Case Details
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- Missing Since:
- Missing Since 04/26/2014
- Missing From:
- Missing From Detroit, Michigan
- Classification:
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Gender:
- Female
- Race:
- Race Black
- Date of Birth:
- Date of Birth 11/26/1986 (38)
- Age:
- Age 27 years old
- Height and Weight:
- Height and Weight 4’11, 135 pounds
- Clothing/Jewelry Description:
- Clothing/Jewelry Description A black shirt, a red leather vest and black pants.
- Distinguishing Characteristics:
- Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes. Taliaferro had copper-colored highlights in her hair at the time of her disappearance. Her navel, left eyebrow and right upper lip are pierced and her ears are triple-pierced. Taliaferro has a long keloid scar on her forearm, extending from wrist to elbow. She has the following tattoos: the word “Loyalty” across her upper chest, paw prints down her right side extending from shoulder to foot, writing on the side of her neck, an unspecified tattoo on her lower back, and several tattoos on her arms, including the name “Will” and a face with a cigarette in its mouth, on her upper right arm. Photos of Taliaferro’s scar and some of her tattoos are posted with this case summary.
- Details of Disappearance:
- Taliaferro disappeared in Detroit on April 26, 2014. She was living with her boyfriend, Johnathon McMahen, a member of a motorcycle club where women were considered the men’s property. Taliaferro also had relationships with other men, including another club member.
Her last sighting was at the club around 1-2 am, after a big fight with McMahen. Witnesses saw them arguing, fighting physically, and McMahen holding a knife to her neck. They left together, but McMahen returned alone.
McMahen’s roommates said he asked them to leave the house that morning to talk to Taliaferro privately. He later claimed he’d broken up with her and kicked her out. He sold her phone that day. He also cleaned his basement with bleach, and blood was found on his bedroom door.
McMahen’s ex-girlfriend said he confessed to choking Taliaferro in his car after a fight about her infidelity. He claimed he dumped her body in a building but wouldn’t say where. A cellmate also testified to McMahen’s confession. A medical examiner confirmed that someone choked to death would cough up blood, matching McMahen’s story.
McMahen was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison, but Taliaferro’s body has never been found.
- Agency:
- Detroit Police Department 313-596-2221
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This person was missing Missing Since 04/26/2014