A disabled pregnant woman tortured and slayed in a small Illinois town. She was banished to the basement, tortured, beaten, forced to walk around naked…this 29 year old woman with developmental disabilities who was six months pregnant eventually died at the hands of 5 abusers who have been charged with first-degree murder, aggravated and heinous battery, intentional homicide of an unborn child, and unlawful restraint.

“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.”

All remain in jail on $1 million bond.

The autopsy revealed roughly 30 BBs lodged in her. Deep-tissue burns covered about one-third of her body — her face, her chest, her arms and feet. She had been severely dehydrated. Her face and body showed signs of prolonged abuse. Many of her wounds were infected.

None of the injuries alone would have been fatal to Dixon. However, her system already was taxed by her unborn baby. The autopsy indicates her immune system just shut down and she was not capable of fending off any more.

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Absolutely heinous and horrifying.