Clarence Dixon is expected to be executed at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Florence State Prison.
In 2008, he was convicted of the 1978 murder of Deana Bowdoin, a 21-year-old senior at Arizona State University who was discovered dead inside her apartment with a belt around her neck.
Clarence Dixon Wikipedia
Clarence Wayne Dixon was an American convicted killer who was sentenced to death in Arizona.
Arizona executed Clarence Dixon for the 1978 murder of 21-year-old ASU student Deana Bowdoin.
Clarence Dixon age
Dixon was 66 years at the time of his death
Clarence Dixon wife and children
Dixon’s wife and children are not known.
He was said to be a man of the people.
What did Clarence Dixon do? Why did Clarence Dixon kill Deana Lynne Bowdoin?
Bowdoin’s murder remained unresolved for nearly two decades, becoming a cold case. A cold case detective examined the DNA profile against a national database in 2001.
He discovered that the profile matched Clarence Dixon, who was already imprisoned and receiving a life term in an Arizona state prison for sexual assault in 1986.
Dixon had resided across the street from Bowdoin at the time of her murder, it was discovered. However, neither Bowdoin’s family nor acquaintances were aware of any relationship between her and Dixon.
When and where will Clarence Dixon be executed?
He was convicted of the murder of Deana Lynne Bowdoin on January 7, 1978, in Tempe, Arizona.
