Robert Taylor, flanked by a sheriff and public defender, appears in court in Wakefield. Pool photo by Andrew Dickerman / The Providence Journal

By Steve Klamkin WPRO News

A 45-year old man is charged with killing his mother, and disposing of her dismembered remains in a dumpster beside her Narragansett apartment building.

Police spent much of the day Tuesday treating the Caswell Street home of Allison Taylor as a crime scene, and only revealed Wednesday morning that her remains were found in the dumpster, and her son, Robert Taylor, 45, who gave a Providence address, was charged with the crime.

“Human remains were found within the dumpster,” said Narragansett Police Chief Dean Hoxie.  He added that Robert Taylor struggled with police who had responded to his home to ask about a robbery.

“He did struggle,” Hoxie said, “attempted to harm himself and did struggle with the officers and had to be tazed, for his own safety.”

Taylor, who spent the night in a psychiatric unit at Rhode Island Hospital, appeared in Washington County District Court in Wakefield in handcuffs, leg chains and blue hospital khakis. He said little other than giving his address, his date of birth and indicating that he could not afford an attorney.

Judge Walter Gorman said that no plea could be taken in District Court to a capital felony charge. He entered a “not guilty” plea on Taylor’s behalf, and at the request of the police, ordered that Taylor be held without bail, setting a review date on May 15.