Disturbing photo reveals alleged cocaine-laced drink Blaise Taylor is accused of using to kill girlfriend, unborn baby

Chilling crime scene photos revealed the alleged cocaine-laced drink former college football star Blaise Taylor is accused of using to fatally poison his girlfriend and their unborn baby.  The carousel of eerie images, shown to a jury Thursday during Taylor’s double-murder trial, captured the inside of Jade Benning’s Nashville, Tennessee, apartment – where the ex-Arkansas State player allegedly served her the deadly concoction on Feb.25, 2023. A crime scene investigator recalled discovering remnants of the drink while authorities searched the apartment on Feb.

27, 2023 – the same day Benning’s unborn daughter died at a local hospital. Benning died days later on March 6, which would have been her 25th birthday. “The items of interest that had been identified to me by the homicide unit were the two bottles – the Minute Maid and the V8 Splash bottle there in the middle,” the investigator told the court while pointing to a photo of the home’s kitchen island. The image showed a nearly empty bottle of bright-red V8 Splash and a half-full container of pink lemonade sitting on the counter alongside two water glasses – one of which was completely empty, while the other was roughly a quarter-full of clear liquid. Cops only took those four items into evidence during their search, the investigator said. Other heart-wrenching crime scene snaps captured Benning’s pregnancy pillows strewn across the living room floor, her smiley-face-clad slippers tucked partially under a bed and a slew of new baby items awaiting the arrival of the couple’s daughter, who was reportedly going to be named Ivy. Boxes of Pampers diapers, infant formula and an automatic baby bouncer packed one of the home’s walk-in closets, and cops also discovered infant clothes and other pregnancy-related items while at the home, the investigator told jurors. More photos from inside the kitchen appear to show noodles packed in a to-go container and baked chocolate chip cookies sit...