In this episode of Crime Watch Daily Updates: Orlando, Florida was on edge while investigators searched for a man accused of killing two people.
On Dec. 13, 2016, Markeith Loyd went to his ex-girlfriend’s home and fatally shot her as she opened the door. The victim, Sade Dixon, was the mother of two young children and was three months pregnant at the time.
Orlando Police and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office kept their eyes peeled for Markeith, and they finally caught a break on January 9, 2017. Orlando Police learned he was at a local Walmart, so Sergeant Debra Clayton responded to the scene to arrest him. When she arrived, he shot and killed her. He fled again.
The manhunt for Markeith continued for days until he was finally apprehended on January 17, 2017.
In 2019, Markeith was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend, Sade Dixon, and her unborn child, among other charges. He was sentenced to life in prison. Two years later, a jury found him guilty on charges relating to Sgt. Clayton’s death, who was posthumously promoted to Lieutenant. In March 2022, he was sentenced to death.
Let’s take a look back at the heartbreaking deaths of two mothers and an unborn child.
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