This man’s unhealthy information for the ladies in his life.
A New York man who was wished for killing his spouse in Brooklyn apparently regretted his actions — and determined to go upstate and likewise kill his ex-wife, who he determined “deserved it” extra, officers stated at his sentencing this week.
Timothy Taylor, of Brooklyn, stabbed his former partner, Tishawn Folkes-Taylor, to demise earlier than her three horrified youngsters in her Schenectady residence in Might 2023 — some two weeks after additionally stabbing his then-current spouse, Theresa Gregg, in her New York Metropolis residence, officers stated.
As he pleaded responsible on July 1 to the upstate slaying, prosecutors revealed his weird change of coronary heart earlier than slaughtering the 44-year-old Folkes-Taylor.
“He informed the detectives that after he had killed his then present spouse he felt unhealthy, and he knew he needed to come to Schenectady to kill his former spouse as a result of he harbored a lot animosity towards her and in his phrases, she, in contrast to his first sufferer, deserved it,” the Schenectady County District Legal professional’s Workplace stated Wednesday after Taylor was given greater than twenty years in jail.
Taylor, 38, faces a separate homicide indictment in Brooklyn for killing Gregg, a mom of two who labored as a particular officer for the town’s Division of Homeless Companies.
After Gregg’s slaying, Taylor then had his alleged feeling of regret for the assault — and made the decision to as an alternative flip his ager on his ex, Folkes-Taylor. So he traveled to upstate New York on Might 27, 2023, entered her residence and stabbed her to demise.
As she was attacked, Folkes-Taylor heroically defended the youngsters, two of whom have been additionally Taylor’s, officers stated.
“Individuals ought to know that Tishawn Folkes-Taylor, whereas dealing with down her killer and realizing his intent, made certain to guard her kids and after stabbing her greater than 22 instances, Mr. Taylor fled into the evening with out harming them,” District Legal professional Robert M. Carney stated in a press release.
“These kids, notably the oldest who was a highschool pupil on the time, and their prolonged household, have been instrumental to our workplace in bringing this case.”
After committing his horrific assault, Taylor then snuck out of his ex-wife’s bed room window and walked to downtown Schenectady, the place he ditched his clothes alongside the way in which. He went again to his resort, gathered his issues and acquired on a bus.
On June 2, 2023, with the help of the U.S. Marshals Service, Taylor was arrested by NYPD officers at a bar in Philadelphia, PA and was extradited to New York to face the a number of homicide costs.
Folkes-Taylor has three kids, two with Taylor, officers stated.
Officers stated the couple was married for greater than 10 years and “there have been a number of incidents of home violence.”
“On the time of the homicide, Taylor had three pending costs in Schenectady Metropolis Courtroom for Legal Obstruction of Respiratory, Legal Contempt and Harassment, all involving the sufferer, Folkes-Taylor, and all costs that he had absconded on having relocated his residence to Brooklyn,” prosecutors stated.
Taylor agreed to a sentence of twenty-two years to life as a part of his plea deal. He’s scheduled to be sentenced on September 16 in Schenectady County Courtroom.
