SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (WKRC) — A man who stabbed his wife to death “felt bad” about the murder, so he traveled across multiple states to murder his ex-wife because “she, unlike his first victim, deserved it.”

According to a release from the Schenectady County District Attorney’s Office, 38-year-old Timothy Taylor traveled from North Carolina to Schenectady, N.Y., checked into a hotel, and snuck into the home of his ex-wife on the morning of May 28, 2023, and stabbed her to death. He reportedly exited through a window and discarded his bloody clothing as he walked down the street, eventually taking a taxi to the hotel and then to the bus station.

At the time of the victim’s murder, the Brooklyn Homicide Squad was already searching for Taylor in connection with the murder of his current wife on May 13, 2023

“[Taylor] told the detectives that after he had killed his then current wife he felt bad, and he knew he had to come to Schenectady to kill his former wife because he harbored so much animosity toward her and in his words, she, unlike his first victim, deserved it,” the DA’s office said in the release.

Authorities noted that Taylor killed his ex-wife while her three children were in the home, two of whom were fathered by Taylor.

“People should know that [the victim], while facing down her killed and knowing his intent, made sure to protect her children and after stabbing her more than 22 times, Mr. Taylor fled into the night without harming them,” District Attorney Robert M. Carney said. “These children, particularly the oldest who was a high school student at the time, and their extended family, were instrumental to our office in bringing in this case.”

Taylor pled guilty to murder in the second degree on July 1, 2025. He faces another pending indictment for the murder of his current wife in Brooklyn as well.