Moneta Man Admits to Killing His Wife

MONETA – A Moneta man has is charged with second degree murder after a stabbing December 17, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department.

Investigators were called to Mallard Cove Road at 8 a.m. in Moneta last Thursday for a report of a homicide placed by a resident of the same street.

Deputies found Clara R. Taylor, 82, dead from stab wounds. Taylor’s husband admitted to deputies that he killed her.

Donald Taylor, 84, was found in the home and charged with second degree murder. He is being held in the Franklin County Jail without bond.