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Missouri woman shot estranged husband, then drove across state lines to shoot another ex and his new girlfriend – Taylor Santiago who could face death penalty

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aa0aaba8c8596fe9a5b9ec61fc76790d wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2c1b1b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Mom allegedly gunned down estranged husband on January 22&comma; hen drove across state lines to shoot another ex and his new girlfriend <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dcd2a6fdf51a2c7aa775d98d57b51648 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2c1b1b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Taylor Santiago is charged with murder&comma; robbery&comma; unlawful use of a weapon and endangering the welfare of children&comma; she could face the death penalty if convicted <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4486744ecc2967dfe23701a7a6b9dd2c wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2c1b1b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Santiago&comma; 31&comma; confessed she shot three people during a two-state shooting spree on Thursday &&num;8211&semi; <strong>the male victims had children by her and she was enraged by child custody battles with both dads <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5fc90d6764c228712ace9efc501506b9 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2c1b1b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Santiago allegedly lured her estranged husband <strong>Troy Huffman<&sol;strong> to her home in Aurora&comma; MO&comma; blindsided and and gunned him down<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6c725b8b8d444508bdc528fc5a8c751f wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2c1b1b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She then drove across state lines to shoot the Nathan Greene&comma; father of one of her other kids&comma; at his home <strong>in Lawrence County&comma; AK<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69901fbca8b0d5ba006cb22b47b63a38 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2c1b1b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong> Critically injured&comma; Green survived&comma; but she was not to know that&comma; having left him for dead &&num;8211&semi; S<strong>antiago also shot and killed Green&&num;8217&semi;s current girlfriend&comma; <strong>Sophia William<&sol;strong>s<&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e1f7c66b2bc698bc8879eac421202f92 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2c1b1b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She confessed that she randomly &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;decided” on the killing spree while grabbing coffee at a local general store in Aurora <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;01&sol;Taylor-Santiago-1-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-474487" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Confessed killer Taylor Santiago looking emotionless in her mugshot&period; The Missouri mom&comma; turned herself in after allegedly shooting and killing two people&comma; wounding a third person&comma; in Missouri and Arkansas on January 22<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A woman turned herself in to cops after she allegedly gunned down her estranged husband&comma; then drove across state lines to shoot the father of one of her other kids&comma; killing the ex&&num;8217&semi;s new girlfriend&comma; according to authorities in Lawrence County&comma; Kansas&period;<br>The Aurora police department <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;auroramarionvillepd&sol;posts&sol;pfbid0JhCqQySh56kiRoCrApEpkJxMyXBjDgcY6yY9a5X6Wgh963Kenzv2SQCPqkhpPcC3l" data-type&equals;"link" data-id&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;auroramarionvillepd&sol;posts&sol;pfbid0JhCqQySh56kiRoCrApEpkJxMyXBjDgcY6yY9a5X6Wgh963Kenzv2SQCPqkhpPcC3l">announced<&sol;a> that at approximately 1&colon;45 am on January 23&comma; Taylor Santiago arrived at the Aurora Police and Fire Facility and called from the parking lot&comma; reporting that she had just murdered her estranged husband&comma; Troy Huffman&comma; at her residence&period;<br>Santiago&comma; 31&comma; from Aurora&comma; Missouri&comma; is seen with giving a dead-eyed stare in her mugshot after allegedly turning herself last week for the shocking multi-state gun rampage&period;<br>The arrest affidavit reveals she was enraged by child custody battles with both dads&comma; before she randomly &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;decided” on the killing spree while grabbing coffee at a local general store in Aurora&comma; the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;kansascity&period;com&sol;news&sol;state&sol;missouri&sol;article299196360&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Kansas City Star<&sol;a>&comma; reports&period;<br>She then invited her estranged husband&comma; Troy Huffman&comma; to her home &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;under the pretense of seeing” their child&period; When his dad arrived&comma; Santiago told her 12-year-old son to cover his ears because she was going to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;take care of the bad guys&comma;” according to the affidavit&period;<br>Then she left the bedroom with a &period;38 revolver tucked behind her back&comma; and shot Huffman&period;<br>When the first shot didn’t put him on the ground&comma; she fired again&comma; the affidavit states&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;01&sol;Troy-Huffman-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-474485" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Santiago lured her estranged husband&comma; Troy Huffman&comma; photo&rsqb;&comma; to her home on the pretext of discussing their son&comma; then shot him dead&comma; after telling her son to cover his ears because she was going to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;take care of the bad guys”<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In her statement&comma; the self-confessed killer <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ozarksfirst&period;com&sol;news&sol;family-of-woman-killed-in-double-homicide-seeks-change-to-custody-laws&sol;">said <&sol;a>that she had to drag the body away from the door so she could get out and steal his car&comma; leaving one of her kids behind with the body&period;<br>Next she drove 50 miles south to Eureka Springs in Arkansas to kill another ex&comma; Nathan Green&comma; who happened to be the father of one of her other kids&period; <br>She also shot and killed Green&&num;8217&semi;s current girlfriend&comma; Sophia Williams&period; <br>Williams had five children and the pair had told family that day that they had been awarded custody of Green’s daughter&period; Several children were at the house when Santiago murdered the pair&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;01&sol;Sophia-Williams-and-Nathan-Green-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-474488" style&equals;"width&colon;834px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Santiago drove 50 miles from Aurora&comma; MO&comma; to Eureka Springs in AK&period; to shoot another ex&comma; Nathan Green&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; the father of one of her other kids and his current girlfriend Sophia Williams&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; who died at the scene&period; critically injured Green remains hospitalized<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Williams died at the scene&comma; while Green was rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition&comma; the reports said&period;<br>However&comma; Santiago appears to have assumed she killed both victims&period; She told cops when she turned herself in back in Aurora that she had killed three people&comma; the affidavit said&period;<br>Charged with murder&comma; robbery&comma; unlawful use of a weapon and endangering the welfare of children&comma; she could face the death penalty if convicted&comma; as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;she deserves&comma;” according to Williams’ heartbroken sister&comma; Calista Abernathy&comma;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She’s a monster&period;” <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;01&sol;Home-of-Sophia-Williams-died-in-Eureka-Springs-Arkansas-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-474489"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Santiago’s shot dead her estranged husband&comma; <strong>Troy<&sol;strong> Huffman&comma; at her Aurora&comma; MO&comma; apartment&comma; while Sophia Williams died at Nathan Green&&num;8217&semi;s home in Eureka Springs&comma; Arkansas<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Police Chief Wes Coatney said custody battles with both Santiago’s estranged husband and her ex-boyfriend likely spurred the killings&period;<br>While he wasn’t sure why she returned to Missouri to give herself up&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m glad she did&period; I wish she would’ve come to us before she did all of this so we could’ve helped her&period;”<br>Booked into the Lawrence County jail after her arrest on January 23&comma; Santiago was denied bond&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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