Teen Prepares To Face Her Family's Accused Killer

a story of resilience and strength alexis taylor first told her account of the night her mother's ex-boyfriend murdered her family members in front of her exclusively on news 4 last year one year ago today was that attack and now as she prepares to face the accused killer again she's determined to get her mom and brother justice news four's rebecca cardenas spoke with alexis again i just wanted to die i just wanted i just wanted him to just kill me alright it's been a year since now 17 year old alexis taylor survived the most traumatic moments of her life it literally feels like it still just happened like it feels so so new and so like shocking and unreal on october 7th 2019 her mother's ex-boyfriend broke into their antioch home in the middle of the night and stabbed her 13 year old brother jayden and her mother myra to death in front of her and her younger sister they both narrowly escaped alexis has since moved to arizona with her father ever since that night um it changed everything it changed the way i view the world to be honest taylor says the last year has been a difficult journey to healing ridden with nightmares and panic attacks i often you know feel unsafe when i'm around men like i don't know it that night kind of changed the way i look at men and you know it's not you know it's not my fault it's not all men it's just i don't know i just don't trust anybody she says she finds strength in focusing on what's important i plan to go to college i plan to have a career i plan to make something out of myself i have to do this for them i can't i can't be selfish and let what happened destroy me or make me any less of myself i just i can't i survived for a reason so i have to make something out of it strength she'll need next week when she'll face the man charged with murdering her family members again jermaine agee i'm making that choice to actually show up and be the voice for my mom be the voice for my brother and you know say how i feel and say what needs to be said i have no fear in him no more 4 news 4 nashville i'm rebecca cardenas wow alexis keep fighting a.g has just been accused of these crimes he will appear before a judge next wednesday and alexis taylor has been called to make a statement we are working to determine exactly what is expected to take place there

Channel: WSMV 4 Nashville

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Length: 2min 39sec (159 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 08 2020