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Blaise Taylor, an analyst at Texas A&M and son of the college’s affiliate head coach, was arrested in Utah on Thursday after being indicted within the 2023 deaths of his girlfriend and her unborn little one, in response to Nashville police.
Taylor, a former school soccer star at Arkansas State, was indicted Wednesday by a Nashville grand jury and charged with two counts of first-degree homicide for the poisoning deaths of his girlfriend and her five-month-old fetus, “which Taylor is alleged to have fathered,” a launch from the Nashville Police Division stated.
He was held with out bail Friday night time on the Cache County Jail in Logan, Utah, jail data present. An lawyer for Taylor was not listed within the jail data.
Taylor “is alleged to have poisoned Benning with out her information whereas visiting her Lebanon Pike house on the night time of February 25,” police stated.
She was rushed to a hospital that night time, after Taylor referred to as 911 and informed them “Benning seemed to be having an allergic response,” in response to police.
Her unborn child died two days later, and Benning died on March 6, 2023, police stated. Authorities stated they weren’t capable of interview her earlier than her dying.
Police didn’t launch any particulars on the alleged poisoning.
“Months of investigation, led by Murder Unit Detective Adam Reese and involving scientists from crime laboratories and medical doctors from the Medical Examiner’s Workplace, led to Wednesday’s return of the homicide indictment towards Taylor,” the discharge stated.
Shortly after the deaths, Taylor moved to Utah, in response to police. Nashville police say they’re working with Utah authorities to rearrange his return.
Taylor was not too long ago named an analyst at Texas A&M, however the faculty introduced Friday night time that he was “positioned on suspension pending an investigation.” He was a defensive again at Arkansas State from 2014 to 2017, beginning all 4 years, whereas his father Trooper Taylor was a defensive backs coach on the faculty.
Trooper Taylor is now an affiliate head coach on offense and working backs coach at Texas A&M. He has been a coach for over 30 years, with stints at Baylor, New Mexico, Tulane, Tennessee, Oklahoma State and Auburn throughout its 2010 BCS Nationwide Championship run.
“Our ideas are with all these affected by this heartbreaking scenario, together with the household and pals of the sufferer. It’s important to permit the courts to deal with this case with the diligence and equity it calls for,” Texas A&M head soccer coach Mike Elko stated in an announcement launched by the college. “We additionally wish to prolong our prayers and help to Coach Trooper Taylor, Dr. Evelyn Taylor and their household as they navigate this extraordinarily tough time.”