Mom told son to cover his ears before blowing away boy's dad with a .38 revolver, then she hopped in his Mercedes and went to kill father of another child she had

A Missouri ma received a second beingness sentence this week for gunning down one of the fathers of her 2 children successful a multistate shooting spree that near 1 of the fathers dormant and the different hospitalized.

Taylor Santiago, 31, of Aurora, was sentenced successful Arkansas connected Monday aft she pleaded guilty to charges of superior execution and attempted superior execution for the onslaught connected the surviving parent, Nathan Green, and his caller girlfriend, Sophia Williams, who was killed erstwhile Santiago ambushed them some astatine their residence successful Carroll County.

Court records amusement that Santiago was sentenced to beingness without parole positive 40 years successful the Arkansas Department of Corrections, with her condemnation moving consecutively with a beingness word that she received successful Missouri for murdering her ex-husband, Troy Huffman, successful Aurora.

The slayings were portion of an hours-long January 2025 onslaught that saw Santiago termination Huffman and past instrumentality his Mercedes to Arkansas to sprout Green and Williams successful beforehand of their child. Williams died successful the onslaught from a gunshot coiled to the head.

Arkansas prosecutors said Santiago "fled from justice" and returned to Missouri, with authorities having to extradite her crossed authorities lines to reply for her crimes.

Santiago confessed to shooting Huffman and Green — some fathers of her children — arsenic good arsenic Williams. Cops said she called 911 from the parking batch of the Aurora Police and Fire Facility successful Missouri astir 2 a.m. to study what she did. Officers instantly took Santiago into custody and responded to her apartment, wherever they recovered Huffman dead.

While successful custody, Santiago confessed to making the astir 55-mile travel to Carroll County, Arkansas, successful Huffman's Mercedes to sprout Green and Williams astatine a trailer wherever they lived, per Kansas City, Missouri, CBS affiliate KCTV. She turned herself successful aft arriving backmost successful Missouri pursuing the treble shooting.

Aurora Police Chief Wes Coatney told Springfield, Missouri, NBC affiliate KYTV that helium believed the motive was related to custody issues betwixt Santiago and the 2 antheral victims. Coatney said it was unclear wherefore Santiago drove backmost to Missouri to crook herself in.

"I don't cognize the reply to that," helium told KYTV. "I'm gladsome she did (turn herself in). I privation she would've travel to america earlier she did each of this truthful we could've helped her."

Santiago told a detective during her constabulary interrogation that she invited Huffman implicit to her flat to spot their lad earlier helium was killed. Santiago said that erstwhile helium arrived, she told the kid she was going to "take attraction of the atrocious guys" and had the youngster screen their ears. Santiago past pulled retired a .38 revolver and hid it down her backmost earlier walking into a country wherever Huffman was and shooting him, according to the Lawrence County Record.

Santiago reportedly described herself arsenic a "disgusting, evil murderer" portion speaking to constabulary successful Missouri. She said she believed that "death oregon jailhouse forever" would beryllium the lone due punishments.