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Blaise Taylor through the 2018 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl on the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
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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 youngster, in response to Nashville police.
Taylor, a former faculty 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 mentioned.
He was held with out bail Friday evening on the Cache County Jail in Logan, Utah, jail information present. An lawyer for Taylor was not listed within the jail information.
Taylor “is alleged to have poisoned Benning with out her information whereas visiting her Lebanon Pike condominium on the evening of February 25,” police mentioned.
She was rushed to a hospital that evening, after Taylor referred to as 911 and instructed them “Benning gave the impression 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 mentioned. Authorities mentioned they weren’t capable of interview her earlier than her loss of life.
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 mentioned.
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 college introduced Friday evening 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 college.
Trooper Taylor is now an affiliate head coach on offense and operating 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 state of affairs, together with the household and associates of the sufferer. It’s important to permit the courts to deal with this example with the diligence and equity it calls for,” Texas A&M head soccer coach Mike Elko mentioned in an announcement launched by the college. “We additionally want to lengthen our prayers and assist to Coach Trooper Taylor, Dr. Evelyn Taylor and their household as they navigate this extraordinarily tough time.”