'Selfie Killer' Stabbed her Father-in-Law and Does Not Regret It

As always, thank you for hanging out and remembering Charles Taylor with me today. In April 2015, 24‑year‑old Amanda Taylor drove with her friend Sean Ball to the Montgomery County, Virginia home of her late husband’s father, 59‑year‑old Charles Taylor, carrying a bayonet‑style knife she had bought for what she called “revenge.” Once Charles sat down on his couch, Amanda suddenly attacked, stabbing him 31 times while Ball helped, later telling investigators she chose a knife so Charles would know it was her killing him and describing the murder as feeling like her first roller‑coaster ride.After Charles lay dead, Amanda posed over his body holding the bloody knife and smirking for a photo, which was then shared online and earned her the nickname “Selfie Killer,” a label she later had tattooed on her arm. She and Ball stole Charles’s car and fled across states before being caught in North Carolina, and prosecutors argued that Amanda had long blamed Charles for her husband Rex’s drug addiction and suicide and had planned the killing in advance. Amanda ultimately pleaded guilty to first‑degree murder and grand larceny and was sentenced to life in prison without parole, while Ball, who cooperated with investigators, received 41 years, leaving the case notorious for its mix of grief, revenge, and chilling social‑media performance.