GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The trial of a woman accused of murdering and dismembering a man at a Green Bay home starts Monday.
Last week, Taylor Schabusiness, 25, was ruled mentally competent to stand trial in the February 2022 death of Shad Thyrion.
A jury of nine women and seven men will hear the case. Four of the jurors will be selected as alternates following closing arguments and will not take part in deliberations.
Opening statements begin Monday morning.
Schabusiness is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse and third-degree sexual assault.
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 Thyrion were using drugs, including meth, and engaging in sexual play when he 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.
The competency issue has been raised several times since murder, with Judge Thomas Walsh ruling each time she is competent to stand trial.
