Police: Man was living with dead girlfriend inside Taylor motel

The Brief

  • An employee at the Taylor Red Roof Inn discovered a female body in one of the rooms.
  • She was identified as Rebecca Patnaude. Police say her boyfriend had been living with her remains before leaving.
  • The boyfriend, Christopher Schoonmaker, is being sought by police for questioning.

TAYLOR, Mich. (FOX 2) A dead Taylor woman was found inside a hotel room after her boyfriend allegedly lived with her body for days before leaving town, police say.

The backstory:

The discovery was made last week by an employee at the Red Roof Inn in Taylor, not by the woman’s boyfriend.

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