'Until he turned different colors': Mother admitted to killing 2 sons years apart by holding their nostrils, threatened to kill her daughters, police say

A Georgia pistillate accused of sidesplitting 2 of her babies allegedly admitted to suffocating some of them to death.

Dakota Taylor, 21, was arrested successful November 2025 aft authorities from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said she murdered her 8-month-old son, Caleb, earlier that year. Taylor was successful custody astatine the clip successful transportation with the decease of her 7-month-old lad Micah, who died successful 2021. Since the execution charges against Taylor, much accusation has travel retired astir her grounds arsenic a juvenile and her erstwhile acquisition with the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS).

According to reporting by section CBS affiliate WRDW, Taylor became the taxable of scrutiny by DFCS successful transportation with her 2 daughters, whom she gave commencement to arsenic a teenager. In the autumn of 2020, she was surviving successful a radical location with her 2 daughters portion large with Micah. WRDW reported that Taylor allegedly made threats connected Twitter and successful substance messages against her daughters, saying that she wanted to termination them.

Taylor besides allegedly held a weapon to 1 of the girls' throats arsenic an effort to forestall the girls' begetter from leaving her. DFCS yet placed some girls successful foster care, and some were aboriginal adopted aft Taylor was deemed a information to them. Someone who worked connected Taylor's lawsuit said she exhibited a "lack of attachment" and was "unfit to genitor her children," WRDW reported.

Micah was calved successful aboriginal 2021. When helium was 7 months old, Taylor ran distant from the radical home, but returned. Micah was dormant 9 days later, recovered slumped implicit and bluish portion sitting successful a babe swing. A radical location worker tried to assistance him, but helium was unresponsive and declared dead.

Police responded to the radical home. In assemblage camera footage, officers described Taylor's demeanor arsenic "nonchalant" and unemotional.

In January 2025, her 2nd son, Caleb, died aft Taylor brought him to a household member's house, constabulary said. The household subordinate reportedly said Caleb was covered by a broad erstwhile helium and his parent arrived, and "his hands were blue." Caleb was unresponsive and taken to a hospital, wherever helium aboriginal died.

WRDW reported that an inmate told a GBI agent that Taylor allegedly admitted to sidesplitting Caleb earlier bringing him to her relative's house. The inmate reportedly said Taylor knew Caleb was dormant erstwhile she drove him to the relative's house.

According to WRDW, investigators spoke to Micah's begetter successful October 2023, 2 years aft his son's death. He reportedly told investigators that Taylor admitted to sidesplitting Micah, saying successful a recorded interview, "She told maine she chopped the wrong of my son's chemoreceptor and held a COVID disguise implicit his look until helium wasn't breathing anymore."

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Taylor's half-sister provided a akin relationship of what Taylor told her astir Micah's death, including that she pinched the baby's chemoreceptor closed and held her manus implicit his look "until helium turned antithetic colors until helium wasn't moving anymore."

Taylor was charged with execution successful 2 antithetic counties successful transportation with some of her sons' deaths. During a enslaved proceeding successful Jefferson County connected Tuesday, Taylor was granted a $150,000 currency enslaved and a $300,000 spot bond, which her household said she would not person the fiscal means to post. She was not granted enslaved successful DeKalb County. Her adjacent tribunal quality is April 7 successful DeKalb County.