Before I head out the door for National Novel Writing Month, I wanted to give you a Dorothy Dixon update. As you know I asked you to call the local paper in Edwardsville, IL to let them know you were interested in having them covering the story of this disabled Black woman that was tortured to death by her caregivers. Thank you for doing that.
I followed up the court date by calling the Circuit Court Clerk’s office to get an update on the trial of suspected ring leader Michelle Riley and Judy Woods. Riley’s defense attorney filed yet another motion for continuance. I am now working to get my hands on a copy of the motions for continuance to figure out why after almost two years the court keeps granting a delay?
So the new date to watch is December 7, 2009, but I have the feeling that without any push from the public for a swift prosecution, we could be going well into 2010. With this trial. I have not given up on getting someone to be in that courtroom. I thought I had run out of time with the October 13th setting, but we’ve been given a 6-week reprieve so I’ll keep looking.
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Thanks for the update.
I literally just got this e-mail 2 minutes ago:
I was given your email about the Dorothy Dixon case. I spoke to an attorney this afternoon at the Madison County Courthouse who told me that Michelle I. Riley, who is charged with murder, intentional homicide of an unborn child and battery, is expected to plead guilty today.
I’ll be writing a story about it soon if she does. Would you or anyone else you know of like to comment for the story? [***edited by gem2001 to say you need to contact spinster for his private email***] Thank you.
Steve Horrell
Edwardsville Intelligencer
(618) 656-4700, ext. 25
Thanks Spinster for the update. I took out that email address because it looked like a private acocunt as opposed to a newspaper one, but I leftin the phone number since its a work number.
No problem. Didn’t think it was a private account, but it’s better to be safe.