Hands of Betrayal Paul Pozniak

Hands of Betrayal is described by Discovery ID as   84-year-old Charles Taylor's grisly murder has the entire city of Warren, Michigan in disarray. Investigators are taken on a wild ride and are forced to eliminate a swath of suspects, only to be stunned by the true identity of a callous murderer.    

Paul Pozniak was Charles Taylor's long lost godson. While they were separated, Paul became quite the criminal and killed him for money.


 He has appealed his conviction and sentence and lost.

Defendant’s  conviction  arises  from  the  February  23,  2010,  strangulation  of  84-year-old  Charles Taylor in his home in Warren, Michigan.  The prosecution’s theory was that defendant, the estranged son of Taylor’s long-time friend, knew that Taylor had money, attacked him in his home,  ransacked  his  home  looking  for  valuables,  and  stole  his  wallet.    Defendant’s  DNA  was  discovered  on  Taylor’s  left  and  right  hands,  as  well  as  the  inside  of  Taylor’s  right  rear  pants  pocket, where Taylor kept his wallet.  At trial, the defense argued that defendant’s DNA was on Taylor’s hands because Taylor shook defendant’s hand and hugged him during a prior visit, and that  a  secondary  transfer  from  that  contact  caused  the  presence  of  defendant’s  DNA  inside  Taylor’s pants pocket.  The defense presented an alibi defense, and defendant and his girlfriend both testified that they were together on the day of Taylor’s death.

You can write to Paul Pozniak at:

Paul Pozniak 170303   
Earnest C. Brooks Correctional Facility 
2500 S. Sheridan Drive
Muskegon Heights, MI 49444