BAKERSFIELD — A mother in Bakersfield was arrested on Monday in connection with the 2010 death of her then four-year-old son. Alexis Dixon was booked into the Kern County Jail on one count of first-degree murder and one count of child abuse resulting in death. Her bail has been set at $2,000,000.
According the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, Dixon was taken into custody at around 3:30 pm on March 31.
The 31-year-old was being sought by authorities after a four-year investigation by Kern County Sheriff’s detectives linked her to the April 23, 2010, death of her son Mark Allan Dixon, who investigators determined had died after sustaining life-threatening injuries to his upper torso.
It was determined by detectives that the injuries to Dixon were not consistent with explanations that had been given as to how he had been injured, during the execution of a search warrant at the home where the four-year-old had been living, which was travel trailer on the Cowen’s Pet Resort property at 22110 Stockdale Highway in west Bakersfield.
In March 2014, the case was submitted to the Kern County District Attorney’s Office for review and on March 24, 2014, the DA’s Office issued a warrant for the Dixon’s arrest.
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