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The question of Schabusiness' fitness to stand trial has been a central issue of her court proceedings since she was arrested last year.
An expert hired by the court had testified that she was capable of assisting in her own defense, but an expert hired by the defense raised doubt. He did not, however, venture an opinion on whether it would be fair for Schabusiness to stand trial.
If found competent, the trial will proceed as scheduled. But if she is found not competent to stand trial, the case will be put on hold as she receives additional psychiatric treatment.
Damn, the head. I can't believe I left the head-Accused killer Taylor Schabusiness
Schabusiness was arrested last year, after Shad Rock Thyrion's mother found his severed head in a bucket in her basement.Police records show Tara Pakanich, 47, called authorities to her home in Green Bay's west side shortly after 3am on February 23, 2022.
She said she was woken by the storm door slamming and the sound of a vehicle driving away. She then noticed that the basement light was on and went to see if her son was there, assuming that it was Schabusiness — with whom Thyrion had spent the day — that she had heard leaving.
According to the criminal complaint — which refers to her only by her initials — 'TP went into the basement and did not see anyone, so she started to walk back up the stairs, and that was when she noticed a bucket next to the bottom of the stairs.
'TP stated she removed a blanket that was over the bucket, and she discovered the head of the Victim,' the complaint, obtained by DailyMail.com, said.
Thyrion's mother told police that Schabusiness had picked her son up around 9.30pm on February 21, which was when she last saw him alive.
Pakanich and her boyfriend were out for much of the following day, and she did not hear her son and Schabusiness return, but she believed they had spent the day in the basement as she heard Schabusiness' voice.
Arriving on the scene, Green Bay Police Officer Alex Wanish reported how he had 'observed the plastic bucket on the floor...[with] a shower/beach towel over the bucket.' The officer 'lifted the towel and observed a human head inside the bucket.'
He also noted 'what appeared to be dried blood on a nearby mattress.'
It didn't take long for police to catch up to Schabusiness. They found her with blood still on her sweatshirt and sweatpants, scratches on her arms, a cut on her left thumb and what appeared to be blood on her hands.
She claimed that they had been doing drugs – including smoking methamphetamine – earlier in the day. She said she had also shot herself and Thyrion up with Trazadone, a powerful sedative.
Police recovered evidence of drug-taking, including a glass pipe and bag containing light colored powder, from the scene.
When told by detectives that police had found Thyrion's head in a bucket Schabusiness responded, 'that is pretty f***d up.' And when asked what had happened in the basement she replied, 'that is a good question' and initially claimed to have blacked out.
She allegedly went on to tell police that she and Thyrion had been going to have sex and that he had produced two metal chains, one for him and one for her. She said he put his chain around his own neck as strangulation was something they had used during intercourse before.
According to the complaint Schabusiness then suddenly blurted out, 'Damn the head. I can't believe I left the head though' before telling officers they were 'going to have fun trying to find all of the organs as she had dismembered the body.'
She told them that most of the body parts were in the basement but that 'there should be a foot or a leg' in her minivan.
Remaining calm, Schabusiness allegedly told detectives that after Thyrion put the chain around his neck — which she compared to a dog choke collar — she just went 'crazy' strangling him.
She said that she could feel his heart beating, 'so she kept pulling and choking him harder,' claiming that he would not die as he just kept 'rebuilding into muscle.'
The woman then told how she sat on top of him, choking him while he lay face down on the bed and how she watched as he coughed up blood and 'waited for him to die.'
At some point, she admitted, she knew that he was dead as his face was purple and blood was coming from his mouth. Still, she told detectives, that she was 'already this far' so she did not stop.
At one point, the criminal complaint says, Schabusiness recalled in a lower tone of voice, 'Ya, I liked it' when referring to choking her victim.
Asked what she did once she realized he was dead, Schabusiness stated that she had 'played' with Thyrion's body.
The complaint reads, 'Schabusiness stated she sucked the Victim's penis, that she had a dildo that she put in the Victim's mouth and then in the Victim's ***.'
She said that Thyrion had fought back as she strangled him and went on to tell detectives that she had decapitated and dismembered him with knives taken from Thyrion's mother's kitchen.
She told them they would find the knives she had used in the same black bags as she had put the body parts into. Ultimately, she said, she had favored a bread knife because the serrated edge made it more effective for the grizzly task.
Thyrion's penis was found in the same bucket as his head while other body parts were found in a variety of bags in the basement including plastic shopping bags.
Schabusiness told detectives that she had planned to take all the body parts with her when she left in her minivan but that she had 'got lazy' and was ill-prepared because the murder was random and not planned.
She said she was woken by the storm door slamming and the sound of a vehicle driving away. She then noticed that the basement light was on and went to see if her son was there, assuming that it was Schabusiness — with whom Thyrion had spent the day — that she had heard leaving.
According to the criminal complaint — which refers to her only by her initials — 'TP went into the basement and did not see anyone, so she started to walk back up the stairs, and that was when she noticed a bucket next to the bottom of the stairs.
'TP stated she removed a blanket that was over the bucket, and she discovered the head of the Victim,' the complaint, obtained by DailyMail.com, said.
Thyrion's mother told police that Schabusiness had picked her son up around 9.30pm on February 21, which was when she last saw him alive.
Pakanich and her boyfriend were out for much of the following day, and she did not hear her son and Schabusiness return, but she believed they had spent the day in the basement as she heard Schabusiness' voice.
Arriving on the scene, Green Bay Police Officer Alex Wanish reported how he had 'observed the plastic bucket on the floor...[with] a shower/beach towel over the bucket.' The officer 'lifted the towel and observed a human head inside the bucket.'
He also noted 'what appeared to be dried blood on a nearby mattress.'
It didn't take long for police to catch up to Schabusiness. They found her with blood still on her sweatshirt and sweatpants, scratches on her arms, a cut on her left thumb and what appeared to be blood on her hands.
She claimed that they had been doing drugs – including smoking methamphetamine – earlier in the day. She said she had also shot herself and Thyrion up with Trazadone, a powerful sedative.
Police recovered evidence of drug-taking, including a glass pipe and bag containing light colored powder, from the scene.
When told by detectives that police had found Thyrion's head in a bucket Schabusiness responded, 'that is pretty f***d up.' And when asked what had happened in the basement she replied, 'that is a good question' and initially claimed to have blacked out.
She allegedly went on to tell police that she and Thyrion had been going to have sex and that he had produced two metal chains, one for him and one for her. She said he put his chain around his own neck as strangulation was something they had used during intercourse before.
According to the complaint Schabusiness then suddenly blurted out, 'Damn the head. I can't believe I left the head though' before telling officers they were 'going to have fun trying to find all of the organs as she had dismembered the body.'
She told them that most of the body parts were in the basement but that 'there should be a foot or a leg' in her minivan.
Remaining calm, Schabusiness allegedly told detectives that after Thyrion put the chain around his neck — which she compared to a dog choke collar — she just went 'crazy' strangling him.
She said that she could feel his heart beating, 'so she kept pulling and choking him harder,' claiming that he would not die as he just kept 'rebuilding into muscle.'
The woman then told how she sat on top of him, choking him while he lay face down on the bed and how she watched as he coughed up blood and 'waited for him to die.'
At some point, she admitted, she knew that he was dead as his face was purple and blood was coming from his mouth. Still, she told detectives, that she was 'already this far' so she did not stop.
At one point, the criminal complaint says, Schabusiness recalled in a lower tone of voice, 'Ya, I liked it' when referring to choking her victim.
Asked what she did once she realized he was dead, Schabusiness stated that she had 'played' with Thyrion's body.
The complaint reads, 'Schabusiness stated she sucked the Victim's penis, that she had a dildo that she put in the Victim's mouth and then in the Victim's ***.'
She said that Thyrion had fought back as she strangled him and went on to tell detectives that she had decapitated and dismembered him with knives taken from Thyrion's mother's kitchen.
She told them they would find the knives she had used in the same black bags as she had put the body parts into. Ultimately, she said, she had favored a bread knife because the serrated edge made it more effective for the grizzly task.
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