Taylor Schabusiness appears in spit mask as she’s sentenced: update
Taylor Schabusiness was convicted of killing lover Shad Thyrion in a meth-fuelled sex tryst before decapitating him and dumping his head in a bucket
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Taylor Schabusiness has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the brutal murder of her lover Shad Thyrion, in a case that sent shockwaves across America.
In February 2022, Schabusiness, 25, strangled Thyrion, 24, during a meth-fuelled sex tryst before sexually assaulting his corpse. She decapitated him and dumped his head in a bucket for his traumatised mother to find inside her home in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
At her sentencing, where she appeared in a spit hood, Schabusiness was asked if she had anything to tell the court.
She responded with just two words: “There isn’t.”
The judge heard from Schabusiness’ family members, who said the troubled mother-of-one had a promising life before she was introduced to hard drugs by her husband.
“She’s not the monster that she’s made out to be,” her father, who is serving time for a child rape conviction, said.
Thyrion’s uncle Kelly Thyrion said that he hoped Schabusiness faced the same fate as serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
“I will pray that you meet the same fate as your idol Jeffrey Dahmer,” he said. “So have a great life, S***business.”
Taylor Schabusiness decapitated and mutilated her lover in a meth-fueled tryst. Then she bragged to police
Taylor Schabusiness googled ‘Jeffrey Dahmer’s butt’ before killing lover and sexually assaulting corpse
Taylor Schabusiness scowls as she’s convicted of dismembering lover and dumping his head in a bucket
Accused murderer smirks as court hears how her lover’s head was discovered in bucket
Schabusiness’ family say she is loving mother whose life was ruined by drugs
Schabusiness’ grandmother Esther Coronado told the court as part of her witness statement ahead of her sentencing that her granddaughter was once a loving mother but she relapsed into her addiction after CPS took her child away just days after he was born.
“She was discharged from the hospital and left for a shelter,” Ms Coronado, who now has custody of the two-year-old child, testified. “The people who were caring for the baby would bring him but only for a couple of minutes ... She was setting things up for [the baby] but they never got to come home together.”
Ms Coronado said Schabusiness had a hard childhood following her mother’s death in 2009. Shortly after, Schabusiness’ father married a woman who had three children of her own and didn’t get along with Schabusiness.
“She felt like she lost her mother and now she’s losing her dad because there were other children involved,” Ms Coronado said. “She and her brother ended up living in a basement. From a nice home that she had, she ended up living in a basement.”
Then in July 2021, Schabusiness’ brother AJ Coronado died in a motorcycle accident.
“That’s a lot for a young person to take in,” Ms Coronado said while choking back tears. “I know she was very heartbroken, it was very hard for her.”
Schabusiness’ husband is serving time in jail over a drug conviction
Warren Schabusiness is currently serving time at FCI Oxford over a drug conviction in 2020.
He appeared to stand by his relationship with his daughter in a November 2022 post on Facebook.
“The world doesn’t know us for who we are. They don’t know the struggles we struggle with,” Warren Schabusinees wrote. “Mental illness, post-partum, bipolar and addiction play a big part in [the] choices we’ve made ... Drugs should have never been given to my wife, because it’s the drugs that caused her to do what she did.”
Victim’s uncle wishes Jeffrey Dahmer’s ending on Schabusiness
Thyrion’s uncle Kelly Thyrion said that he hopes Schabusiness faces the same fate as serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who was beaten to death in prison after he was convicted of at least 17 murders.
“I don’t see no reason why you should have parole,” he told her. “You did the most cowardly, wicked thing possible ... After Judge Walsh sentences you today, I will pray that you meet the same fate as your idol Jeffrey Dahmer. So have a great life, S***business.”
During Schabusiness’ trial, which only lasted three days, detectives told the court about her online searches for “Jeffrey Dahmer walking into court all sexy” and “Jeffrey Dahmer’s butt.”
Eleven days before she killed Thyrion, Schabusiness took a bizarre selfie next to a cellphone with an image of the cannibal serial killer.
‘She’s not the monster she’s made out to be,’ Taylor Schabusiness father says
Schabusiness’ father Arturo Coronado, who is serving time following a conviction on charges of second-degree sexual assault of a child, also took the stand on Tuesday.
Mr Coronado said that everyone in his family “loved Taylor,” but she had a dramatic personality change after she was introduced to methamphetamines by her husband and the father of her child, Warren Schabusiness.
“It was like night and day. She completely changed, she was a different person,” Mr Coronado said. “Knowing my daughter the way she was and the way I know she can still be .... She’s not the monster that she’s made out to be, that’s for sure.”