Police said the suspect was found hiding in bushes after officers tracked her from Detroit.
TAYLOR, MI — A 26-year-old Detroit woman is in custody after police said a 25-year-old Taylor man was found fatally stabbed early Thursday outside Taylor Park Townhomes in the 11300 block of Elm Street.
Taylor police said officers were called to the apartment complex around 4:15 a.m. and found the man dead next to his vehicle in the parking lot. The case remains under investigation, with detectives still working to determine what led to the stabbing. Police said the woman was later taken into custody after a search that moved from Taylor to Detroit and involved Michigan State Police K-9 officers.
The victim was described by police as a 25-year-old Taylor resident. His name had not been released in the initial reports. Police said the suspect is a 26-year-old woman from Detroit. Investigators said they believe the case may be domestic-related because of what Taylor Police Det. Lt. Joshua Schneider described as the suspect’s prior history of domestic disputes. Schneider said detectives had not yet determined the full sequence of events before the stabbing.
Police said neither the victim nor the suspect had any known connection to Taylor Park Townhomes. That detail remained a central part of the investigation because the killing happened in the parking lot of the complex, not at a home tied to either person. Officers found the victim beside his vehicle, and investigators began processing the area for evidence after securing the scene. Police did not report any other victims.
After the stabbing, police said the suspect tried to leave the area in a vehicle. Schneider said officers later located the vehicle in Detroit, but the woman did not stop. “We were unmarked, so we did not pursue,” Schneider said. Police said the vehicle was abandoned a short time later. Officers set up a perimeter and asked Michigan State Police for help from a K-9 unit.
The search led police through a Detroit neighborhood, where home security video showed officers and a K-9 moving through yards. Police said the woman was found hiding in bushes in the backyard of a home. Officers said she had tried to flee more than once before she was taken into custody. Earlier police accounts said undercover officers later located her in the 1500 block of Salem in Detroit before the arrest.
Residents and workers near the arrest scene said the police response brought heavy attention to the area before many people knew it was tied to a homicide investigation in Taylor. Karly Beaupre, who works at Duffy’s Den near the arrest scene, said the incident was unsettling. “It’s just very scary,” Beaupre said. Neighbors said the street was surrounded by police as officers searched the area.
Investigators had not recovered the weapon as of the latest police update. Schneider said detectives were working to obtain search warrants connected to the case. An autopsy was ordered through the Wayne County Medical Examiner. Police did not immediately announce charges, and the suspect had not been publicly identified in the first reports.
The investigation remains active as Taylor police process evidence, wait for medical examiner findings and prepare search warrants. The next major steps are expected to include an autopsy finding, a charging review and possible court proceedings if prosecutors authorize charges.
Author note: Last updated July 3, 2026.