Taylor Ashley Wright (TW) Timeline
with Media and VI Sources
Verified Insiders: AbuDrake and Fleurde
Case number is #17-009230 with Pensacola Police Dept.
June - November of 2006 – Ashley McArthur (AM), worked for Escambia County Sherriff’s Office as a crime scene technician. AM resigned voluntarily (PNJ News)
January 2008 through August 2009 -- Taylor worked for Jacksonville Police Department in Jacksonville, NC (WITN News)
July 2012 to December 2013 – Taylor again worked for Jacksonville Police Dept in NC (WITN News, AbuDrake post #176, Thread1)
April 2014 – Taylor and her husband and son moved to Florida due to military orders. (AbuDrake post#176, Thread1)
March 2015 –Taylor’s husband moved out their house. Taylor and her husband initiated a mutual divorce; they had many arguments. (AbuDrake’s post#139, Thread1; See also notes below)
16 June 2015 – Taylor’s Divorce case filed in Okaloosa County, FL (CASE NUMBER 2015 DR 002253 F
http://www.okaloosaclerk.com/)
July 2015 –Taylor was arrested for assault of her ex-husband. (AbuDrake posts #176, #188, & #193, Thread1;
http://mugshots.com/US-Counties/Flor...108577174.html) Her ex requested that the DA drop the charges. (AbuDrake post #277, Thread1)
Jan-Nov 2016 – Ashley McArthur accused of committing Grand Theft of a total of $1207.50 from her employee’s paychecks during this time. The money was supposed to be sent for employee’s child support payments but not all checks were received by the state. (Escambia CO. Warrant Docs:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzCWmktG4B9-eTVMZFlfNDRxcUE/view )
30 Dec 2016 –Taylor’s Divorce granted but child custody and asset division still undecided by courts (okaloosaclerk.com, AbuDrake Google doc text posted in post #94, Thread 2)
Feb 2017 – Taylor withdrew some money prior to a March court date. Her ex had her assets frozen within 48 hours of the withdrawal (AbuDrake Google doc text posted in post #94, Thread 2)
Around April 2017 – Taylor began dating her current girlfriend (GF). (AbuDrake post #198, Thread1 & Fleude post #839, Thread1)
12 June 2017 – Taylor withdrew money from her bank account again after it was unfrozen by the courts in the divorce process; (AbuDrake posts #47, Thread 1; see also Okaloosaclerk.com)
01 July 2017 – Taylor’s son visited her in Florida for the summer (AbuDrake posts#214, & #218, Thread1). Taylor took her son to a Waterpark, go carts, movies, New Orleans, parks, etc. while he was visting (Fleurde post #784)
5 Aug 2017 – Taylor took her son to visit her mother’s farm for a week (AbuDrake post #556, Thread1)
Abt 13 Aug 2017 – Taylor took her son back to her ex-husband (AbuDrake post #150 & #556 Thread1)
16 August 2017, 1:01 pm – Ashley McArthur arrested, charged with Larceny (
https://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/Ashley_Mcarthur_33992480/ )
16 August 2017 (time unknown) -- AM deposited a cashier’s check in TW’s name for the amount of $34,000 into AM’s personal checking account. The money has since been spent (North Escambia News)
Sept 2017 -- Taylor was usually texting her son every day or calling him around 3 times per week (her mother to WEARTV news; & Fleurde post #852, Thread1; AbuDrake Google doc text posted in post #94, Thread 2).
Abt. 1 Sept 2017 --About a week prior to going missing Taylor visited her mother. Her mother said Taylor was “calm, seem to be content and happy for the first time in a while” and said “she has been going through a lot of stress from her divorce” (WEARTV News)
6 Sept 2017 – Taylor requested a continuance on her divorce case by filing a letter saying she was going to help her family in the path of Hurricane Irma (AbuDrake post #47, Thread 1). Continuance was granted according to Okaloosaclerk.com
7 Sept 2017 – Court date canceled due to continuance granted on Sept 6[SUP]th [/SUP](Okaloosaclerk.com); Taylor’s ex was planning to appear telephonically for this appearance, not in person (AbuDrake post #591, Thread1)
7 Sept 2017 –Taylor last seen by employer? (A PI Taylor worked for reported Sept 7 as last seen date in WKRG and PNJ News)
7 Sept 2017 – Taylor’s mother last heard from her (WEARTV news)
7 Sept 2017 – Taylor went to dinner with her GF. Taylor “was stressed, felt as if something wasn't right.” (Fleurde post#694, Thread1)
7 Sept 2017 – Evening- Taylor first told her GF that she was keeping money in her friend Ashley McArthur’s safe deposit box and that she planned to go to the bank the next day with AM to get it out (Fleurde post #694, Thread1). Taylor also told her GF that she had tried to get the money from AM several times with no success (WEARTV News, North Escambia News, & PNJ News)
8 Sept 2017 -- The official date of last contact in Taylor’s Missing Person’s case filed with PPD (See Case number #17-009230 at
http://pas.fdle.state.fl.us/pas/rest.../home/home.jsf)
8 Sept 2017 –Taylor left all her belongings at her house on Berkley Drive in Pensacola, including her car, an unloaded moving truck, 2 laptops unlocked and logged into her Gmail, $30,000 worth of heirloom Jewelry and $19,000 in cashier’s checks. The only things not left behind by TW are her phone and wallet. A friend (Ashley McArthur) claims Taylor left in an Uber with money and checks. (AbuDrake post #47, #286, Thread1 & Fleurde post #694, Thread1; WKRG, PNJ and WEARTV news)
8 Sept 2017 – Ashley McArthur called her cousin to see if he’d be home that day, but he was at a funeral and was not at the property (PNJ News)
8 Sept 2017 @ abt 10:00 am CST – Taylor cooked breakfast that morning and was last seen by her girlfriend (GF). GF left to run errands abt 9:50 am. AM pulled up and said “hi” as GF left. TW left soon after to go to the bank with AM. (AbuDrake post #592, Thread1, Fleurde post #694, Thread1)
8 Sept 2017 @ 11:20 am Taylor and AM met so TW could get her money back. TW and her GF had been text messaging back and forth until approximately 11:20 am (PNJ News, North Escambia News & Ashley McArthur arrest warrant doc)
8 Sept 2017 from 11:52 am until 1:44 pm – Ashley McArthur’s phone records showed her in the area of Beulah on her family’s property at 2201 Britt Road. (North Escambia News)
8 Sept 2017 from 2:40 pm until 3:33 pm – Again, Ashley McArthur’s phone records showed her in the area of Beulah on her family’s property at 2201 Britt Road (North Escambia News)
8 Sept 2017 @ abt 3:30 pm CST – GF had tried to text Taylor repeatedly with no reply, so GF texted Ashley McArthur. AM calls GF and says that TW is out riding a horse on McArthur’s relative’s farm. AM also says that TW was crying and stressed about court issues and her ex-husband. GF asked AM to have TW call her. TW never called. (Fleurde post #694, Thread1, PNJ News, WEARTV NEWS)
8 Sept 2017 @ 4:45 PM – AM claims she and Taylor returned to AM’s house at 4:45, but that AM went inside and TW stayed outside. When AM went back outside, she said, TW was gone (PNJ News)
8 Sept 2017 – Taylor had plans to have “a low-key dinner at house” with her GF. TW never showed up. (Fleurde post #694, Thread1)
8 Sept 2017 @abt 7:00 pm CST – Taylor still has not called or texted so GF texts AM again. AM calls again and says that Taylor had left from her house (not the farm) around 5 PM. AM’s house is abt 2 miles from GF’s house. AM claimed TW said she would get an Uber and planned to go have a drink. AM says she never saw the car. (Fleurde post #694, Thread1)
8 Sept 2017 @ 7:58 pm CST – GF gets a text from “TW” saying she should have called, she needed some time to think and get her life organized and on track. No other replies since that text. TW’s GF says these texts did NOT seem like Taylor and she suspects someone else was texting; It is unknown who sent the texts (Fleurde post #694 & #854, Thread1; WEARTV News,
https://mgtvwnct.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/mcarthur-arrest-report.pdf)
8 Sept 2017 11:54 pm CST –GF gets a text from a friend with a screenshot of a text “TW” just sent her saying TW was okay, needed to get away for a few days that court and the move had her stressed. GF again tried texting and calling TW and got nothing. (Fleurde post #694, Thread1)
9 Sept 2017 – Taylor had “full day plans” with her GF. TW never showed up. (Fleurde post #694, Thread1)
9 Sept 2017 – Taylor’s son tried calling his mother; she did not answer. Instead, “TW” texted her son saying she would call back. TW never called. TW’s GF says these texts did NOT seem like Taylor and she suspects someone else was texting (AbuDrake posts #47, #283, #556, Thread1; Fleude post #854)
9 Sept 2017 – Night, Taylor’s ex-husband last heard from her- it was a “normal Taylor text” (Abu Drake post#142, #297, #556, Thread1)
9 Sept 2017 –Taylor’s last phone ping from an IPv6 address viewed with TW’s Google account- it appears to plot in Reserve, LA...a cell tower on I-10. Last ping could also be from Baton Rouge or Gulf Breeze, FL. (AbuDrake posts #47, #286, #298, #556, Thread1)
10 Sept 2017 – Taylor’s girlfriend called police to report TW missing (AbuDrake post #556, Thread1; Fleurde post #694 & #775, Thread1)
10 Sept 2017 – Taylor’s ex-husband received messages from TW’s girlfriend, mother and former best friend. All 3 were warning that TW’s son may be in danger. TW alluded to friends that she would pick up her son. TW’s GF says she called TW’s ex-husband at the suggestion of the officer who took the missing report. (VI AbuDrake posts#142 –, thread 1; Fleurde post #694, Thread1)
11 Sept 2017 –Taylor’s ex took the day off work to make sure his son was not in danger (AbuDrake post #561, Thread1)
11 Sept 2017 – Taylor had a meeting scheduled to divide her HHG with her ex-husband. She did not show up. (Fleude post #1006, Thread1)
12 Sept 2017 – The court date that had been continued at Taylor’s Sept 6[SUP]th[/SUP] request was supposed to take place but her ex-husband had the date changed to Sept 22 instead (Fleurde post#865, Thread1)
14 Sept 2017 – Taylor’s girlfriend gave LE a sworn statement that TW had not been seen since 8 Sept. (WNCT News & Ashley McArthur arrest warrant doc)
15 Sept 2017 -- Brian Muhlbach, of Resource Investigative Services, posted that one of his investigators, Taylor Ashley Wright, had not been seen since September 7[SUP]th[/SUP] (WKRG News)
18 Sept 2017 – LE interviewed Taylor’s friend Ashley McArthur. AM said she had picked up TW the morning of Sept. 8 and they drove to various locations, eventually going to McArthur’s family property in East Milton (a second family property) to ride horses. AM also told LE the pair went back to McArthur’s Pensacola home around 4:45 pm and AM went inside. When AM went back outside, she said, TW was gone. Phone records did NOT show AM having been in the area of East Milton, but instead showed her in Beulah the morning of Sept. 8 in the area of her family property on Britt Road (PNJ News)
21 Sept 2017 – Pensacola Police removed TW’s car from outside of the GF’s home “for safekeeping” and “at her roommate's request” (WEARTV News)
22 Sept 2017 – Taylor failed to show up for court, still missing. Taylor’s ex appeared in court in person. Appeal wasn't even heard; (AbuDrake post#111, #591, Thread 1; Fleurde post#865, Thread1)
19 Oct 2017 – A search warrant was executed on Ashley McArthur’s family’s property at 2201 Britt Road (North Escambia News)
19 Oct 2017,
around Noon – Taylor’s body was found in a clandestine grave covered in concrete, along with a necklace she wore. The body was located in a wooded area off Britt Rd in Cantonment, FL. The land where TW was found is the McArthur family’s Beulah property where AM’s phone pinged twice on Sept 8th (PNJ News)
19 Oct 2017 – Ashley McArthur is arrested and charged with Taylor’s murder. Charges are 1st Degree Premeditated Homicide (Escambia CO Sheriff FB post
https://www.facebook.com/OfficialECSO/posts/1687825804623711).
19 Nov 2017 – Next court date scheduled for Ashley McArthur.
Media Links:
http://wkrg.com/2017/09/15/private-i...-in-pensacola/
http://wkrg.com/2017/09/15/private-i...or-eight-days/
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/...ola/676309001/
http://weartv.com/news/local/pensaco...e-investigator
http://www.northescambia.com/2017/1...tor-former-cop-found-in-cantonment-one-arrest
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/crime...e-investigator-taylor-wright-found/782741001/
http://wkrg.com/2017/10/19/breaking...-believed-to-be-missing-private-investigator/
http://weartv.com/news/local/ecso-body-of-missing-ppd-private-investigator-found-woman-arrested
http://www.witn.com/content/news/Fo...urdered-in-Florida-arrest-made-451854383.html
http://wnct.com/2017/10/20/former-jacksonville-police-officer-killed-in-florida/
http://local15tv.com/news/local/arrest-made-after-detectives-body-found
http://www.register-herald.com/regi...cle_9cb9c778-19a5-5ba4-8565-6a8e827f3398.html
http://www.jdnews.com/news/20171020/jacksonville-police-mourn-slain-former-officer
http://www.wcti12.com/news/local-ne...lle-pd-officer-found-woman-arrested/642113483
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/crime...estigator-gave-suspect-34-000-hold/785037001/
http://www.northescambia.com/2017/1...e-investigator-found-in-cantonment-one-arrest
http://weartv.com/news/local/ecso-body-of-private-investigator-found-in-grave-woman-held-on-1m-bond
http://wnct.com/2017/10/20/former-jacksonville-police-officer-killed-in-florida/
https://mgtvwnct.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/mcarthur-arrest-report.pdf
Timeline Notes: The following are possibly relevant facts, quotes and/or VI statements
According to Ashley McArthur’s arrest report, one of Taylor's friends told LE that TW had given AM $34,000 to hold during Wright's pending divorce. TW had tried to get the money back multiple times without success. ECSO’s investigation showed the $34,000 deposited by AM had been spent. (PNJ News)
Taylor was trying to get the money back from Ashley for court proceedings due to her pending divorce case (North Escambia News)
Ashley McArthur’s phone records never showed her in the area of the family property in East Milton, instead her phone showed her in the area of Beulah on September 8 from 11:52 a.m. until 1:44 p.m. and again from 2:40 p.m. until 3:33 p.m. Police discovered that McArthur’s family has property at 2201 Britt Road, in the same area as her phone indicated (North Escambia News)
During the execution of the search warrant on Britt Road, contact was made with AM’s cousin. The cousin stated under oath that McArthur contacted him on September 8 to see if the was going to be home on that day. The cousin said her told her that he would be gone to a funeral and was not on the property (North Escambia News).
During the investigation, McArthur’s bank records and cell phone records were obtained. Bank records show that on August 16, AM deposited a cashier’s check in TW’s name for the amount of $34,000 into AM’s personal checking account. The money has since been spent (North Escambia News)
Taylor has a rose tattoo on her lower right ankle that is old/faded/black she has a sun tattoo on her lower back, she has a mole under her left eye, she has tattooed make up eyeliner, she has a scar on her right thigh laterally above the knee,
she wears a necklace with a bullet from a rifle, she wears a black and blue paracord bracelet on her right wrist and a skinny black bracelet with a pea sized medallion that has the scales of justice on her left wrist. She has her ears pierced, but in 6 months GF has never seen her wear earrings. She is comfortable sporting a dress or boy board shorts and a t shirt. (Fleurde post #694, Thread1)
Taylor had a “friendly and constructive” relationship with her son. It is very unusual for her to go long without contacting him. (AbuDrake #114 & #190, Thread1); By the time she went missing in Sept, Taylor was usually texting her son everyday (her mother to WEARTV news; & Fleurde post #852, Thread1).
Taylor is a subcontractor for at least 2 large PI firms whose clients are mostly insurance companies (VI AbuDrake post#113, #377, Thread1)
Taylor has her own company. TW had future plans to grow her company and build a house with GF (Fleurde post #694, & #784 Thread1)
The moving truck Taylor left in her driveway was borrowed from Ashley McArthur who is CEO of a billiards business called Pensacola Automatic Amusement (AbuDrake post #112, Thread1;
https://www.corporationwiki.com/p/2xvro7/ashley-mcarthur)
Taylor had only recently moved to Pensacola, from Destin. She had been in Navarre the previous year (AbuDrake post #325, thread1)