A Wisconsin woman has entered a not guilty plea to homicide charges after being accused of decapitating her partner with a metal chain mid-coitus, dismembering his body, and severing his penis. In a courtroom in Brown County, Wisconsin, Taylor Schabusiness, 24, entered a guilty plea on Wednesday through the counsel of her attorney. In October, she's scheduled to testify in court.
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A Wisconsin woman has entered a not guilty plea to the strange act of beheading her lover during intercourse and dumping his severed head and penis into a bucket.
According to WLUK-TV, Taylor Schabusiness, 24, was charged with first-degree intentional killing, mutilating a corpse, and third-degree sexual assault and was arraigned in Brown County Circuit Court on Tuesday.
In a criminal complaint, Schabusiness was charged with killing 25-year-old Shad Thyrion by strangling him in a residence in Green Bay in February, sexually assaulting him while he was still alive, and then dismembering his body with a bread knife.
Green Bay Police Department
Just hours before Thyrion's death, Schabusiness, according to Brown County sheriff's department investigators, removed an electronic monitoring device she was wearing for a separate crime.
Schabusiness had a warrant out for her arrest for breaking the terms of her release, but she wasn't found until after the gruesome murder was discovered.
On February 23, a woman in Green Bay called the police after discovering her son's severed head in a bucket at a residence on Stony Brook Lane.
Shad Thyrion/ Facebook
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Knives, "body fluid," a "male organ" and an upper torso were also discovered by investigating police officers.
According to the allegation, Schabusiness was discovered by authorities at a different place with dried blood on her clothing.
Police found a crockpot filled with human remains, including legs, while searching her van.
Wisconsin court
Schabusiness allegedly claimed, "that the cops were going to have fun trying to find all of the organs," while being interrogated.
The 24-year-old admitted to detectives that she and Thyrion used chains to have intercourse at his mother's home after smoking methamphetamine.
Facebook / Schabusiness Taylor
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Schabusiness said that she had briefly lost consciousness before going "crazy" and killing Thyrion. The allegation said that she argued that she didn't intend to murder the victim but rather enjoyed choking him.
The bread knife "worked the best because of the serrated blade," according to Schabusiness, among all the blades she is accused of using in the dismemberment.
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According to the complaint, she said that she had intended to bring every body part but "got lazy and only ended up putting the leg/foot in the van and she forgot the head."
Schabusiness' defense attorney has claimed that she has had bipolar disorder since the eighth grade and has struggled with mental health concerns ever since.
Schabusiness has been declared able to stand trial, which is set to start on October 24. Her detention is under a $2 million cash bond.