Blaise Taylor arrested on first-degree murder charges

Blaise Taylor, was arrested Thursday night in Utah on a grand jury indictment with two charges of first-degree murder.

Taylor, 27, was wanted for allegedly poisoning his girlfriend, Jade Benning, and her unborn child. Nashville Police state Benning and her unborn child died as a result of the poisoning. 

Taylor worked for the Tennessee Titans organization several years including during the 2022 season. 

Taylor left Nashville to work for Utah State for the 2023 season. 

The son of longtime FBS running backs coach Trooper Taylor, Blaise Taylor had agreed to join Texas A&M staff earlier this month. Taylor played at Arkansas State from 2014-17, then spent 2018-19 as a defensive graduate assistant at Duke. He joined the Titans' scouting department in 2019. 

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