HUSBAND WHO SPENT 25 YEARS IN JAIL FOR MURDERING HIS SECOND WIFE IS NOW CONVICTED OF MURDERING HIS FIRST WIFE AFTER INVESTIGATION BY COLD CASE TV SHOW

Husband who spent 25 years in jail for murdering his second wife is now convicted of murdering his FIRST wife after investigation by cold case TV show  

Earl Taylor spent 25 years in jail for murdering his second wife and has been convicted for the murder of his first wife
He was found guilty of the 1975 murder of Kathy Taylor, his first wife
The case was reopened with help from Cold Justice, a TNT television show
Kathy was 23 when she was killed and Taylor said he found her dead in the bathtub of their home
Taylor was convicted in 1988 of killing his second wife, Mindy, whose body was recovered in 1987 from her car in an Indiana lake
By VALERIE EDWARDS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 23:18 EST, 12 February 2016 | UPDATED: 01:25 EST, 13 February 2016


Earl Taylor has been convicted of murdering his first wife after spending 25 years in jail for the murder of his second wife


An Indiana man who served 25 years for the murder of his second wife, has been convicted of killing his first wife.
Earl Taylor was found guilty on Friday of first-degree murder in the 1975 killing of his first wife Kathy Taylor who was 23 at the time.
The Vigo County Sheriff's Office reopened the investigation into Kathy's death with help from Cold Justice , a TNT television show that looks into unsolved criminal cases, according to the IndyStar.
Taylor, who was an insurance agent, was arrested soon after the investigation reopened.
He had taken out several large policies on both wives.
Kathy Taylor was found dead on April 2, 1975 after Earl Taylor, who was 22 at the time, told police he had come home and found his wife dead in the bathtub.
He told deputies that his wife had been home alone taking a bath when an electronic clock radio fell into the tub.  
A forensic pathologist testified that Kathy drowned after being held face-down in a bathtub in the couple's home.
However, the defense argued she died of electrocution from a clock radio.
It wasn't until later that detectives learned that Taylor had removed his wife's body from the tub and didn't immediately contact authorities.
Taylor called his father who later reported the death to the sheriff.


Earl Taylor was found guilty of first-degree murder in the 1975 killing of his first wife Kathy Taylor who was 23 at the time. He told deputies that his wife had been home alone taking a bath when an electronic clock radio fell into the tub


Taylor was convicted in 1988 of killing his second wife, Mindy, whose body was recovered in 1987 from her car in a pond. An autopsy revealed that the victim had died of drowning, and that there were no signs of a struggle to escape the car, nor were there any injuries


Vigo County Chief Deputy Clark Cottom said that 'during the investigation detectives noticed that the power cord on the clock radio appeared to have been changed to extend the length', according to the IndyStar.
Because the length of the cord had been changed, the investigation revealed that the length of the factory cord would 'not have allowed the radio to fall into the bathtub'.
Another detective recalled Taylor had 'offered a methodical minute by minute alibi of his whereabouts', which was not completely forthcoming.  
Taylor was convicted in 1988 of killing his second wife, Mindy, whose body was recovered from her car in 1987.


Mindy Taylor's body was found on the driver's side of her Pontiac Fiero which was submerged in a lake in Terre Haute, Indiana, according to court documents.
An autopsy revealed that the victim had died of drowning, and that there were no signs of a struggle to escape the car, nor were there any injuries.
Shortly after the victim's death, her husband, made a statement to the police. In his statement, he indicated that the victim had difficulty sleeping that night, and at her suggestion, they had gone for a drive at about 3.00am.
Taylor said the victim swerved the car to avoid hitting a raccoon which was crossing the road in front of them and the car went into the lake, the document states.

Mindy Taylor's body was recovered from the driver's side of her Pontiac Fiero which was submerged in a lake in Terre Haute, Indiana. Earl Taylor was convicted of Mindy's mother in 1988


He said that Mindy was unconscious, and he was unable to rouse her. After the car filled with water, he opened the passenger door and escaped but was unable to get the victim out of the car.
However, an investigation revealed that the seat on the driver's side was too far back for the victim to have driven the car.
The victim's arms were under the seat belt and the seat belt was fastened in the wrong receptacle.
He was sentenced to 60 years in prison in that conviction, but was released from prison in January 2014 and re-arrested the following July.


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