Michelle Riley Pleads GUILTY- FINALLY! Dorothy Dixon Update

Thanks to WAOD readers for keeping me up to date with things. Last week when I called the court they said the defense team had asked for a continuance in the case of Michelle Riley, the suspected ringleader in the brutal torture of Dorothy Dixon, a mentally disabled Black woman with a “child like” mind who was tortured for months while Riley pocket Dorothy’s disablity check. Dorothy was burned stabbed beaten and the coroner dislodged numerous bb pellets from her body during her autopsy… her captors had apparently used Dorothy Dixon’s body for target practice.

Well the AP is reporting that Michelle Riley has pleaded guilty. I first learned of this from WAOD reader, Spinster and then from my Twitter familia, Fortitude1913 from the blog,  Hit Me Back:

Michelle Riley, 37, pleaded guilty in Madison County, Ill., to first-degree murder in the death of Dorothy Dixon, 29. She faces between 30 and 45 years in prison; a sentencing date has not been set. AP

Unfortunately, Riley’s 14 year-old son escaped with PROBATION! So he’s currently out walking around doing God knows what. PROBATION? That’s a travesty of justice a a clear danger to public safety.

We still don’t know how it is Dorothy Dixon’s relatives and the State of Illinois let this poor woman fall through the cracks. Nor can we explain why this case was completely ignored by Black media, except for ESSENCE magazine. I have to give ESSENCE credit, they will set aside some pages to cover crimes against Black women and girls.  So much for the “importance” of Black radio to keep the community “informed.”