JFActivist (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
From The Telegraph (May 31): March rallies support for disabled By STEPHANIE KISZCZAK ALTON - They caused quite a scene marching down East Broadway early Saturday afternoon. Some were on foot, in wheelchairs, in vehicles or on motorcycles, with police...
BIG BLUE WAVE (Free subscription) | 03/24/2008
An especially sick story : Dorothy Dixon ate what she could forage from the refrigerator upstairs, where housemates used her for target practice with BBs, burned her with a glue gun and doused her with scalding liquid that peeled away her skin. They torched what few clothes she had, so she walked around naked. They often pummeled her with an aluminum bat or metal handle. Dixon -- six months pregnant...
Welcome to the Confessional (Free subscription) | 03/24/2008
I can't stop thinking about her. Dorothy Dixon , a 29-year-old woman, pregnant and developmentally disabled, who according to the AP article, died after being beaten by aluminum bat, doused with liquids that burned her skin off, shot with BB guns (30 BBs lodged in her body), covered in infected wounds, deprived of clothing, and dehydrated. The article claims that she and her infant son moved in with...
Roney Smith (Free subscription) | 03/22/2008
A photo released Thursday, March 13, 2008, by the Alton, Ill. police department shows Dorothy Dixon, 29, of Alton, a 29-year-old pregnant, developmentally disabled woman who was found killed Jan. 31, 2008, after being beaten, shot with a BB gun and scalded with hot liquid, according to police. Six people have been charged with first-degree murder, battery and unlawful restraint in the killing. (AP...
Dvorak Uncensored (Free subscription) | 03/22/2008
This is the REAL alleged perpetrator and mother of creepy kids. this is the victim Chicagoist: Developmentally Disabled Pregnant Woman Tortured To Death — I am running this article showing the horrid Michelle Riley. The other picture of the black woman that most blogs and most online news reports show without any indication that she was the [...]
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 03/22/2008
Dorothy Dixon six months pregnant died after weeks of abuse. Police have charged two adults, three teenagers and a 12-year-old boy with murder in the case that has repulsed many in this Mississippi River town.
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 03/22/2008
A developmentally disabled pregnant woman with a one-year-old son was tortured and beaten to death by a social worker and the social worker's children, among others, in Alton, Illinois, about 300 miles south of here. Holy moly, is this story ever sad. Dorothy Dixon, 29 and six months pregnant, was found dead on January 31 in the house she shared with the people accused of killing her. Michelle Riley...
Dvorak Uncensored (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
Torture Death Shocks Ill. Town
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008
Dorothy Dixon, 29(Handout)ALTON — Just months before a mentally disabled pregnant woman was apparently tortured to death, police investigated an assault case at the home where they now say she had been kept against her will.According to court records, Dorothy Dixon complained to police Oct. 18 that a 31-year-old neighbor pointed a knife at her and threatened her at the home in the 2900 block of Hillcrest...
The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Police in Alton, Ill., say an autopsy revealed Dorothy Dixon, 29, died from a combination of being shot multiple times with a BB gun, ...
St. Louis CofCC Blog (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
If we had any pretense of a justice system, then it would, to Miss Woods, 43, Miss Foley, 35, Miss McBride, 15, Mr. Elliott, 18, and Mr. Wilson, 16, repeatedly shoot them with BB guns, pour scalding hot water all over their bodies, beat them on their heads and bodies, and steal their money. Since [...]
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LOVE FROM CHILDHOOD/ Cairo,il.
I used to be classmates with her long time ago in Cairo.Il in the 1st. grade. Were the same age. I always wondered what ever happened to Dorothy Dixon....
Carl K. Calbert - (not a member) - 04/26/2008