Episode 241: The Most Evil Woman In Wisconsin - She Wanted To Be Female Jeffrey Dahmer? (Case of Taylor Schabusiness)
He stomped the snow off his boots; the ice storm had no mercy on this town. It was nearly 3:30 in the morning, and the officer had somewhere important to be. He knocked on the woman’s door and followed her down into her basement.
She didn’t even seem to notice the chill in the air. It seemed like she was distracted. Like she had seen something far more scarier than a relentless winter storm.
Tara explained she came down into the basement and saw her son like this. She glanced down, the officer squatted and peeled back the bath towel. There, staring up at him. Was the severed head of Tara’s son sitting in a black bucket.
The details of this case would lead everyone to believe a female Jeffrey Dahmer was on the loose.
Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
Criminal complaint: https://leelofland.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/taylor-denise-schabusiness-criminal-complaint.pdf (https://leelofland.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/taylor-denise-schabusiness-criminal-complaint.pdf)
Detailed article by Heavy: https://heavy.com/news/taylor-schabusiness/ (https://heavy.com/news/taylor-schabusiness/)
Other sources:
https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/crime/2022/03/03/shad-thyrion-green-bay-decapitatio (https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/crime/2022/03/03/shad-thyrion-green-bay-decapitatio)
https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/taylor-schabusiness-found-competent-trial-date-set-for-march-6/ (https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/taylor-schabusiness-found-competent-trial-date-set-for-march-6/)
https://heavy.com/news/taylor-schabusiness/ (https://heavy.com/news/taylor-schabusiness/)
https://www.tvguidetime.com/people/taylor-schabusiness-husband-warren-schabusiness-was-he-involved-in-shad-thyrion-murder-243785.html (https://www.tvguidetime.com/people/taylor-schabusiness-husband-warren-schabusiness-was-he-involved-in-shad-thyrion-murder-243785.html)
https://people.com/crime/houston-woman-sex-slavery-teen-girl-allegation/ (https://people.com/crime/houston-woman-sex-slavery-teen-girl-allegation/)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4334362/Teenager-calls-Bones-Marie-enslaved-girl.html (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4334362/Teenager-calls-Bones-Marie-enslaved-girl.html)
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/woman-accused-of-meth-fueled-sexual-assault-and-dismemberment-of-mans-corpse-reportedly-had-near-infatuation-with-jeffrey-dahmer-journalist-claims/ (https://lawandcrime.com/crime/woman-accused-of-meth-fueled-sexual-assault-and-dismemberment-of-mans-corpse-reportedly-had-near-infatuation-with-jeffrey-dahmer-journalist-claims/)
https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a681038.html (https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a681038.html)
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/woman-accused-of-meth-fueled-sexual-assault-and-dismemberment-of-mans-corpse-reportedly-had-near-infatuation-with-jeffrey-dahmer-journalist-claims/ (https://lawandcrime.com/crime/woman-accused-of-meth-fueled-sexual-assault-and-dismemberment-of-mans-corpse-reportedly-had-near-infatuation-with-jeffrey-dahmer-journalist-claims/)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22215647/ (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22215647/)
https://www.rit.edu/liberalarts/sites/rit.edu.liberalarts/files/documents/our-work/2002-01.pdf (https://www.rit.edu/liberalarts/sites/rit.edu.liberalarts/files/documents/our-work/2002-01.pdf)
https://www.facebook.com/schabusiness23
Schabusiness’ Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076972308379
Thyrion’s Facebook
https://www.newcomergreenbay.com/Obituary/211918/Shad-Thyrion/Green%20Bay-WI#:~:text= Shad%20Rock%20 Thyrion%2C%2024%2C%20 passed,grandfather%20at%20their%20family%20businesses.
Thyrion’s Obituary
https://www.weau.com/2022/10/31/woman-accused-murdering-dismembering-man-wants-anoth er-competency-hearing/
Contains court videos about Schabusiness’ mental health state
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=124038977175356&set=ecnf.100087077635257
Schabusiness’ husband’s Facebook letter
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/woman-accused-of-meth-fueled-sexual-assault-and-dismember ment-of-mans-corpse-reportedly-had-near-infatuation-with-jeffrey-dahmer-journalist-claims/
Anne Schwartz on Schabusiness and Jeffrey Dahmer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSat-Ir2_gY
Video of Schabusiness’ Feb. 14 attack on Jolly
https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2020CF001393&countyNo=5&index=0&mod e=details
Schabusiness’ prior criminal history
https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2019TR005492&countyNo=37&index=0
List of Schabusiness’ court cases in Wisconsin
https://44bars.com/taylor-schabusiness-husband-warren-schabusiness-was-he-involved-in-shad-thyrion-murder/ (https://44bars.com/taylor-schabusiness-husband-warren-schabusiness-was-he-involved-in-shad-thyrion-murder/)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10570861/Married-woman-24-carved-lovers-body-left-head-bucket-mother-find.html (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10570861/Married-woman-24-carved-lovers-body-left-head-bucket-mother-find.html)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trial-set-taylor-schabusiness-case-233639246.html (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trial-set-taylor-schabusiness-case-233639246.html)
https://fox11online.com/news/crime/taylor-schabusiness-doctor-matthew-seipel-court-appointed-competency-trial-first-degree-intentional-homicide-shad-thyrion-murder-decapitation-stony-brook-green-bay#:~:text=Police%20say%20they%20took%20Schabusiness,located%20before%20allegedly%20killing%20Thyrion (https://fox11online.com/news/crime/taylor-schabusiness-doctor-matthew-seipel-court-appointed-competency-trial-first-degree-intentional-homicide-shad-thyrion-murder-decapitation-stony-brook-green-bay#:~:text=Police%20say%20they%20took%20Schabusiness,located%20before%20allegedly%20killing%20Thyrion).
https://fox11online.com/news/crime/taylor-schabusiness-shad-thyrion-grisly-murder-dismemberment-attorney-quinn-jolly-mental-competency-green-bay-not-guilty-mental-disease-defect-insanity-plea?src=link (https://fox11online.com/news/crime/taylor-schabusiness-shad-thyrion-grisly-murder-dismemberment-attorney-quinn-jolly-mental-competency-green-bay-not-guilty-mental-disease-defect-insanity-plea?src=link)
https://fox11online.com/news/crime/taylor-schabusiness-insanity-plea-shad-thyrion-homicide-dismemberment-green-bay-stony-brook-lane-not-guilty-reason-mental-disease-defect?src=link (https://fox11online.com/news/crime/taylor-schabusiness-insanity-plea-shad-thyrion-homicide-dismemberment-green-bay-stony-brook-lane-not-guilty-reason-mental-disease-defect?src=link)
https://www.gddlaw.com/2020/04/24/how-long-can-criminal-case-delayed/#:~:text=There%20is%20no%20hard%20and,speedy%20trial%20is%20being%20denied (https://www.gddlaw.com/2020/04/24/how-long-can-criminal-case-delayed/#:~:text=There%20is%20no%20hard%20and,speedy%20trial%20is%20being%20denied).
https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/crime/2022/03/01/prosecutors-file-charge-death-25-year-old-green-bay-man/6979174001/ (https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/crime/2022/03/01/prosecutors-file-charge-death-25-year-old-green-bay-man/6979174001/)
https://greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2022/03/04/what-we-know-green-bay-decapitation-taylor-schabusiness-shad-thyrion/9363885002/ (https://greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2022/03/04/what-we-know-green-bay-decapitation-taylor-schabusiness-shad-thyrion/9363885002/)
https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/crime/2022/04/13/competency-hearing-taylor-schabusiness-accused-killing-beheading-man-green-bay/7290193001/ (https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/crime/2022/04/13/competency-hearing-taylor-schabusiness-accused-killing-beheading-man-green-bay/7290193001/)
https://heavy.com/news/taylor-schabusiness/ (https://heavy.com/news/taylor-schabusiness/)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/wisconsin-taylor-schabusiness-decapitated-sex-b2027478.html (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/wisconsin-taylor-schabusiness-decapitated-sex-b2027478.html)
https://www.justia.com/criminal/procedure/continuances/#:~:text=Continuances%20Based%20on%20Inadequate%20Time,they%20are%20representing%20many%20clients (https://www.justia.com/criminal/procedure/continuances/#:~:text=Continuances%20Based%20on%20Inadequate%20Time,they%20are%20representing%20many%20clients).
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/taylor-schabusiness-meth-murder-competency-evaluation/ (https://lawandcrime.com/crime/taylor-schabusiness-meth-murder-competency-evaluation/)
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/wisconsin-woman-competent-to-stand-trial-in-meth-fueled-murder-that-ended-with-lovers-severed-head-in-bucket-judge-says/ (https://lawandcrime.com/crime/wisconsin-woman-competent-to-stand-trial-in-meth-fueled-murder-that-ended-with-lovers-severed-head-in-bucket-judge-says/)
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/woman-allegedly-put-mans-severed-head-in-bucket-told-cops-they-would-have-fun-trying-to-find-all-of-the-organs/ (https://lawandcrime.com/crime/woman-allegedly-put-mans-severed-head-in-bucket-told-cops-they-would-have-fun-trying-to-find-all-of-the-organs/)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5055911/#:~:text=Sometimes%2C%20however%2C%20this%20safety%20release,the%20United%20States%20%5B6%5D (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5055911/#:~:text=Sometimes%2C%20however%2C%20this%20safety%20release,the%20United%20States%20%5B6%5D).
https://news.yahoo.com/taylor-schabusiness-capable-proceeding-beheading-230342769.html (https://news.yahoo.com/taylor-schabusiness-capable-proceeding-beheading-230342769.html)
https://news.yahoo.com/trial-set-taylor-schabusiness-case-233639246.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAL0PWdO6nBNMjhrm9rPGOfMDbCgGlQGRdNXjzvu8PXkvvflEA5wy_mMNeQPCiYre4l9FG5fQ2QkBgMTJvaXsJN82mdu6f39VUZ0X3mbJbNuszIU0mAH5OZgKgUrvKG3VDovupdMW2auJEEG9cT2IbnS_F4JhMQgby_tWVvb38vcO (https://news.yahoo.com/trial-set-taylor-schabusiness-case-233639246.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAL0PWdO6nBNMjhrm9rPGOfMDbCgGlQGRdNXjzvu8PXkvvflEA5wy_mMNeQPCiYre4l9FG5fQ2QkBgMTJvaXsJN82mdu6f39VUZ0X3mbJbNuszIU0mAH5OZgKgUrvKG3VDovupdMW2auJEEG9cT2IbnS_F4JhMQgby_tWVvb38vcO)
https://nypost.com/2022/07/06/wisconsin-woman-pleads-not-guilty-to-decapitating-lover/ (https://nypost.com/2022/07/06/wisconsin-woman-pleads-not-guilty-to-decapitating-lover/)
https://www.quora.com/Why-would-a-criminal-defense-lawyer-delay-the-court-case-continually-about-almost-2-months-and-maybe-more (https://www.quora.com/Why-would-a-criminal-defense-lawyer-delay-the-court-case-continually-about-almost-2-months-and-maybe-more)
https://www.reddit.com/r/offbeat_news_stories/comments/t7c5iz/24_year_old_taylor_schabusiness_was_charged_with/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/offbeat_news_stories/comments/t7c5iz/24_year_old_taylor_schabusiness_was_charged_with/)
https://www.reddit.com/r/awfuleverything/comments/yamd5i/24yearold_shad_thyrion_died_during_rough_sex_with/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/awfuleverything/comments/yamd5i/24yearold_shad_thyrion_died_during_rough_sex_with/)
https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/t7ccek/24_year_old_taylor_schabusiness_was_charged_with/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/t7ccek/24_year_old_taylor_schabusiness_was_charged_with/)
https://www.reddit.com/r/offbeat_news_stories/comments/t7c5iz/24_year_old_taylor_schabusiness_was_charged_with/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/offbeat_news_stories/comments/t7c5iz/24_year_old_taylor_schabusiness_was_charged_with/)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/wisconsin-woman-taylor-schabusiness-dismembers-victim-placing-head-in-bucket-after-meth-fueled-sex-cops-say (https://www.thedailybeast.com/wisconsin-woman-taylor-schabusiness-dismembers-victim-placing-head-in-bucket-after-meth-fueled-sex-cops-say)
https://www.the-sun.com/news/5719294/taylor-schabusiness-update-shad-thyrion-court/ (https://www.the-sun.com/news/5719294/taylor-schabusiness-update-shad-thyrion-court/)
https://www.wbay.com/2022/03/03/gofundme-raising-money-family-victim-gruesome-green-bay-murder/ (https://www.wbay.com/2022/03/03/gofundme-raising-money-family-victim-gruesome-green-bay-murder/)
https://www.wbay.com/2022/03/03/exclusive-green-bay-murder-suspect-had-interest-jeffrey-dahmer-journalist-says/ (https://www.wbay.com/2022/03/03/exclusive-green-bay-murder-suspect-had-interest-jeffrey-dahmer-journalist-says/)
https://www.wbay.com/2022/03/01/green-bay-woman-24-arrested-west-side-homicide/ (https://www.wbay.com/2022/03/01/green-bay-woman-24-arrested-west-side-homicide/)
https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2022CF000363&countyNo=5&index=0&mode=details#records (https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2022CF000363&countyNo=5&index=0&mode=details#records)
https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/crime-tape-surrounds-house-on-green-bays-west-side-crime-scene-unit-involved/ (https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/crime-tape-surrounds-house-on-green-bays-west-side-crime-scene-unit-involved/)
https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/green-bay-woman-involved-in-gruesome-death-back-in-court/ (https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/green-bay-woman-involved-in-gruesome-death-back-in-court/)
https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/schabusiness-to-stand-trial-probable-cause-found (https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/schabusiness-to-stand-trial-probable-cause-found/)
https://www.wisn.com/article/family-identifies-victim-in-grisly-green-bay-murder-says-he-was-loved-by-many/39318083 (https://www.wisn.com/article/family-identifies-victim-in-grisly-green-bay-murder-says-he-was-loved-by-many/39318083)
https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2022/06/02/green-bay-woman-bound-over-trial-murder-dismemberment-case/ (https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2022/06/02/green-bay-woman-bound-over-trial-murder-dismemberment-case/)
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/taylor-schabusiness-arraigned-tuesday-february-110057780.html (https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/taylor-schabusiness-arraigned-tuesday-february-110057780.html)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egzdXZduKEc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egzdXZduKEc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUhWMI4cYCE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUhWMI4cYCE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V7rCzRu9mQ&t=337s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V7rCzRu9mQ&t=337s)
https://www.weau.com/2023/01/06/woman-charged-murder-dismemberment-still-faces-trial-after-defense-competency-expert-is-delayed/ (https://www.weau.com/2023/01/06/woman-charged-murder-dismemberment-still-faces-trial-after-defense-competency-expert-is-delayed/)
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https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/obituaries/wis352736 (https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/obituaries/wis352736)
https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2022/03/04/what-we-know-green-bay-decapitation-taylor-schabusiness-shad-thyrion/9363885002/ (https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2022/03/04/what-we-know-green-bay-decapitation-taylor-schabusiness-shad-thyrion/9363885002/)
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21299905-taylor-denise-schabusiness-criminal-complaint (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21299905-taylor-denise-schabusiness-criminal-complaint)
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/829-Stony-Brook-Ln-Green-Bay-WI-54304/60813027_zpid/ (https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/829-Stony-Brook-Ln-Green-Bay-WI-54304/60813027_zpid/)
https://www.weau.com/2022/12/09/more-schabusiness-competency-exams-could-delay-court-case/ (https://www.weau.com/2022/12/09/more-schabusiness-competency-exams-could-delay-court-case/)
https://fox11online.com/news/crime/taylor-schabusiness-doctor-matthew-seipel-court-appointed-competency-trial-first-degree-intentional-homicide-shad-thyrion-murder-decapitation-stony-brook-green-bay (https://fox11online.com/news/crime/taylor-schabusiness-doctor-matthew-seipel-court-appointed-competency-trial-first-degree-intentional-homicide-shad-thyrion-murder-decapitation-stony-brook-green-bay)
https://drugabuse.com/stimulants/trazodone/ (https://drugabuse.com/stimulants/trazodone/)
https://www.rxlist.com/drug-interactions/methamphetamine-oral-and-trazodone-oral-interaction.htm (https://www.rxlist.com/drug-interactions/methamphetamine-oral-and-trazodone-oral-interaction.htm)
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/woman-accused-of-meth-fueled-sexual-assault-and-dismemberment-of-mans-corpse-reportedly-had-near-infatuation-with-jeffrey-dahmer-journalist-claims/ (https://lawandcrime.com/crime/woman-accused-of-meth-fueled-sexual-assault-and-dismemberment-of-mans-corpse-reportedly-had-near-infatuation-with-jeffrey-dahmer-journalist-claims/)
https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/obituaries/wis379866 (https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/obituaries/wis379866)
FACEBOOK PAGES:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076972308379 (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076972308379)
https://www.facebook.com/schabusiness23/about_details (https://www.facebook.com/schabusiness23/about_details)
https://www.facebook.com/Loyalty.Over.Love.02.14.2020 (https://www.facebook.com/Loyalty.Over.Love.02.14.2020)
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