Source: US Marshals Service
Memphis, TN – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) captured a Memphis murder suspect, Styrone Walker, 36, in West Memphis, Arkansas.
On January 2, 2025, Angelica Taylor was found stabbed to death in a motel in southwest Memphis. The case was investigated by the Memphis Police Department. On January 16, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Styrone Walker. The fugitive investigation was adopted by the USMS Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force (TRVFTF) in Memphis.
On the morning of January 24, the TRVFTF tracked Walker to the 2000 block of Jackson Heights Cove in West Memphis, Arkansas. With the assistance of the West Memphis Police Department, deputy marshals and task force officers found Walker at the residence and took him into custody without incident. He was transported to the Crittenden County Jail where he is being held pending extradition back to Tennessee.
The U.S. Marshals Service Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force is a multi-agency task force within Western Tennessee. The TRVFTF has offices in Memphis and Jackson, and its membership is primarily composed of Deputy U.S. Marshals, Shelby, Fayette, Tipton, and Gibson County Sheriff’s Deputies, Memphis and Jackson Police Officers, Tennessee Department of Correction Special Agents and the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Since 2021, the TRVFTF has captured approximately 3,000 violent offenders and sexual predators.