Ohio man sentenced to time served in neighbor’s asphyxiation death after pleading guilty to manslaughter

A Cincinnati man was sentenced to time served on Thursday and will not spend one other day behind bars after pleading responsible to involuntary manslaughter for the 2016 loss of life of his neighbor, who prosecutors say choked to loss of life on her personal vomit as a result of duct tape wrapped round her face. 

Kayle Taylor, 33, was going through expenses of aggravated homicide, aggravated housebreaking, and kidnapping earlier than the plea deal was reached final month, in line with Hamilton County court docket information. 

“On account of the plea, he confronted the doable sentence of 3-11 years,” assistant prosecuting lawyer Amy Clausing instructed Fox Information Digital. “Right this moment, the decide sentenced Taylor to 4 years in jail.”

Taylor’s lawyer, John Kennedy, declined to debate any particulars of the plea deal, which got here after one mistrial and quite a few delays, however mentioned his shopper will now be on neighborhood management for 3 years. 

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“I can inform you Mr. Taylor was locked up for 1569 days within the Hamilton County Justice Heart, which is greater than the 4 years talked about by Choose Nestor,” Kennedy instructed Fox Information Digital. 

Tammy Wiley, 54, was discovered lifeless in her Cincinnati residence in July 2016. 
(Cincinnati Police Division)

Taylor’s neighbor, 52-year-old Tammy Wiley, was discovered lifeless in her residence on the morning of July 4, 2016. Taylor was arrested for her loss of life later that day. 

Prosecutors argued in the course of the unique trial in 2018 that Taylor wrapped Wiley’s face with duct tape “from her chin to her eyes,” inflicting her to choke on her personal vomit and die of asphyxiation, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported on the time. 

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Taylor’s shoe print was discovered inside Wiley’s house and a roll of duct tape that was similar to the tape used to wrap Wiley’s face was present in Taylor’s house, the newspaper reported. 

Taylor’s protection lawyer argued that Wiley’s loss of life was brought on by her drug use and that there was a deadly quantity of fentanyl in her system. Wiley had stage 4 most cancers on the time of her loss of life. 

The residence constructing in Cincinnati the place Tammy Wiley and Kayle Taylor lived. 
(Google Maps)

Wiley’s daughter, Brandy Brown, instructed FOX 19 NOW that she was disillusioned within the plea deal Taylor reached final month. 

“I’m completely disgusted with our judicial system. All it takes is time and you’ll go from seven felony counts to 1 in a single day and the least extreme you may get,” Wiley’s daughter instructed the native information outlet. 

“Kayle Taylor has had every thing he has wished for the previous nearly six years. A number of continuances and motions all to tug this out to the purpose the place folks neglect why we’re right here.”