Walter’s mother, 60-year-old Donna Walter, was found dead Feb. 12, 2020, inside her home in the 1300 block of Brookville Pyrmont Road in Perry Twp. Her sister, and Taylor Walter’s aunt, became concerned when she could not reach her by phone or text. After she asked the victim’s neighbor to check on her, the neighbor found Donna Walter unconscious and bloody and called 911, according to a release from the prosecutor’s office.
Donna Walter was pronounced deceased after Perry Twp. police and Brookville medics responded to the home.
Taylor Walter was taken into custody at the Englewood Meijer parking lot within two hours of the discovery of his mother’s body. He faced preliminary charges of murder and domestic violence. Although Perry Twp. police at the time identified Walter as a suspect, he later was released from jail pending further investigation.
Walter previously was indicted in June 2020 for burglary and weapons charges in an unrelated case that happened June 4 on Johnsonville Brookville Road in Perry Twp. He is accused of stealing the homeowner’s 9mm handgun, the prosecutor’s office said. That case is scheduled for trial in April.
At the time of his mother’s homicide, Walter was under indictment for aggravated possession of drugs from an incident that happened on Sept. 3, 2019, on Upper Lewisburg Road. That case is pending, the release stated.
Walter remains held in the Montgomery County Jail.
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