Jade Benning's Stepmother Describes Watching Jade Die on Her 25th Birthday | Pt 4
Jade Benning was five months pregnant with a baby girl she'd named Ivy when she died. Her stepmother just described what it looked like when the machines went quiet. Andrea Browning is Jade Benning's stepmother, what she calls her bonus mom. Blaise Taylor, a former Tennessee Titans scout, is on trial in Nashville charged with poisoning Jade Benning, his pregnant girlfriend, with cocaine. The state called Browning to do what opening statements can only promise: make the jury feel who Jade was. A chef from Arkansas. Happy. Sober. Five months along, preparing for a daughter, doing everything right. Browning was there when Jade told the family about the pregnancy. She was there when they found out the baby was a girl. And she was there on March 6, 2023, Jade's 25th birthday, when close family and close friends stayed in that room until life support ended. The defense used Browning's cross-examination to do something quieter but just as important. Browning didn't know what city Jade lived in before Nashville. She didn't know who Jade was dating. She didn't know whether Jade drank or used drugs on her own time. Watch the defense narrow the portrait the state just built. And watch what they get on the record about the apartment. --- WATCH WITH JUSTICE 01:10 to 07:03 - Browning establishes who Jade was: a chef who announced her pregnancy matter-of-fact and good with it. Browning had never once heard the name Blaise Taylor. 07:33 to 09:39 - New Year's Eve: Jade was happy, sober, not even a sip since before Thanksgiving. A detail the state will use again when the toxicology comes in. 15:27 to 20:58 - February 25th at the hospital: Taylor is quiet, saying little, not crying, while Nijaiha is frantic and asking questions. Then Browning describes what she saw when they let her in to see Jade. 24:06 to 25:02 - March 6th, Jade's 25th birthday: close family in the room with cupcakes and flowers until the machines were turned off. 25:44 to 31:17 - Defense cross begins to dismantle the portrait: Browning didn't know what city Jade lived in, who she dated, or whether she used drugs outside those visits. The clean-living picture is limited to what one relative personally observed every couple of weeks. 37:16 to 41:32 - Defense lands two things before cross ends: the family made clear Taylor was not welcome at the hospital (explaining his absence without guilt), and Browning recalls Officer Fish saying no one should enter the apartment. --- 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
