Terry Taylor (Photo: Palm Beach County Jail)
A Boca Raton woman has been charged with second degree murder in the death of her husband, the shocking culmination of a series of events that began at 10:30 a.m. Monday on the 3300 block of Jaywood Terrace.
According to a statement from police, Boca Raton Fire-Rescue and police responded to a medical emergency at the home after 58-year-old Terry Taylor knocked on a neighbor’s door and asked him to call police because her husband, Stanley Taylor, had
“fallen on a knife.”
Stanley Taylor was found inside the residence suffering from a wound to his torso, said Officer Jessica Desir. He was transported to an area hospital and, while receiving medical treatment, stated his wife “stabbed him and tried to kill him.” Boca Raton Police detectives went to the scene to further investigate.
During questioning, Terry Taylor said that she and Stanley engaged in a physical altercation during an argument. At one point, she explained they were both struggling over a wooden cane, so she reached for a separate cane nearby and “went at him with it,” Desir said.
While describing the cane she had grabbed, it was identified as an illegal brass cane with a sharp point on the tip. Taylor told detectives she may have caused his injury by striking him with the cane, the statement from police said.
After obtaining a search warrant for the apartment, a detailed examination of the brass cane led to the discovery that the grip could be unscrewed from the shaft, revealing an attachment to a blade.
“It was apparent that the blade had been wiped,” Desir said.
During the course of this investigation, Stanley succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. After her husband died, Terry Taylor was charged with second degree murder in the killing of Stanley Taylor and was transported to the Palm Beach County Jail. Stanley Taylor was 67-years-old.
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