Inset/ Taylor Meyer (Jeffersonville Police Dept.). Background/ The home where Meyer allegedly killed his wife on Valentine’s Day (WAVE).
A 34-year-old man in Indiana was arrested last week for allegedly killing his wife after being disappointed with her reaction to his Valentine’s Day gestures, stabbing her 40 times with a “big ass kitchen knife” and sending a photo of her body to a man with whom he believed she was having an affair.
Taylor Meyer was taken into custody on Friday and charged with murder in the slaying of 36-year-old Deborah Meyer, records reviewed by Law&Crime show.
According to a probable cause affidavit, officers with the Jeffersonville Police Department in the late-night hours of Feb. 14 responded to the couple’s home in the 6600 block of Westwood Drive after receiving a call from someone who said Meyer’s wife was in danger.
The caller told the emergency dispatcher he’d received a call from Deborah Meyer’s phone and could hear her yelling for help.
Upon arriving at the scene, first responders knocked several times but received no response. The caller had driven to the Meyer home and spoke to police, which is when he received a photo message from Deborah Meyer’s phone showing her body on the floor. Police then breached the door and encountered an aggressive Taylor Meyer.
Officers said they had to use “control techniques” to take Meyer into custody. Also inside the home police located Deborah Meyer’s body and three young children under the age of five. Deborah Meyer appeared to have been stabbed about 40 times, police said.
In an interview with detectives, Meyer allegedly confessed to killing his wife, explaining that their marriage had been strained since he saw a photo of her holding hands with another man in January, referring to the other man as her “co-worker.”
Meyer said he tried to pull out all the stops for Valentine’s Day, telling police it was a “Bringing Paris to you” themed evening for which he had “his kids draw pictures of the Eiffel Tower as decorations.”
“It was the hardest I’ve ever tried,” he allegedly said during the interview. “She just didn’t give a s—.”
At some point after dinner, Meyer said he and his wife fought and she left the house “right when [her] boyfriend [got] off work.” He said he was “upset” about being home again with the kids.
