Officials say Anthony Dewayne Taylor, 46, of Frisco called the victim from jail and continued abusing her.

COLLIN COUNTY, Texas — A Frisco man described by prosecutors as a “career criminal” will spend the rest of his life in prison after a Collin County jury handed down a life sentence for the sexual exploitation of a child, a crime he continued to commit even while incarcerated for murder, officials said.

Anthony Dewayne Taylor, 46, was sentenced this week for Sexual Performance of a Child.

After Taylor was paroled from Oklahoma on drug trafficking charges, he reconnected with the victim’s family and gained access to the child, authorities said. Investigators say the abuse began when the girl was 14 years old and continued for two years across multiple cities and states.

In 2022, while Taylor was being held in an Oklahoma City jail awaiting trial for a separate murder charge, he used the facility’s recorded phone lines to contact the victim, authorities said.

According to evidence presented at trial, Taylor directed the child to engage in lewd acts while she was at her home in Collin County.

The victim later came forward to her family, which triggered a multi-agency investigation involving the Frisco Police Department and the Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County.

Frisco Detective Kim Pruitt led the investigation, recovering evidence at Taylor’s residence and coordinating with Oklahoma City authorities to secure the incriminating recordings of the jailhouse calls, officials said. These recordings were key in securing the conviction, according to Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis. 

“This convicted murderer continued to prey on a child even from behind bars,” Willis said. “A Collin County jury saw the full picture and delivered the only sentence that protects the public and our children—life in prison.”

In addition to the life sentence, Judge Richard Davis presided over the assessment of a $10,000 fine. Because of Taylor’s prior felony record, he faced a minimum of five years, but the jury opted for the maximum possible penalty.