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True Crime with Rachel Shannon

SOLVED: The Murder of Tawnee Baird

15 May 2025

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In this video, we discuss the tragic events surrounding the homicide of Tawnee Baird, who was stabbed to death at the age of 21. The case involves her partner, Victoria Ashley Mendoza, who has been sentenced in relation to this incident. We explore various aspects of the case, including prior domestic issues and the aftermath of the brutal altercation. Go watch my other episodes on Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Disturbing Case of Stephanie Parze⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠She Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠7 Year old’s Strange Death Reveals Mom’s DISGUSTING Secret: Did She Starve her for Attention?!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thank you guys for watching, hope to see you next time!

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0.109 - 14.28 Rachel

Hello everybody, my name is Rachel and welcome back to my channel. So the video that I have for you guys today is yet another case that involves intimate partner violence, so if that's a subject that's especially sensitive to you, then this video may not be for you.

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14.58 - 28.13 Rachel

I know we've been talking about this a lot the past few weeks on my channel, but it's such an important issue to me and it's so important that I talk with you guys about it, so that's why I've been covering these cases. Today we are going to be discussing the murder of Tawny Bard.

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28.439 - 49.416 Rachel

Tawny Bard was born on June 17th, 1993 to her parents, Donna Anderson and Casey Bard, and she lived in Holiday, which is right outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. She was described as a very friendly and outgoing person. She had so many friends who absolutely loved her. Her parents described her as being a natural leader and a very hard worker.

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49.716 - 66.731 Rachel

She had enrolled at the Salt Lake Community College to continue her education and worked at Arnold Machinery in the meantime to make some money and support herself. She worked really hard at her job because she knew that hard work was the only way that she was going to live out her dreams, and she had big aspirations for herself.

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66.991 - 87.369 Rachel

One day, she wanted to become a famous singer and move to California and watch the palm trees sway in the wind and the ocean waves roll on the sand. Now, Tawny was just like any other teenager, and she liked partying with friends, and she did start experimenting with weed. So, in June of 2010, 17-year-old Tawny had just been driving around and hanging out with friends.

87.589 - 101.418 Rachel

They had been smoking weed that day and had some paraphernalia in the car. Well, as they were driving, they got pulled over by an officer who then smelled the weed in their car and then subsequently searched the car. They ended up finding a bong and weed in the car.

102.078 - 118.071 Rachel

Now, even though all of the friends were partaking in using the drug, her friends were older than her, therefore they would face a harsher punishment than her. So, Tawny took full responsibility for the entire thing, said that everything belonged to her, so she got charged with possession of a controlled substance,

118.491 - 138.05 Rachel

which is a class b misdemeanor so because of this she was sent to 90 days in a juvenile treatment facility this really scared her and her parents because while she was just a normal teenager who maybe got into trouble once in a while just as so many other teens her age do The people that were in the facility with her were much harsher offenders.

138.35 - 159.412 Rachel

She was with people who sold heroin, had assault charges, and everything in between. She was terrified, and so was her family. But while there, she met a girl named Victoria Mendoza, and the two hit it off immediately. Now, Victoria had her own troubled background, and she had been in and out of juvie more than once. And she did have quite the rough upbringing.

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