Prior to her 2022 arrest for Shad Thyrion’s murder, Taylor Schabusiness was convicted for “fleeing, eluding, and obstructing a police officer” and sentenced to three months in jail with work-release privileges, possibly explaining why she was free from jail when Thyrion died, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported. Around that same time, she allegedly removed a GPS-tracking ankle bracelet. According to the criminal complaint linked to the murder, Schabusiness told Green Bay Police Detective David Graf she didn’t intend to kill Thyrion — the incident began as a sex game, and she said she “liked it” as Thyrion died. She said she lost consciousness at one point in the process. She also asked detectives if they knew what it was like to “love something so much that you kill it,” the complaint states.
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Though she’d been diagnosed with mental health challenges in the past, in May 2022, Schabusiness was declared fit to stand trial, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported. At the trial, prosecutors entered as evidence photos of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer found on Schabusiness’ phone as well as internet searches suggesting she admired the Milwaukee serial killer. This evidence supported the prosecution’s assertion that Thyrion’s murder was premeditated, The Independent reported. In February 2023, Schabusiness attacked her lawyer in the courtroom, who later asked to be removed from the case, per the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Meanwhile, she wore an apparent “spit hood” at her September 2023 sentencing hearing. Made from breathable fabric, law enforcement uses spit hoods to prevent someone in custody from spitting or biting, CNN reported in 2020.
