“They Stopped a Serial Killer” – Dahmer-obsessed murderer who slaughtered a Scottish war hero who was labeled a “weird” by neighbors

June 16 – Paul Taylor buys three bottles of poppers from a sex shop in Carlisle.

October 17th – Jack Crawley is in contact with Paul Taylor and they arrange to meet at a remote location near Carlisle. Wife Maria kisses her husband goodnight without knowing anything about his double life. Crawley listens to the song “Romantic Homicide” three times and buys charcoal and two lighters. Paul Taylor arrives in Carlisle at 11:39 p.m.

October 18th – Crawley can be seen on CCTV 12:27 a.m on the way to the meeting point. He hits Paul Taylor in the head with at least ten severe blows, breaking his elbow bone during the attack while the victim tries to defend himself. Crawley puts his body in the boot of Taylor’s Vauxhall Corsa and drives to Finglandrigg Wood. He burns the body and drags it to a shallow grave before wiping down the car.

1:52 am – Crawley is seen returning home.

11 a.m. – Crawley orders Uber Eats to his house.

Afternoon – Maria Taylor reports her husband is missing. Daughter Bethany texts him saying, “Please come back, Dad.”

October 19th – Crawley meets with Marcus Goodfellow 7.30am and they try to drive Paul Taylor’s car to Appleby.

8.45 a.m. – The car crashes in Langwathby. Marcus Goodfellow arranges to take pal Callum Bell back to Carlisle. Crawley mentions Jeffrey Dahmer and is giddy and excited.

Afternoon – The police find the parked car and discover heavy blood stains, two bottles of poppers and other sexual paraphernalia in the trunk.

October 20th – The first missing person call for Paul Taylor.

October 21 – Crawley searches the Internet for “Memento Mori – Latin for “Remember that you must die.”

October 26th – A second missing persons call on Paul Taylor’s birthday.

November 15th – Crawley is arrested for murder. Police find one of the three bottles purchased by Paul Taylor hidden under the patio in Crawley’s garden. A “murder kit” consisting of ropes, tape, cable ties and masks was found in his bedroom.

2024

January 1st – Crawley ignores the bail and boards a train to Glasgow.

2nd-4th January – The killer spends nights in Aberdeen and Edinburgh before arriving in York. Later he buys a hammer from Toolstation.

January 5th – Crawley attempts to kill another man near York with a hammer after luring him to a secluded location using Grindr.

February – He is charged with murder and attempted murder.

May 1st – Crawley admits to killing Paul Taylor and reveals where the remains are.

October 1st – The trial begins in Carlisle.

October 21 – Crawley is convicted of the murder of Paul Taylor and the attempted murder of the second man in York.

CHALK White Jack Crawley had to take a break from vomiting as the gruesome details of his mindless slaughter were laid out in brutality at Carlisle Crown Court.

He wasn’t the only one who felt sick.

As Paul Taylor’s family watched, the actual images taken from the shallow grave, showing his mutilated skeleton and destroyed skull – in 265 pieces – were revealed to all of us.

His elbow bone had been chopped off in a vain attempt to defend himself, and to top it off, we also saw the actual charred remains of the bones.

Rarely have such examples of extreme violence before and after death been shown so clearly.

It left one juror in tears, police and court staff watching open-mouthed in disgust – and pathetic Crawley miserable with disgust.

The outbreak of bloodthirsty violence that befell Paul Taylor is unimaginable.

Desecrating his corpse by stuffing it in the trunk of his car and taking it to a remote forest for further mutilation and burning was another level of depravity.

But just two months later, he attempted to kill another man using copying.

Under the cover of darkness, Crawley didn’t seem to care about killing. But now, in the cold light of day, the realization of its horrors may be too much to bear.