SCHENECTADY — The man suspected in the stabbing death last month of both his wife in Brooklyn and ex-wife in Schenectady will not fight extradition back to New York to face prosecution in the killings, according to Schenectady County District Attorney Robert Carney.
Timothy Taylor had a scheduled court appearance Tuesday in the Philadelphia area, where he was captured on June 2 by federal marshals and Philadelphia police in the Center City neighborhood.
Carney said Tuesday that authorities in Brooklyn are expected Wednesday to travel to Pennsylvania to pick up Taylor. He will face a murder charge in the May 13 killing of Theresa Gregg before being brought to Schenectady to face a similar charge for the slaying of his former wife Tishawn Folkes-Taylor.
Carney last week said that his office believes “that he came here to kill her, that is our theory.” He refused to elaborate on that theory.
On Tuesday, Carney declined to say if detectives from the Schenectady police have interviewed Taylor.
Police say they found 44-year-old Folkes-Taylor unconscious early on the morning of May 28 after responding to a call of a person in need of medical help at a home on Pleasant Street in the Mont Pleasant neighborhood.
She was pronounced dead at the dwelling. Police have said she died of trauma. Schenectady police identified Taylor as a person of interest in the woman’s death. Carney said the two had been married for at least 10 years and have two children together, ages 6 and 8. She also has a 17-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, Carney said.
Taylor is wanted in Brooklyn for the fatal May 13 stabbing of his wife Theresa Gregg inside her Bedford Avenue apartment. Gregg worked as an officer with the city Department of Homeless Services. The newlyweds had only been married for a month, said Carney. Several media reports indicate that Gregg was…
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