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Pregnant woman's death by torture described
The Boston Globe ^ | March 22, 2008 | Jim Suhr

Posted on 03/22/2008 10:06:30 AM PDT by afortiori

ALTON, Ill. - Banished to the basement, the 29-year-old mother with a childlike mind and another baby on the way had little more than a thin rug and a mattress to call her own on the chilly concrete floor, police say.

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 - 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.

"This is heartbreaking," police Lieutenant David Hayes said. "It was almost as though they were making fun of the abuse they were administering. This woman was almost like living in a prison."

Investigators put much of the blame on Michelle Riley, 35, who they said befriended Dixon but pocketed monthly Social Security checks she got because of her developmental delays...

"I've never seen an almost conspiratorial effort by a group of people to continuously torture someone until she finally died, then not really show any remorse," Hayes said. "It was just a slow, torturous, tragic way to die. I highly doubt Dorothy Dixon even knew she was dying."

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: disgusting; murdertorture; sick
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1 posted on 03/22/2008 10:06:31 AM PDT by afortiori
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Related story here as well:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989872/posts


2 posted on 03/22/2008 10:07:40 AM PDT by jdm
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Could not read much of that story. I agree that the people who did this need an appointment with Sparky ASAP.


4 posted on 03/22/2008 10:12:07 AM PDT by madison10
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To: afortiori

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989872/posts?page=001;q=1#001


5 posted on 03/22/2008 10:13:43 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR INFIDEL STEPHENJOHNBANKER)
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Banished to the basement, the 29-year-old mother with a childlike mind...

My heart absolutely breaks for what she went through, physically, mentally and emotionally.

6 posted on 03/22/2008 10:14:15 AM PDT by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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"This is heartbreaking," police Lieutenant David Hayes said. "It was almost as though they were making fun of the abuse they were administering. This woman was almost like living in a prison."

Almost? Almost? Is that wacko implying that there's room for doubt? Is this what our politically correct gonadless system has turned into?

7 posted on 03/22/2008 10:18:12 AM PDT by JoJo Gunn (Help control the RINO population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
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I don’t care what anyone else thinks, there is NO such thing as cruel and unusual punishment for these perps. Tie ‘em to a barn door and whip them till they die!


8 posted on 03/22/2008 10:23:26 AM PDT by NRA1995 (Bill Clinton: HILLARY!'s other big ass)
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My God. The constant pain and suffering that poor girl endured. It’s heartbreaking and angering. Makes me want to strangle that whole group myself. She had the mind of a child. I know she’s finally at peace and free of pain in Heaven. They ALL need the death penalty....but the minors are going to walk because of their age, and be released into society where they can torture and murder some more. This...I don’t have the words. They will all be in Hell while Dixon rests with God in Heaven.


9 posted on 03/22/2008 10:23:29 AM PDT by cake_crumb (Obama looks, walks and talks like a racist pig...)
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The ending of the story explained the murderer worked with the mentally disabled woman, stole her money then imprisoned and tortured her and starved her baby.

Not surprisingly, she had a previous drug problem.

Fry her and all involved.

10 posted on 03/22/2008 10:24:24 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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"This woman was almost like living in a prison."

She would have been SAFER living in prison.

11 posted on 03/22/2008 10:24:49 AM PDT by cake_crumb (Obama looks, walks and talks like a racist pig...)
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Pray for these people.


12 posted on 03/22/2008 10:31:19 AM PDT by T Minus Four (You don't put ashes on your head for someone who lives!)
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“Dixon saw little, if any, of the money, Hayes said. For months she weathered the torment to keep a roof over her head and that of her year-old son, who weighed just 15 pounds when taken into state custody after his mom’s death.”

Tragic is hardly a word to describe any of this.

Any decent person would weep.


13 posted on 03/22/2008 10:31:53 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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Almost? Almost? Is that wacko implying that there's room for doubt?

That struck me, too.

14 posted on 03/22/2008 10:33:32 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (The fence is "absolutely not the answer" - Gov. Rick Perry (R, TX))
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To: NRA1995
I don’t care what anyone else thinks, there is NO such thing as cruel and unusual punishment for these perps. Tie ‘em to a barn door and whip them till they die!

Dieing would be relief.

There is a part of me that begs to be the administrator of the whip.

Another part feels Gods stare upon me, looking deep into my heart and sole. And the weight and pain overcomes my desire to administer.

15 posted on 03/22/2008 10:36:56 AM PDT by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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Investigators put much of the blame on Michelle Riley, 35, who they said befriended Dixon but pocketed monthly Social Security checks she got because of her developmental delays...

Typical parasites: No concern for the host whatsoever despite their dependence on it.

Everyone who lived in that house deserves the death penalty, imo.

16 posted on 03/22/2008 10:39:27 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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"This woman was almost like living in a prison."

She would have been SAFER living in prison.

I was going to make a joke about she'd also have cable tv, but I just can't. And to top it off, these vile perps will get to go to prison which is a paradise compared to what they inflicted upon that innocent.

17 posted on 03/22/2008 10:45:37 AM PDT by Vesuvian ((insert something witty here))
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And because this happened in Illinois not one of the perps realistically faces the death penalty.

George Ryan I hope you burn in hell and you're 'roomies' in the slam have turned you into their personal plaything.

L

18 posted on 03/22/2008 10:51:50 AM PDT by Lurker (Pimping my blog: http://lurkerslair-lurker.blogspot.com/)
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Let’s outsource our corrections system to China.


19 posted on 03/22/2008 10:56:47 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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Lieutenant David Hayes said: ... This woman was almost like living in a prison."

ALMOST like a prison??? I don't know what sick way of life people in his town are used to, but the rest of us are a little more civilized. ALMOST??!!

20 posted on 03/22/2008 11:00:58 AM PDT by LiberConservative
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