Taylor Behl

Taylor Behl

Taylor Marie Behl (October 13, 1987 – September 6, 2005) was a 17 year-old college freshman from Vienna, Virginia. She moved to Richmond, Virginia, in August 2005 to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. About two weeks later on Labor Day, September 5, 2005, Behl disappeared. Acting on a tip one month later VCU Police located her remains at a rural area in Mathews County, Virginia. Behl's disappearance and death are the subject of a major police investigation and internet cause célèbre. Several pundits [1] [2] [3] made reference to the national coverage of her disappearance as possibly being another case of missing white woman syndrome.

the facts of the case

A 38 year-old amateur photographer, Benjamin Fawley, a self-described “Goth/skater from the 1980s," who had a sexual relationship with Taylor and also one of the last people to see her alive, was arrested on unrelated child pornography and firearm possession charges and is currently the only person considered a suspect.

On Wednesday October 12, 2005 Fawley, against his attorneys' advice, spoke to investigators. Fawley reportedly admitted to being with Behl the night of September 5 and into the early morning hours of September 6, 2005 and that Behl accidentally died during a consensual sex act in her car in Mathews County, Virginia. Fawley reportedly claimed that he panicked and dumped her unburied body in a shallow ravine.

Court TV's Marilyn Bardsley hypothesized another theory, one in which Behl crossed paths with Fawley after she left her roommate to her privacy at 10:20 PM that Monday night. It was common for Behl to save parking fees by using an off campus unmetered parking space on Hancock St., near Fawley's apartment.

Taylor Behl's mother Janet Pelasara, called Fawley "a big, fat liar" and that Behl had sex "once out of curiosity" with Fawley back in April 2005 "and then didn't want anything to do with him."

On Monday, October 17, 2005, Richmond Circuit Court Chief Judge, Margaret Spencer, issued a "gag order" prohibiting witnesses who appear before it from publicly discussing their testimony. The same witnesses who testified before Henrico County's Grand Jury in early October appeared before the Grand Jury again on Wednesday, October 19, 2005.

Benjamin Fawley was indicted for Behl's murder on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 in Mathews County, Virginia. The indictment accuses him of killing Taylor "willfully, deliberately and with premeditation" [4], while attempting to abduct and rape her.

References

  • Fawley's Confession Another Lie? By Marilyn Bardsley
  • VCU Police Department
  • WSLS, Roanoke, Va.
  • Henrico County, Virginia
  • WRIC-TV, Va.
  • Richmond Times Dispatch news report
  • Taylor Behl on Crime Library
  • Washington Post

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The indictment accuses him of killing Taylor "willfully, deliberately and with premeditation" [4], while attempting to abduct and rape her. Tofurky is made from a blend of tofu and wheat gluten. Benjamin Fawley was indicted for Behl's murder on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 in Mathews County, Virginia. Tofurky is a brand name for a commercial version of tofurkey produced by Turtle Island Foods. The same witnesses who testified before Henrico County's Grand Jury in early October appeared before the Grand Jury again on Wednesday, October 19, 2005. It has become popular as a form of vegetarian imitation meat served at Thanksgiving. On Monday, October 17, 2005, Richmond Circuit Court Chief Judge, Margaret Spencer, issued a "gag order" prohibiting witnesses who appear before it from publicly discussing their testimony. Tofurkey is faux turkey -- tofu processed to look and taste like roast turkey.

Taylor Behl's mother Janet Pelasara, called Fawley "a big, fat liar" and that Behl had sex "once out of curiosity" with Fawley back in April 2005 "and then didn't want anything to do with him.". It was common for Behl to save parking fees by using an off campus unmetered parking space on Hancock St., near Fawley's apartment. Court TV's Marilyn Bardsley hypothesized another theory, one in which Behl crossed paths with Fawley after she left her roommate to her privacy at 10:20 PM that Monday night. Fawley reportedly claimed that he panicked and dumped her unburied body in a shallow ravine.

Fawley reportedly admitted to being with Behl the night of September 5 and into the early morning hours of September 6, 2005 and that Behl accidentally died during a consensual sex act in her car in Mathews County, Virginia. On Wednesday October 12, 2005 Fawley, against his attorneys' advice, spoke to investigators. A 38 year-old amateur photographer, Benjamin Fawley, a self-described “Goth/skater from the 1980s," who had a sexual relationship with Taylor and also one of the last people to see her alive, was arrested on unrelated child pornography and firearm possession charges and is currently the only person considered a suspect. Several pundits [1] [2] [3] made reference to the national coverage of her disappearance as possibly being another case of missing white woman syndrome.

Behl's disappearance and death are the subject of a major police investigation and internet cause célèbre. Acting on a tip one month later VCU Police located her remains at a rural area in Mathews County, Virginia. About two weeks later on Labor Day, September 5, 2005, Behl disappeared. She moved to Richmond, Virginia, in August 2005 to attend Virginia Commonwealth University.

Taylor Marie Behl (October 13, 1987 – September 6, 2005) was a 17 year-old college freshman from Vienna, Virginia. Washington Post. Taylor Behl on Crime Library. Richmond Times Dispatch news report.

WRIC-TV, Va. Henrico County, Virginia. WSLS, Roanoke, Va. VCU Police Department.

Fawley's Confession Another Lie? By Marilyn Bardsley.