Julian Morgan Matias Taylor, 27, was arrested in Palmdale on Aug. 18, 2025, and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on a homicide charge in the November 2024 death of his 5-month-old son, Xavier Prince Taylor. Responding officers arrived after a Nov. 3 911 call and found the infant unconscious while the father performed CPR; Xavier was taken to Valley Medical Center. Doctors reported two separate brain bleeds, a fractured femur, and likely brain death; Xavier died Nov. 9. The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office ruled the death a homicide on July 22 based on multiple traumatic injuries. Court records show Taylor was charged July 25 with one felony count of assault on a child likely to cause great bodily injury resulting in death, arraigned, held without bail, and faces 25 years to life if convicted.
Police said around 4 p.m. on Nov. 3, 5-month-old Xavier Prince Taylor was the subject of a 911 call that summoned officers to a home in the 4500 block of The Woods Drive. He was reportedly unconscious and not breathing, and responding officers found the infant on a floor and his father performing CPR. The officers and arriving medical personnel took over the resuscitation efforts, and Xavier was taken to Valley Medical Center, according to a police affidavit.
At the hospital, doctors informed police that the infant had two brain bleeds they believed were suffered in separate instances and a fractured femur, and that he was likely brain dead. Xavier died Nov. 9, prompting a homicide investigation that eventually identified Taylor as a possible suspect in the death. Last month, on July 22, police were alerted by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office that the death was deemed a homicide, based on multiple traumatic injuries the infant suffered.
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