THE DARK SIDE OF IOWA
Alishia Taylor
Full Name: Alishia Taylor
Charge: Self-defense
County: Muscatine
City: Muscatine
Current Status: Free
Date of Crime: June 15, 2010
Victim: Michael Monegro-Reyes
Charge: Self-defense
County: Muscatine
City: Muscatine
Current Status: Free
Date of Crime: June 15, 2010
Victim: Michael Monegro-Reyes
Muscatine County officials did not charge a Muscatine woman who stabbed her husband to death. An investigation concluded that Alishia Taylor believed she was saving her sister's life. According to the Muscatine County Attorney's office, Alishia, 25, stabbed her husband, Michael Monegro-Reyes, several times in the back on June 15, 2010, as he was striking her sister.
Police were called to the residence at 1216 ½ Smalley Avenue regarding a fight in progress and discovered that Michael had been stabbed. He was pronounced dead at Trinity Muscatine. An investigation determined that Michael had been involved in an altercation with people at the residence and had brandished a knife several times that evening. At the time Alishia struck the fatal blow, Michael was striking Alishia's sister. There is evidence that Michael had actually dropped the knife and was not stabbing Alishia's sister and was punching her instead, but Alishia had every reason to believe Michael still had every reason to believe her sister was in severe danger.
Police were called to the residence at 1216 ½ Smalley Avenue regarding a fight in progress and discovered that Michael had been stabbed. He was pronounced dead at Trinity Muscatine. An investigation determined that Michael had been involved in an altercation with people at the residence and had brandished a knife several times that evening. At the time Alishia struck the fatal blow, Michael was striking Alishia's sister. There is evidence that Michael had actually dropped the knife and was not stabbing Alishia's sister and was punching her instead, but Alishia had every reason to believe Michael still had every reason to believe her sister was in severe danger.
Source: WCF Courier