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Courtney Taylor sentenced to life without parole Wednesday for killing family

The legal case against a Williamsburg woman, who allegedly killed her husband and two teenage daughters in their southern Whitley County home on Jan. 13, 2017, is now officially closed. On Wednesday morning, Courtney Taylor, 44, was officially sentenced to life without the...
Posted On 24 Jun 2020

Courtney Taylor triple murder sentencing hearing delayed until judicial center opens again

The sentencing hearing for a Williamsburg woman, who allegedly killed her husband and two teenage daughters in their southern Whitley County home on Jan. 13, 2017, has been delayed again. On Feb. 19, Courtney Taylor, 44, entered an Alford plea to three counts of capital murder in...
Posted On 06 May 2020

Courtney Taylor sentencing hearing delayed until May 5

The sentencing hearing for a Williamsburg woman, who allegedly killed her husband and two teenage daughters in their southern Whitley County home on Jan. 13, 2019, has been delayed. On Feb. 19, Courtney Taylor, 44, entered an Alford plea to three counts of capital murder in the...
Posted On 08 Apr 2020

‘She will never walk free again,’ prosecutor explains about Courtney Taylor plea

Courtney Taylor didn’t directly acknowledge Wednesday morning that she killed her husband and two teenage daughters in their southern Whitley County home on Jan. 13, 2017. However, she did plead guilty acknowledging that prosecutors likely had enough evidence to convict her. For...
Posted On 19 Feb 2020

Courtney Taylor getting life without the possibility of parole for the killings of her family

Accused killer Courtney Taylor has agreed to spend the rest of her life behind bars for the killing of her husband and two teenage daughters nearly three years ago. Prosecutors had been seeking the death penalty in her case, and her capital murder trial was set to begin on March...
Posted On 19 Feb 2020

Courtney Taylor capital murder trial still on track to start in early March

Barring unforeseen circumstances happening, the long awaited trial of Courtney Taylor, who is accused of killing her husband and two teenage daughters nearly two years ago, appears headed for an actual trial in early March. Courtney Taylor, 44, is charged with three counts of...
Posted On 27 Nov 2019

Judge refuses to suppress Courtney Taylor’s statement to police

Jurors will be able to hear Courtney Taylor’s nearly 90-minute statement to police from her hospital bed in part explaining why she killed her husband and her two daughters. Part of the reason she killed her husband was that she blamed him in part for going through most of her...
Posted On 09 Oct 2019

Courtney Taylor admitted to killing her family during interview with state police

Days after she allegedly shot and killed her family, and then got shot after she pointed a gun at a Whitley County Sheriff’s deputy, Courtney Taylor gave police a nearly 90-minute statement explaining in part why she killed her family. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents...
Posted On 25 Jul 2019

Hearing postponed over motion to suppress Courtney Taylor’s statement to police

A hearing to consider a motion to suppress a statement that a Williamsburg woman gave to Kentucky State Police from her hospital bed about the killing of her husband and two children more than two years ago has been postponed. Courtney Taylor, 43, is charged with three counts of...
Posted On 03 May 2019

Taylor found competent to stand trial; 2020 trial date set

A special judge ruled Thursday morning that a Williamsburg woman, who is facing a possible death sentence for killing her husband and two children more than two years ago, is competent to stand trial and he has set a 2020 trial date in her case. Courtney Taylor, 43, is charged...
Posted On 28 Feb 2019