpse. “The complaint contains graphic details of sexual acts Schabusiness said she did to the victim’s body after he died. She admitted to playing with his body for “two to three hours” after his death.” [WISN]

Police: Schabusiness Said Police Would Have “Fun” Finding Body Parts. “She said “police were going to have fun trying to find all of the organs as she dismembered the body. Schabusiness stated all of the body parts should be in the basement,” according to the complaint. “Schabusiness stated she used knives that she obtained from the kitchen of the residence and that a bread knife worked the best because of the serrated blade,” the complaint continues.” [NY Post]

Taylor Schabusiness Murder Trial

Schabusiness went on trial for murder in July 2023.

Live video stream of Schabusiness “house of horrors” murder trial:

Video Shown Of Officers Finding Head In Bucket. “Body camera footage was shown in the courtroom showed the two officers speaking with the couple, with the boyfriend saying he lifted up the towel covering the bucket and dropped it upon seeing the head. The officers then go to the basement of the home where they found the aforementioned black five-gallon bucket.” [SeeHafer]

Police: Schabusiness Did Internet Searches On Jeffrey Dahmer Before Murder. “According to the detective, Schabusiness searched for information about Jeffrey Dahmer, a fellow Wisconsin resident, and researched flaming pentagrams and custom blow-up sex dolls. Speaking of the contents of Schabusiness’ Google account, Luberda said: “There were more references to Jeffrey Dahmer and searches for Jeffrey Dahmer, pictures, things of that nature.”” [The Sun]

Schabusiness Found Guilty. “Taylor Schabusiness has been convicted of killing and dismembering Shad Thyrion inside a Green Bay home in February of 2022. On the third day of the trial, a jury found Schabusiness guilty of first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse, and third-degree sexual assault.” [TMJ]