According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, police now believe that Dorothy Dixon, who was found dead on January 21 as the result of injuries she sustained from being beaten, scaled and shot with a pellet gun, may have been subjected to at least two months of abuse before she died. Implicit to this report is the suggestion that her death might have been prevented; according to a neighbour, the police were told in October 2007 that Dixon was being abused, but they didn't investigate further.
As reported last week, Dixon, who was intellectually impaired and six-months pregnant, was found dead in the bedroom of her apartment in Alton, West Central Illinois. A former occupant of the apartment, along with five other tenants, three of them minors, have been charged with her murder. Each faces four counts of first-degree murder and intentional homicide of an unborn child, heinous battery, aggravated battery and unlawful restraint.
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i really dont have an opinion either way on the death penalty.. but i do believe that this crime is so haneous in nature that the guilty should be condemmed to death.
I agree. I think that this case is so horrible in its cruelty that it practically screams "death penalty." The prolonged torture and humiliation of a mentally disabled, pregnant woman and the starvation of her infant. It's like a horror movie, but it's real life and real people. This story has troubled me from the moment I first learned of it. I thank any and all bloggers who have kept Dorothy Dixon's name in the news. I don't think what this lady went through should fall through the cracks, as her life did. This can't be forgotten, and it can never happen to anyone else.
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