Attorney General Beau Biden announced today that Emmett Taylor, 3rd, age 47 of Millsboro was sentenced this morning by Sussex County Superior Court Judge E. Scott Bradley to death by lethal injection for the 2007 killing of his fiancée.
Taylor was convicted of beating Stephanie Mumford to death days before their planned wedding.
“Emmett Taylor’s conviction and today’s sentence ensures that justice for Stephanie Mumford will be served,” Attorney General Biden stated. “I am proud of the excellent work on this case by prosecutors Paula Ryan and Peggy Marshall and their team, as well as the thorough investigation conducted by Detective Michael Maher and the Delaware State Police.”
On October 30, 2009 in Sussex County Superior Court a jury convicted Taylor of Murder 1st Degree, Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony, and Abuse of a Corpse. On November 5, 2009 the jury voted 11 to 1 for the death sentence.
