complaint. His body was found burning in his own car about five minutes away in the early hours of Dec. 9, according to the complaint. A young couple sitting in a parked car told police they woke to the smell of gasoline and observed two older men and one younger man who looked frightened, according to the complaint.

The investigation involved surveillance videos, a search warrant for Taylor's phone obtained in Feb. 2024 and an anonymous tip that listed Taylor and his son as suspects and the Economy Inn as the place of the shooting, according to the complaint. Investigators also spoke with the motel manager and a neighbor, who said Taylor was a regular at the Economy Inn, according to the complaint.

Taylor and his son were arrested the day after the murder for operating a stolen vehicle, according to the complaint. Investigators went back through jail call records and found Taylor told another man over the phone,  I thought they were coming for that, ya know what I'm talking about. 

Investigators contacted Taylor's son after finding his phone number on Taylor's phone. Taylor's son gave a statement to police, saying he had never met his father and was raised in Port Arthur by his mother. Taylor's son told police he and his girlfriend went to Houston on Dec. 8 to meet his father, and they stayed in his father's motel room with his step-siblings and a woman named  Queen.  Taylor's son told police that when he, his girlfriend and step-siblings returned to the room in the early hours of Dec. 9, he and his girlfriend entered the bathroom together. While inside, Taylor's son told police he heard a gunshot.

Taylor's son told police that when he exited the bathroom, he saw a man lying shot dead on the floor, and his father holding a 1911-style pistol. Taylor's son told police another man, his father's friend whom he only knew as  Steve-O,  then entered the room. The man was later identified by a previous criminal charge as Steve Henry, according to the complaint.

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Taylor's son told police his father made him join him and Henry in driving both Arrington's car and his stolen car to Nelson Street to burn Arrington's body. Taylor's son told police he believed if he did not comply, his father  would harm him or kill him,  according to the complaint. When an investigator asked Taylor's son why he thought his father directed him to come help dispose of Arrington's body instead of his step-siblings, Taylor's son said he believed it was because Taylor did not raise him.