The First Officer to Interview Blaise Taylor at Vanderbilt Refused to Call Him Guilty | Pt 9

The first officer to find Blaise Taylor at Vanderbilt played his body camera for the jury. What you need to watch is what he refused to say. Jack Pfeiffer was a Metro Nashville patrol officer dispatched to Vanderbilt University Medical Center around 11 PM on February 25, 2023 - the night Jade Benning, a 25-year-old professional chef and the pregnant girlfriend of former Tennessee Titans scout Blaise Taylor, collapsed in their apartment and was rushed to the ER. Pfeiffer had never met Taylor before that night. He knew nothing about his background, his history, or how he handled trauma. The state says Taylor laced Jade's drink with a lethal dose of cocaine to be rid of a baby he never wanted. The defense says the state cannot prove a murder its own pathologist refused to call a homicide. For the first time since this trial began, the jury watches a body camera and hears Blaise Taylor speak in his own voice - recorded roughly two hours after Jade collapsed, before any lawyer, before any preparation, before he knew what the investigation would become. Then the defense cross-examines the officer who had him on camera. The question they push is the one this trial keeps circling back to: can you actually tell guilt from a man in shock? --- WATCH WITH JUSTICE 02:04 to 06:33 - Pfeiffer explains the poisoning call and how Vanderbilt's own police department handed Metro officers the names of who to look for, including Blaise Taylor. He had never seen him before. 06:58 to 13:21 - State walks through how the body camera works. Pfeiffer places Taylor outside the ER, on his phone, and confirms he had received no information from Nijaiha Jackson before speaking with Taylor. 14:55 to 18:32 - Body camera plays. First time in this trial the jury hears Taylor's voice. He describes the date night, Jade getting sick, calling his father, calling 911. He tells the officer she had not been drinking and they had not been arguing. 19:31 to 22:55 - Post-video direct. Pfeiffer confirms he relayed Taylor's account to Officer Fish, describes Nijaiha Jackson as very worried when he encountered her, and places Taylor still in the waiting room when he last saw him. 23:33 to 28:00 - Defense cross begins. Pfeiffer was not the primary officer - that was Officer Fish. His role was to assist and collect information. He confirms Taylor was at the hospital for the majority of the time he was there and had no specific recollection of Taylor ever leaving. 28:43 to 30:52 - Defense establishes what this interview was. Not an interrogation. Not unusually brief. Taylor gave the information he had. He answered every question and never refused. 30:52 to 34:50 - The most important exchange in this testimony. Pfeiffer says he cannot predict how anyone responds to trauma, he knew nothing about Taylor's background or experience with traumatic situations, and reaching conclusions about what it all meant was never his job. That belonged to the detectives. --- COMPLETE CASE COVERAGE justiceisaprocess.com SUBSCRIBE for daily trial coverage and hit the notification bell so you never miss testimony. JOIN to unlock the Case Notebook powered by NotebookLM, where you can chat with the evidence, ask questions about testimony, and go deeper than any comment section allows. CASE BACKGROUND REPORT: https://www.justiceisaprocess.com/tn-... Complete case overview including the charges, the timeline, the key players, and the legal questions this trial raises. State of Tennessee v. Blaise Taylor. Davidson County Criminal Court in Nashville, Judge Steve Dozier presiding. Taylor faces two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of felony murder in the deaths of Jade Benning and her unborn child. He is presumed innocent. The state is seeking life without parole. PLAYLISTS AND RESOURCES Website: https://www.justiceisaprocess.com/cov... Full Trial Live Broadcasts:    • TN v. Blaise Taylor - LIVE BROADCAST   No Breaks Edition:    • TN v. Blaise Taylor - NO BREAKS EDITION   Trial Analysis Podcast:    • TN v. Blaise Taylor - CASE STORY TRIAL POD...   Key Moments and Testimony:    • TN v. Blaise Taylor - KEY CLIPS AND TESTIMONY   Subscribe for Daily Coverage:    / @justiceisaprocess   FAIR USE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE This content is produced under Fair Use (17 U.S.C. 107) for news reporting, criticism, and educational purposes. We provide transformative commentary on public court proceedings, advancing public understanding of the judicial process through timestamps, analysis, and educational context. #JusticeIsAProcess #BlaiseTaylor #JadeBenning