In the quiet town of Saint Matthews, South Carolina, the life of 54-year-old Mitchell Lee Taylor came to a tragic end in November of 2015. His death, which occurred in the home he shared with his girlfriend, was not from natural causes but from a gunshot wound to the head as he slept. The discovery of his body, already in a state of decomposition more than three days after he was killed, sent ripples of shock through the community.
The investigation into his death quickly focused on his
live-in girlfriend, Christina Weaver. According to reports, an argument between the couple preceded the fatal shooting. Weaver confessed to shooting Taylor while he was asleep. Following the incident, she was taken into custody and initially charged with murder for her role in the death of her boyfriend.
Christina Weaver, who was 40 years old at the time of the incident, eventually pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter. After spending two years in the Orangeburg-Calhoun detention center, a South Carolina circuit court judge sentenced her to five years of house arrest for the killing of Mitchell Lee Taylor.
