Milwaukee Woman Sentenced After Deadly Home Invasion Case
If you’ve been following crime cases in Milwaukee, this one is hard to ignore. A home invasion inside a quiet apartment building ended with a 70-year-old man beaten to death — and now a judge has finally handed down a prison sentence to one of the people involved.
On Friday, a Milwaukee County judge sentenced Melanie Taylor to 15 years in prison, followed by nine years of extended supervision. A jury had already found her guilty in November of felony murder and robbery tied to the deadly home invasion.
What makes this case disturbing is where it happened — inside the victim’s own apartment. Prosecutors said the robbery quickly turned violent, leading to a brutal attack that the victim never survived…