St. Petersburg, Florida. December 22nd, 2016. It was just a few days before Christmas. The most wonderful time of the year.

These December days are supposed to be full of peace, joy, generosity, and family. For 22-year-old Taylor McAllister, December 22nd was her last day on earth.

There was so much that this young, talented woman who loved singing and playing guitar left behind.

She left behind 2 little girls, twins, just 18-months-old. They never would get to grow up to know their own mom.

She left behind a family who was devastated by her strange death, leaving them with more questions than answers.

She also left behind a major clue as to who knew what happened in her final hours, so why has nobody been charged with her murder?

Here’s what happened to Taylor and why she has not yet gotten justice 5 years later.

Please prepare yourself before reading further, as the details of what happened to Taylor are very upsetting.

Facebook; Taylor smiles in the photo above

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Taylor was found dumped in an alleyway in St. Petersburg, by a man who was looking for cans to recycle. Her legs had been splayed open across the sandy ground underneath her.

She had been beaten, bruised, and stripped of nearly all of her clothes. The only thing she had on was a grey t-shirt that had been yanked up around her head, baring all of her.

Taylor had been bitten by bugs and run over with a car. There were tire tracks clearly imprinted into her lifeless body.

The scene inside was just as strange as the outside; Taylor had bruises, abrasions, and cuts all over the inside of her mouth.

The inside of her eyes had spots of color caused by bleeding, which the medical examiner later claimed was the worst case of petechiae he had come across in his career.

Taylor’s death was deemed a homicide. The medical examiner determined she had been asphyxiated to death.

How did Taylor end up like this?

Facebook; Taylor is pictured above with headphones in

Taylor really struggled with addiction. It started when she was 18, stopped while she was pregnant, and resumed after she had a cesarean section and was prescribed certain things to manage the pain.

Taylor just couldn’t kick her pill problem, even after her parents desperately tried to intervene and help her.

“We did everything you could possibly imagine to get her help and get her clean,” Taylor’s mom Leslie told ABC Action News.

“Addiction does not pick people. She was not ready to make those decisions, I guess, and it took her down a really dark path.”

After a time, Taylor started a relationship with a much older man in his 50s who had a pretty lengthy criminal history. His charges included aggravated assault and several charges for drugs.

His name is Robert Butler III, and he’s the heir of a chain flooring company called Bob’s Carpet and Flooring, that his own father started.

The relationship that Taylor and Robert had was more of an arrangement. Taylor had moved in with Robert before she was murdered, and they essentially had a standard sugar daddy style agreement.

Robert gave Taylor pills and money, and she did certain things for him in exchange for that. Her parents have shared in a Facebook post, “Taylor was living at Butler’s residence the night she was murdered. Taylor was introduced to him by someone she knew and he became obsessed with her.”

“He began taking advantage of her addiction, supplying her with drugs, money, and clothes. He then had her move in with him and became extremely controlling.”

The very last time Taylor was seen alive ended up being while she was at Robert’s house in Palm Harbor. And then, she ended up in the alleyway.

 St. Petersburg Police Department; Robert Butler III is pictured above in a mugshot

Shortly before Taylor had been murdered, two men named Deonte Baker and Quran Archer came to get Taylor from Robert’s house.

Here is where things stop adding up and start to get confusing.

There are several different versions of what happened to Taylor, as told by all the men who had last been around her, and none of their stories match up.

Facebook; Taylor wears a yellow tank top in the photo above

Deonte, who is described by Taylor’s parents as Robert’s live-in drug dealer, had stated to authorities that Taylor was alive and in Robert’s bed with no clothes on when he got to Robert’s house and that he had been out with some friends.

He says Robert explained to him that Taylor was sick and should go to the hospital. Deonte insisted he call 911 and get her help, but Robert kept saying no to that.

Deonte went on to say he wanted nothing to do with the situation and saw other men put Taylor in the backseat of Robert’s truck. Quran drove off with her, alone, in the direction of the hospital.

30 minutes after Quran left with Taylor, he called Deonte to say Taylor had fallen over and died. Deonte then took 2 other people with him and drove out to meet Quran where he was.

Deonte then saw that Taylor was dead, so they called up Robert, saying they wanted to drive her back to his house.

Robert told them they should not drive back to his house and that they should just figure out what to do with her.

They then got into an argument over what they should do to dispose of Taylor and Deonte insisted they put her in the alley. So, they did, and Deonte accidentally drove over Taylor on his way out of there.

They all ended up back at Robert’s house, burned all their clothes inside of his fireplace, threw out his mattress and Taylor’s belongings, and took his truck to get cleaned.

Robert told a different story…he said Deonte just borrowed his truck during an interview with police and then lawyered right up.

But police could clearly see he had scratches on his nose, face, and arm, and he also had some kind of bruise on his shoulder.

They pursued a warrant for Robert’s DNA, and after they obtained the sample, they connected it to DNA found underneath Taylor’s fingernails and on her neck.

It was a match.

Facebook; Taylor is pictured above in a black and white photo

Given the different stories told, it’s hard to know what the truth really is. It’s hard to know where Taylor really died. Was it at Robert’s house? Was it in the alleyway? Was it in Robert’s truck?

In the end, Deonte, Robert, and Quran were all charged with failure to report a death. Robert and Deonte were also charged with money laundering, which was not related to Taylor’s death but came to light as investigators looked into her death.

While Taylor’s parents were left furious with the fact that these men were only charged with failure to report a death instead of Taylor’s murder, authorities are saying they just don’t have enough hard evidence to go after anyone for killing her.

Even though Taylor had Robert’s DNA on her neck and under her fingernails, it isn’t enough to say he’s her killer.

Facebook; pictured above is a police report shared by Taylor’s parents regarding the DNA

“To charge somebody with a murder, I’ve got to have evidence that the person committed the murder,” Chief Assistant State Attorney Bruce Bartlett told The Tampa Bay Times.

“There’s a lot of suspicion, a lot of finger-pointing. … I’ve got to be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury down the road.”

Taylor’s death is now classified as a cold case, and Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $3,000 for information on her case.

If you have any information on Taylor’s death, please call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS.

Facebook; pictured above is a flyer on Taylor from Crime Stoppers