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Wayne Taylor, 65
Died Dec. 19, 2007 at 4:30 a.m.
Wayne Taylor Jr., a 65-year-old black man, was killed, and his dismembered body was found Wednesday morning, Dec. 19, by firefighters fighting a small fire in a fenced-off abandoned strip mall at 3855 W. Santa Rosalia Drive in Crenshaw. LAPD robbery-homicide is investigating.
Case update: The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office said Taylor's son, Wayne "Trea" Taylor III, 37, a black man, has been charged with murder. According to attorney's office, Taylor III faces one count of murder, one count of arson, one count of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury with infliction of great bodily injury, and one count of first degree residential robbery. Authorities said Wayne Taylor was killed on November 22, 2007.
— Richard Winton
- Neighborhood: Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw
- Age: 65
- Gender: Male
- Day of the week: Wednesday
- Agency: LAPD Robbery Homicide
- Race/Ethnicity: Black
One reader comment about Wayne Taylor
I'm actually very shocked to hear of this incident! I grew up with the Taylors and the Trea that I grew up with never in a million years seemed capable of doing such a thing! I'm so very sorry to hear about the loss of Wayne Sr. and the problems the Taylor family has had to face during this difficult time. I was in absolute shock reading the article & this is my 1st time reading it because I never wanted to believe what I had heard about Trea...it just didn't sound like the same guy that I grew up with! God Bless you Taylor family!
June 18, 2010 at 9:54 p.m.
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