Green Bay, Wisconsin murder case shows one woman could have shown Jeffrey Dahmer a thing or two

 

It’s hard to believe, but the state of Wisconsin has produced not just a male—Jeffrey Dahmer—but a female, Taylor Schabusiness, who went about the business of murder with a depravity almost beyond imagination. But although Dahmer committed multiple murders, somehow I doubt that given the descriptions of each of those cases, none of them could quite match the sadism of Schabusiness’ one murder (that we know of). What is interesting is that the only reason the case has hit the news cycle nationally is because Schabusiness attacked her lawyer in court…

 

…after he requested a postponement of the trial.  We are told by media reports that the killing of Shad Thyrion was a “meth-fueled” crime, while the married Schabusiness was having sex with her lover-on-the-side…

 

…that somehow went "wrong." We are told that Thyrion was wearing a chain around his neck, which was supposed to “enhance” the sexual experience; actor David Carradine, as we might recall, accidentally strangled himself to death with a hangman’s knot while masturbating. But reading the court case filing tells us something quite different, that Thyrion was virtually the helpless victim of a crazed woman who for hours between the time she murdered him and then subsequently dismembered his body, engaged in an orgy of necrophilia.

The details of the case are such that simply summarizing them would likely engender disbelief and bring accusations of exaggeration, so I’ll post here the principle sections of the filing on the particulars. First is the report of the discovery of Thyrion’s body parts, after his mother went out looking for him and made the gruesome discovery of the contents of a bucket in the basement of the murder site:

Detective Scanlan reports that during the search, a human head, severed from the neck, was located in a bucket in the basement near the stairs. The head was identified visually in comparison with a prior photograph of the Victim and it was confirmed to be the Victim. According to Dr. Tranchida, there was visual evidence of strangulation observed. Also located in the same bucket was a male organ, along with body fluid and two knives. Other body parts were found in the basement in other bags, including plastic shopping bags, along with three knives, including a bread knife consistent with kitchen knives. Located in a storage tote, an upper torso was located. The upper torso had numerous rigid cuts at the site where the head was removed consistent with the separated head. Also located in the tote was a carving knife consistent with a kitchen knife, and several internal organs.

Next we are told of Schabusiness’ actions preceding this dismemberment and descriptions of the physical effects of her choking of Thyrion. It is also made clear that “sex” did not occur until after he was dead:

Schabusiness described she and the Victim were in the basement and that the Victim produced two chains, one for him and one for her. Schabusiness described the chains at the time as being “chain link” and “silver.” Schabusiness would later describe the chains as being like a dog choke collar. Schabusiness stated she just went “crazy,” referring to strangling the Victim. At one point during the interview, Schabusiness stated she could feel the Victim’s heart beating still as she was choking him, so she kept pulling and choking him harder, but the Victim would not die and that he just kept “rebuilding into muscle.” Detective Graf asked at what point did she know that the Victim was not alive anymore. Schabusiness stated that the Victim’s face turned purple, blood was coming out of his mouth, but she did not stop. Detective Graf asked what she did after the Victim died. Schabusiness stated that she then played with his body. 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 “ass.” Detective Graf asked Schabusiness if when she was choking the Victim if he tried to fight back at all. Schabusiness stated he did.

We then learn that Schabusiness choked to death Thyrion while he was in a mostly helpless position, that she couldn’t stop because she was “enjoying” it, and wanted to see “what happens” when a person dies. She also admitted that she sexually abused his dead body for “two to three hours”:

Schabusiness stated she then began to choke the Victim, and she described it as the Victim lying face down on the bed with her on top of him pulling on the end of the chain. The Victim coughed up blood and she was just waiting for him to die while she was watching his face. Schabusiness made the comment that she was “already this far” so she just kept on, referring to choking the Victim. Schabusiness said in a lower tone of voice, “Ya I liked it,” and Detective Graf believed her to be referring to when she was choking the Victim. Schabusiness stated she thought it took 3-5 minutes for the Victim to die. Detective Kempf clarified with Schabusiness that when the Victim began to cough up blood she just did keep on choking the Victim because she wanted to see what happens. Schabusiness made comments that she blacked out while choking the Victim but when she woke up that the Victim was already purple, so she kept on going. Schabusiness stated she enjoyed choking him and made comments to detectives asking if they knew what it was like to love something so much that you kill it. Schabusiness stated she played with the Victim’s body for like two to three hours, which included sucking his penis and putting the dildo in his mouth and anus.

We are being told Schabusiness put in a plea of not guilty for reasons of insanity, although with a different attorney after the one she attacked quit the case. We may “speculate” if this is “merely” a case of a drug-fueled frenzy in which all sense of reality disappeared, but these two apparently partook in drugs before this encounter many times previously during their sexual encounters. 

What seems "disturbing," admittedly a "relative" term in this case, is that Schabusiness must have fantasized about choking Thyrion to death before, and she certainly must have been cognizant enough of what she was doing that once she realized she had gone too far, she “had” to kill him to prevent him from going to the police. If it "had" to be done, then why not get some "enjoyment" out of it? I suppose there are numerous descriptive words we could use to label such a person.

The fact that she dismembered him in order to “hide” the evidence also suggests that quite the contrary of being “insane,” that she was fully aware of her actions and feared the consequences. We can only “speculate” further upon what “pleasure” she found sexually abusing a corpse for 2 or 3 hours. I find it personally repulsive that there are "questions" about if she is mentally fit to stand trial, as if this is a way to "excuse" or "explain" her actions.

We have previously encountered many past cases of gruesomely bizarre murders by men like Dahmer of which it is simply beyond our understanding of what motivates them to commit such acts and the lengths they go to hide the evidence. Although Schabusiness was an amateur at disposal, she nevertheless proved that women can show the Dahmers of the world a thing or two about gruesomeness.