Clarence Dixon
Clarence Dixon | |
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Undated mug shot of Dixon | |
| Born | August 26, 1955 |
| Died | May 11, 2022 (aged 66) Florence State Prison, Arizona, U.S. |
| Criminal status | Executed by lethal injection |
| Convictions | First degree murder Kidnapping Sexual assault (4 counts) Sexual abuse Aggravated assault (2 counts) First degree burglary |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment (January 8, 1986) Death (January 24, 2008) |
| Details | |
| Victims | Deana Lynne Bowdoin, 21 |
| Date | January 7, 1978 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
Date apprehended | 2001 (for murder) |
Clarence Wayne Dixon (August 26, 1955 – May 11, 2022) was an American convicted murderer. He was convicted of the January 7, 1978, murder of 21-year-old Deana Lynne Bowdoin in Tempe, Arizona. The murder went unsolved until 2001, when DNA profiling linked him to the crime. Dixon, who was serving a life sentence for a 1986 sexual assault conviction, was found guilty of Bowdoin's murder and was formally sentenced to death on January 24, 2008. He was executed by lethal injection on May 11, 2022, in the state's first execution in nearly eight years, since the botched execution of Joseph Wood in 2014.