Tiffany Taylor grew up at the bottom of New Jersey society and was accustomed to violence and decency since she was a child. As a teenager, she witnessed several more murders, including two of her boyfriends.
At the age of 18, Taylor studied music and psychology at the University of Orlando, but dropped out of school to return to New Jersey in his sophomore year because of pregnancy.
Taylor then began to struggle to support himself and his children, but could not find a stable job. So eventually, she began to sell her body.
Taylor was "dedicated" at first, but then got annoyed. She hated doing that kind of thing all the time with men she didn't know, so she went to the other extreme:
Tricks and tricks, often taking men's money and disappearing.
But no matter what time she is, she follows a rule that she will never have sex with a married man. This is quite complicated.
Taylor has been going well, probably proudly. She obviously didn't know she was playing with fire, and one day she wouldn't be able to play it.
In 2016, Taylor met Halliel Wheeler Weaver, who was 10 years her junior, and often played video games with him and a girlfriend. Sometimes I go to his house to play.
She didn't realize that Wheeler Weaver, who was only 20 years old, was actually a serial killer, and once told her girlfriend that this little boy was very interesting.
The few of them were little more playmates at first, but after dating for a while, Wheeler-Weaver began to ask for something further.
Taylor refused. She said Wheeler-Weaver was too young to have that kind of relationship with him. But then he couldn't stop Wheeler-Weaver from constantly calling and texting, and agreed.
In fact, just pretending to agree, she still wants to cheat money and play disappear.
So one day in April, Taylor finally went to Wheeler-Weaver's house and got $200.
Then she said she forgot something in the car, went to pick it up, and never came back.
Taylor then went to a friend's motel and worked odd jobs to make ends meet, which she thought was over. So six months later, when she received a text message from an unknown number, she didn't think anything about Wheeler Weaver.
At that time, Taylor was pregnant with a second child, and when she saw that the stranger was still asking for it, she changed her phone number.
Unexpectedly, the man soon texted again, which made Taylor very curious. She finally agreed to meet him at the motel.
It was a little cold, and the strange man came wearing a big sweatshirt, a ski mask and black gloves, but Taylor still didn't think much of it.
After meeting, Taylor drove him out of the hotel, trying to make a small fortune, but halfway through, a stranger found an excuse to let her pull over. As soon as Taylor stopped the car, he was knocked unconscious.
Taylor woke up to find her handcuffed in the back of the car, and strangers were doing it by pinching her neck.
When the stranger was finished, he took off his mask, and it turned out to be Wheeler Weaver, an old friend of Taylor's.
Frightened, Taylor screamed and begged Wheeler-Weaver not to kill her, and that she was pregnant.
And Wheeler Weaver's rather calm "I know" made Taylor thoroughly understand: she was finished.
But Taylor's living environment and years of hardship gave her special resilience, and she began to cry, temptation, and begged Wheeler-Weaver to loosen her handcuffs.
After Wheeler-Weaver agreed, Taylor immediately realized that she could control Wheeler-Weaver and began looking for his weaknesses.
Taylor told Wheeler-Weaver that their conversations were recorded on their phones and sent to the motel, and that if she was killed, police would find him through that clue.
Wheeler-Weaver really panicked, and he said, "Nobody likes me, why should I pay a girl to get my attention?"
Meaning, he just didn't want to spend money, he didn't want to do anything else.
The lesser of two evils, Wheeler-Weaver then drove Taylor back to the hotel. On the way, Taylor once wanted to handcuff Wheeler Weaver's neck from behind, but did not dare to think that the car might be destroyed and killed.
Back at the hotel, Wheeler-Weaver tore off the tape wrapped around Taylor's face, but still did not open the handcuffs, he led Taylor all the way to her room door.
Wheeler-Weaver apparently had other plans, but Taylor didn't give him a chance. She kicked the door, waited for her friend to open the door, and immediately ran in quickly and closed the door.
The deadbolt of that door activated automatically, and Wheeler-Weaver couldn't get in. Taylor then ran to the window to inspect the hallway, and Wheeler-Weaver had fled the scene.
Taylor was finally safe, but she thought there was not enough evidence, so she took advantage of Wheeler-Weaver's psychology and sent a text message. She said she would never call the police and only asked him to return the car keys.
As a result, the hotel's security camera captured several shots: Wheeler-Weaver actually returned, dropped his key on the stairs, and ran away.
Then next, of course, Taylor has to go to the police. As she showed the handcuffs on her hands, she said that Wheeler-Weaver had kidnapped, raped, and wanted to kill her.
However, the police did not believe it. They not only threatened to arrest her for selling yin, but also refused to open her handcuffs.
They handcuffed Taylor for more than an hour.
Taylor later said the police treated her like garbage.
So when Taylor came out, she stopped looking for the police, she went directly to the Essex County prosecutor: not only am I in danger, but other women are also in danger.
During this period, another local woman was in disaster.
A week later, young Sarah Butler disappeared, and after her sister and a few friends called the police, they first found Butler's car and her red scarf a few miles from home.
Then they went home and opened Butler's computer to find that she was chatting with a man named "Lil YachtRock."
The name and photo were obviously fake, but they tried to get in touch, and when they went to the police station to report the clue, they actually received a reply:
The other party asked to meet and talk about paid services.
So the police immediately asked the girls to promise him, agreed on a location, and sent two policemen over.
However, after the two sides met, the police, after a friendly conversation, released him despite asking for his real name.
Because whether Butler was killed or not is not yet determined, and you can't arrest people without evidence.
No way, Butler's family and friends had to continue to look for people, and the police began to collect clues.
A few days later, they finally found Butler at the Eagle Rock Sanctuary, and it was certain that she was truly dead, and the police detained Wheeler-Weaver, who went under the pseudonym "Lil Yacht Rock."
Fortunately, this guy didn't run.
It was at that time that the police discovered through Taylor's testimony that several murders had similar characteristics, including text messages discussing deals, attacks on victims' cars, tape their heads, and stranglement.
And Taylor, as the only survivor, was both angry and helpless during the interview. She said disappearances are all too common in low-income communities, especially black women and certain types of workers. If the police had not worn tinted glasses and believed her, Sarah Butler would not have died.
The Wheeler-Weaver series of murders was only fully concluded in October 2021, and he was sentenced to 160 years in prison for multiple kidnappings and murders.
On the day of the sentencing, Taylor said to the judge again: "I hope you will not show any leniency towards him, because he has shown no remorse."
Wheeler-Weaver was indeed bold and presumptuous, and he continued to commit crimes a week after Taylor escaped. If Taylor hadn't been alive and the Butler family was working for their loved ones, this killing didn't know how long it would have lasted.
Taylor, who is said to have started a new life after having a second daughter, has this to say:
(Interview with Taylor)
Women, who live at the bottom of society and are denied the recognition that life is equally important, also have the right to demand a system of justice.
And when the media of all sides reported it, they all said: "Unbelievable."