The wisconsin woman convicted of decapitating her lover during sex and then assaulting his headless corpse before dismembering his body with a bread knife has dropped her appeal. Taylor schabusiness, a convicted murderer serving a life sentence in wisconsin, has decided to drop her appeal after being found guilty of beheading her lover, shad thyrion , during a sexual encounter. Between and , shad thyrion, a 24-year-old american man, was murdered and dismembered by his lover , taylor schabusiness. The wisconsin woman serving a life sentence for the meth-fueled murder, beheading and post-mortem sexual assault of her sometimes lover is appealing her conviction. Thyrions severed head was discovered by his mother, tara pakanich, in a bucket in the basement of their family home in green bay, wisconsin. Taylor schabusiness , 27, was convicted by jury of intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse and third degree sexual assault in 2023. Schabusiness ’ appellate attorney now becomes the fourth public defender to withdraw from one of her three cases. Taylor schabusiness , 25, was sentenced to life in prison without parole tuesday for the murder and dismemberment of her lover , and her attorney intends to appeal. Quinn jolly, who initially represented schabusiness during her murder trial, withdrew as her attorney after she attacked him in the courtroom during a pretrial hearing.