In Wisconsin, a woman dismembered her boyfriend and scattered parts of his body throughout the house

A woman from Green Bay, Wisconsin, killed and dismembered her ex-boyfriend. Jurors believe she was not mentally ill when she committed the crime, reports AP.

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Taylor Shabiznes, 24, has been charged with murder and dismemberment of a man after police found body parts strewn around a house in Green Bay on February 23, 2022.

The victim was a 25-year-old man from Green Bay, who was not named by authorities.

She first appeared in Brown County Court on March 2, 2022, on charges of first-degree murder, mutilation of a corpse, and third-degree sexual assault.

Psychological state

Shabiznes was not mentally ill when she killed and dismembered her ex-boyfriend, a jury found on July 27, 2023.

The Brown County jury deliberated for less than an hour on July 26 before finding Taylor Shabiznes guilty of murder, third-degree sexual assault and mutilation in February 2022. They ruled that Shabiznes was not suffering from a mental illness at the time of the crime.

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Brown County District Judge Thomas Walsh scheduled sentencing for September 26.

According to Diane Lytton, an independent psychologist who testified for the defense on July 25, Shabiznes appeared to be suffering from a range of mental health issues when she was seen at the Brown County Jail in 2022 and 2023.

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Shabiznes, who threw a plastic chair at Lytton during the examination, was described by the psychologist as a "psychotic person."

Lawyer Christopher Fröhlich said that in April 2021, the court sent Shabiznes to compulsory treatment "because she was mentally ill."

Brown County Assistant District Attorney Caleb Saunders clarified that the question for the jury was the defendant's mental state at the time of the crime, not in 2021.

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If the jury found that Shabiznes was mentally ill, then she would have been sent to a psychiatric hospital, not to prison. In March, Walsh ruled that Shabiznes could face trial.

In February, Shabiznes attacked her previous lawyer during a hearing, after which an officer escorted her out of the courtroom.

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