Advocate staff report
Published: Feb 18, 2010 - Page: 4B
A 27-year-old Baton Rouge man was indicted Wednesday in the August strangling death of his former girlfriend.
An East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury charged Rodenno Dixon, 969 Monet Drive, with second-degree murder in the Aug. 21 slaying of 31-year-old Tarhonda Rhymes.
Baton Rouge police officers discovered Rhymes’ partially clothed body in the driveway of her apartment at 1220 N. 28th St.
Dixon, who was detained at the scene, was booked into Parish Prison on unrelated contempt of court warrants and has remained there ever since. He was booked Oct. 15 in Rhymes’ killing when her death was ruled a homicide.
A second-degree murder conviction carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
Dixon’s case is assigned to state District Judge Richard Anderson.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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