

Prosecutors claimed that when Taylor confronted McArthur about the money, it was the last time that the victim was heard from. The money was then spent, and McArthur apparently even bought a boat for Brandon Beaty, a man she had an affair with. A cashier cheque in Taylor’s name worth $34,000 had been deposited in the culprit’s bank account. McArthur’s bank records also painted the picture accurately. She had been shot in the back of her head and was then buried under potted soil and concrete. So when the cops followed up on this lead, they discovered Taylor’s body buried in another farm owned by McArthur’s family, on Britt Road in North Pensacola. She’s not an easy target”īut cell phone records pointed to the contrary. She’s always come across as being tough, and never made it anything other than–She’s always carrying weapons whether it’s knives, or guns, or whatever.

I think Taylor is doing what Taylor does, but I don’t know, you know. The former technician continued, “I don’t believe Taylor’s been harmed. After an hour, they headed back to McArthur’s house, from where Taylor supposedly took an Uber to go to a bar. In an interview with the police, McArthur stated that both the victim and she had gone to her family’s property to ride horses. Officials noted that McArthur had texted her cousin asking if he would be on the farm that day. Later in the evening, around 8 pm, Casandra received a text from Taylor’s phone stating that she needed some time to get her life back on track. They had been texting till 11:20 am but then Taylor stopped replying. In fact, her live-in girlfriend at the time, Casandra, told authorities that she had not seen her partner since September 8, 2017. Initially, it was just presumed that Taylor was missing. Then, she gave McArthur more than $30,000 to safeguard on her behalf. She withdrew $100,000 from a joint account between her and her then-husband, Jeff Wright. Taylor, the 33-year-old private investigator and former police officer, was going through a divorce. Ashley worked as a crime scene technician, and reportedly, was best friends with the murder victim.
