Former KC Ballet dancer stabbed, beaten to death with golf club in Minneapolis By Jenna Barackman and Grace Smith KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Robert Skafte, a 66-year-old former Kansas City Ballet dancer, was killed in a Minneapolis gas station Dec. 8 after he was severely beaten and stabbed through his torso with a golf club. Taylor Schulz, whom police said was about 100 pounds heavier than Skafte, was charged with second-degree murder with malicious intent but not premeditated.