A nearly 25yr old case in Phoenix has been solved using DNA. Ted Bundy was once a suspect, but the DNA matched to a co-ed rapist and killer who was already serving time in prison. Sandra Day O'Connor was a young state level judge and she released the suspect 2 days before this victim was murdered.
There is going to be a book on this case and it is going through the criminal court process right now. The defendant is representing himself.
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"It's a long process," said Magazzeni, who began focusing on cold cases in 1998.
"There're always roadblocks in any investigation, more so in cold cases."
Bobbie Bowdoin's daughter, Deana, had been dead longer than she had been alive before Magazzeni solved her murder.
Deana, 21, was found strangled and stabbed in her Tempe apartment on Jan. 7, 1978. Almost 25 years later, in November 2002, Clarence Wayne Dixon was indicted. He was already in prison for a 1986 assault and was identified through DNA.
"This is strange, but I'm so glad that it wasn't someone that Deana knew and that she had trusted," Bobbie said.
She followed the 24-year police investigation and now follows the court proceedings. Dixon faces a June 15 trial.
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In 1978, Clarence Dixon was found not guilty by reason of insanity after assaulting a teenage girl the judge in the case was Sandra Day OConnor. Just two days after his release, he allegedly raped and murdered Deana Bowdoin, a young ASU student. Today, Dixon is back in custody, awaiting trial and a possible death sentence. Time will tell if justice is served, but it seems possible, since DNA links him to the crime, and hes decided to defend himself.
By Joe Watson
There is going to be a book on this case and it is going through the criminal court process right now. The defendant is representing himself.
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache...f.html+deana+bowdoin&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=9
"It's a long process," said Magazzeni, who began focusing on cold cases in 1998.
"There're always roadblocks in any investigation, more so in cold cases."
Bobbie Bowdoin's daughter, Deana, had been dead longer than she had been alive before Magazzeni solved her murder.
Deana, 21, was found strangled and stabbed in her Tempe apartment on Jan. 7, 1978. Almost 25 years later, in November 2002, Clarence Wayne Dixon was indicted. He was already in prison for a 1986 assault and was identified through DNA.
"This is strange, but I'm so glad that it wasn't someone that Deana knew and that she had trusted," Bobbie said.
She followed the 24-year police investigation and now follows the court proceedings. Dixon faces a June 15 trial.
http://www.phoenixmag.com/
In 1978, Clarence Dixon was found not guilty by reason of insanity after assaulting a teenage girl the judge in the case was Sandra Day OConnor. Just two days after his release, he allegedly raped and murdered Deana Bowdoin, a young ASU student. Today, Dixon is back in custody, awaiting trial and a possible death sentence. Time will tell if justice is served, but it seems possible, since DNA links him to the crime, and hes decided to defend himself.
By Joe Watson