Texas A&M workers member and former Arkansas State star Blaise Taylor has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his girlfriend and her unborn baby, authorities say. Taylor faces two counts of first-degree homicide within the poisoning of Jade Benning and her five-month-old fetus in February 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. U.S. Marshals arrested Taylor in Utah this week simply over a yr after Benning’s loss of life.

In response to the 911 dispatch on Feb. 25, 2023, Taylor stated that Benning appeared to be having an allergic response. She was rushed to the hospital, the place she died on March 6, 2023, her twenty fifth birthday; the unborn baby died on Feb. 27, 2023. Taylor was a scout for the Tennessee Titans on the time and spent the 2023 season as an analyst at Utah State. 

He’s the son of Texas A&M operating backs coach and training veteran Trooper Taylor. 

“Our ideas are with all these affected by this heartbreaking state of affairs, together with the household and pals of the sufferer,” Texas A&M coach Mike Elko stated in an announcement. “It is important to permit the courts to deal with this example with the diligence and equity it calls for.

“We additionally wish to prolong our prayers and help to Coach Trooper Taylor, Dr. Evelyn Taylor and their household as they navigate this extraordinarily troublesome time.”

Taylor performed 4 seasons at Arkansas State as a defensive again and return specialist whereas his father was an assistant for the Pink Wolves. Trooper Taylor was employed as operating backs coach and affiliate head coach for the Aggies after working with Elko at Duke; Blaise Taylor was employed by A&M earlier this month.