Wisconsin woman convicted of homicide, mutilating a corpse, sexual abuse after death of boyfriend

GREEN BAY, Wis. – A Wisconsin jury on Wednesday convicted Taylor Schabusiness, 25, of homicide, third-degree sexual abuse and mutilating a corpse in the February 2022 killing of former boyfriend Shad Thyrion, 24.

Jurors began deliberating about 4:50 p.m. and returned to the courtroom about 5:40 p.m.

Bailiffs escorted Schabusiness from the courtroom in handcuffs.

Schabusiness was arrested in February 2022 after police were called to a house in Green Bay, where Thyrion’s mother discovered her son’s head in a bucket in the basement. Schabusiness was charged in the death and dismemberment of Thyrion.

Brown County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Walsh instructed jurors to be back in the courtroom by 9:15 a.m. Thursday for the next phase of the trial — to see whether Schabusiness was not guilty by mental disease or defect.

Her former attorney, Quinn Jolly, entered that plea on her behalf in September. Jolly represented Schabusiness until February, when she attacked him during a hearing.

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Closing arguments

In their closing arguments Wednesday, prosecutors Caleb Saunders and David Lasee said the case was simple for jurors.

“This is bizarre. This is strange. This is unnatural, but in no way is it unclear,” said Lasee, Brown County district attorney. Schabusiness “did cause Shad Thyrion’s death.”