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Schabusiness pleads not guilty in Green Bay murder, dismemberment


Taylor Schabusiness is led out of a Brown County courtroom July 5, 2022. (WLUK image)
Taylor Schabusiness is led out of a Brown County courtroom July 5, 2022. (WLUK image)
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WLUK) -- A woman accused in a grisly killing and dismemberment case has pleaded not guilty.

Taylor Schabusiness, 24, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse, and third-degree sexual assault for allegedly killing Shad Thyrion Feb. 22 at a west-side Green Bay home.

On Monday, her trial was scheduled to begin Oct. 24, following an earlier ruling that she is competent to stand trial.

According to the criminal complaint, police were called to a residence on Stony Brook Lane early in the morning of Feb. 23. There, police found a severed head inside a bucket in the basement.


Schabusiness said she and the victim were using drugs, including meth, and engaging in sexual play, when the man was strangled. She then sexually abused him, dismembered the body, and placed body parts in various locations in the home and a vehicle, the criminal complaint states.

"Schabusiness made the comment that at one point, she did get paranoid and lazy and that she thought it was the 'dope' that was making her paranoid," the complaint states.

Police say they took Schabusiness into custody later on Feb. 23 at an Eastman Avenue residence.

Schabusiness removed an electronic monitoring bracelet hours before the murder, according to the sheriff's department. A warrant was issued for her arrest, but she was not located before allegedly killing Thyrion.

She is being held on a $2 million cash bond.

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