GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The attorney for murder and dismemberment suspect Taylor Schabusiness is asking for another competency evaluation for his client — which would delay the trial that is set to begin in less than two weeks.
Online court records show a hearing has been scheduled for Thursday morning before Judge Thomas Walsh.
The defense says it has received a report from a psychologist saying Schabusiness, 25, is not competent to stand trial.
Defense attorney Christopher Froelich says he is also still waiting for some jail records regarding Schabusiness.
Walsh rejected a similar request in March, ruling that no evidence had been presented to contradict a finding last November that she was competent to stand trial.
Schabusiness is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse and third-degree sexual assault for allegedly attacking Shad Thyrion last year.
According to the criminal complaint, police were called to a residence on Stony Brook Lane early in the morning of Feb. 23, 2022. There, police found a severed head inside a bucket in the basement.
Schabusiness said she and the victim were using drugs, including meth, and engaging in sexual play when the man was strangled. She then sexually abused him, dismembered the body and placed body parts in various locations in the home and a vehicle, the criminal complaint states.
