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Post by NiteSpinR Thu Aug 29, 2013 1:39 pm

August 28 2013

As prosecutors prepare for a high profile murder case, friends remember a Canton woman who died two days after being found badly beaten and burned. A wooden cross marks the spot where a passerby found Celeste Fronsman last August 26th. She had crawled to the edge of Ohio 208 near Steel Hill Road after being set on fire. Fronsman died two days later in a case that shocked rural Muskingum county. "It ranks right up there for our area as one of the most severe deaths," said Muskingum Sheriff Matt Lutz. Katrina Culberson and Monica Washington pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, aggravated arson and kidnapping. Lafonse Dixon faces trial in late September and could face the death penalty if convicted. He denied involvement in the crime during a jailhouse interview with ABC6/FOX28 last year. "No I had nothing to do with Celeste Fronsman in no possible way. If I'm guilty of anything I'm guilty of selling drugs that's it," said Dixon. The Muskingum Sheriff's office will have additional staff on hand for Dixon's trial next month.


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UPDATE: Celeste-Fronsman Tortured & burned to death~Katrina Culberson & Monica Washington Plead Guilty~ Lafonse Dixon Found Guilty OF Aggravated Murder, Kidnapping & Aggravated Arson - Page 2 Empty Jury Selection Began Friday In LaFonse Dixon's Trial

Post by NiteSpinR Sat Sep 28, 2013 2:58 am

September 27, 2013

ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Jury selection has begun in the trial of an Ohio man accused in the gruesome death of a woman found covered in burns and wailing in agony along a rural road.
The Muskingum County prosecutor's office says jury selection began Friday in LaFonse Dixon's trial. He has pleaded not guilty to murder, kidnapping and arson in the killing of 29-year-old Celeste Fronsman of Canton.
A driver found Fronsman on a road northeast of Zanesville in eastern Ohio in August 2012. She had been raped and burned and had a strap around her neck. She died two days later.
Two women arrested with Dixon pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and agreed to testify against him to avoid the death penalty.
Prosecutors have declined to discuss a motive in the killing.

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Post by NiteSpinR Sat Sep 28, 2013 3:16 am

Sept 27, 2013
A trial is set to begin Friday for an Ohio man accused in the gruesome killing of a woman found covered in burns and wailing in agony on the side of a rural road.
LaFonse Dixon has pleaded not guilty to murder, kidnapping and arson in the killing of 29-year-old Celeste Fronsman of Canton.
On Aug. 26, 2012, a driver found Fronsman on a road northeast of Zanesville. She had been raped and burned and had a strap around her neck. She died two days later.
Two women arrested with Dixon have pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and agreed to testify against him to avoid the death penalty.
Prosecutors have declined to discuss a motive in the killing, saying they didn’t want to compromise the prosecutions.

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Lafonse Dixon listens to opening statements

Dressed in a light gray suit and sporting a stylish up-do and accompanying goatee, Lafonse Dixon displayed a carefree disposition Tuesday, rocking in his chair and smiling at Judge Kelly Cottrill’s joke about the chilly courtroom.

Dixon has pleaded not guilty to murder, kidnapping and arson in the killing of 29-year-old Celeste Fronsman of Canton, who was found Aug. 26, 2012, in the middle of Ohio 208 near the Tri-Valley Recreation Area. She was burned, beaten and died two days later from her injuries.

Opening statements began just after 9 a.m. Tuesday. The defense attempted to lay the groundwork to show Katrina Culberson, who has already pleaded guilty in connection with the case, was at fault, not Dixon.

Isabella Dixon, one of Dixon’s court-appointed attorneys, spoke in a soothing tone and told the jury they would be witnessing the “underbelly of America,” a world driven by violence, prostitution and drugs — an area that Culberson “ruled with an iron fist.”
Throughout the opening remarks, the defense urged jurors to listen closely to the evidence.

“It was K.C. (Culberson) who poured the gas,” attorney Isabella Dixon said. “It was K.C. who lit the match, who knew about the area.”

The defense also stated Culberson had written Dixon letters while in jail, including the line: "I lied. ... You'll be out soon.”

Dixon is the last of the three suspects in Fronsman’s death. Monica J. Washington and Katrina Culberson have pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, kidnapping and arson. As part of the plea deals, the Muskingum County Prosecutor’s Office will recommend life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years for Washington and life in prison with no parole for Culberson.

Dixon, however, is facing the death penalty in his case.

During the prosecution’s opening statements, the emphasis was placed on the relationship between the three suspects and Fronsman.
Muskingum County Prosecutor Mike Haddox attempted to draw the connection between Fronsman’s murder and a raid on Dixon’s stash house two weeks prior. Describing a situation that allegedly occurred days before Fronsman’s death, Haddox said Celeste sped towards a police station to avoid a confrontation with an enraged Dixon. Haddox said the incident led Dixon to believe Fronsman was a confidential informant for Canton area police.
Prosecution also noted that Dixon’s DNA was found on a roll of masking tape allegedly used to bind Fronsman’s hands during the killing, but could not link Dixon to either the can of gasoline or tow strap submitted as evidence. Culberson’s DNA was found on all three pieces of evidence.
Haddox said Dixon’s phone can be traced south on Interstate 77 for a time, but then is “either turned off or out of service.”

Surveillance footage from a gas station, along with witness testimony, places Monica Washington in Dresden about an hour before Fronsman’s burning. Haddox said the witness also recalled seeing a black man in the sport utility vehicle Washington was traveling in, but the defense reminded the jury that Culberson and Washington “were involved with numerous black men.”
The credibility of Culberson as a witness was also questioned.

“K.C. lied on numerous occasions,” Isabella Dixon said. “Her thought process was: If I can’t control (Dixon), no one will.’”

Each member of the jury had to be qualified to return a death sentence, meaning they must not have any personal or religious beliefs that restrict them from issuing the law. Jury members also can be dismissed if they do not consider life imprisonment as an alternative penalty for capital murder.

Dixon spoke to the Times Recorder in 2012 in an exclusive interview in which he denied involvement in the crime and said he was with relatives and friends outside Muskingum County at the time.

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Post by NiteSpinR Fri Oct 11, 2013 4:34 pm

10/8/2013

An Ohio jury saw gruesome pictures of a woman set on fire and left to die while hearing Tuesday from prosecutors who described how the man charged in her death beat her, burned her and listened to her moan.

The death penalty case against LaFonse Dixon is underway in Zanesville. Dixon has pleaded not guilty to murder, kidnapping and arson in the August 2012 death of 29-year-old Celeste Fronsman, who was discovered badly burned on a roadside by a passing motorist.

Prosecutors showed the jury two pictures of Fronsman: one from before the attack and another from after that showed an almost unrecognizable Fronsman in a hospital bed, her skin charred a dark brown, The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/17joNiJ) reported.

The Canton woman died two days after she was found severely injured and with a strap around her neck.

Two younger women arrested with Dixon pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and agreed to testify against him to avoid the death penalty. Under the deals, the Muskingum County prosecutor's office is expected to recommend life in prison without parole for one of the women, Katrina Culberson, and life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years for the other, Monica Washington.

The newspaper reported prosecutors told the jury Fronsman's death was an act of revenge for snitching on Dixon, who allegedly was a drug dealer in Canton. Defense attorneys countered that it was the outcome of a disagreement between prostitutes carried out by Culberson and Washington.

In a jailhouse interview with the Times Recorder in Zanesville last year, Dixon, 34, confessed he was a drug dealer but denied involvement in Fronsman's death and said he was with family and friends when she was attacked. Dixon said he had seen his sister die in a house fire and wouldn't "do anything like that to someone."

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Muskingum County Assistant Prosecutor Ron Welch holds a piece of tow rope. The prosecution argues that the rope was used around the neck of Celeste Fronsman. LaFonse Dixon Jr. pleaded not guilty to murder, kidnapping and arson in the killing of 29-year-old Fronsman of Canton, who was found Aug. 26, 2012, in the middle of Ohio 208 near the Tri-Valley Recreation area. She was burned, beaten and she died two days later from her injuries. Dixon faces the death penalty.

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Muskingum County Assistant Prosecutor Ron Welch holds a belt. The prosecution argues that the belt was used to bind Celeste Fronsman on the day she was attacked.

Phone records show LaFonse Dixon Jr.’s phone traveling south from Canton in the early morning hours of Aug. 26, 2012.
The phone then was either turned off or out of the service area for a period of time before popping up again in Cambridge. It then headed back toward Canton, arriving about 9:40 a.m. Aug. 26, 2012.
Thursday was day three in Dixon’s trial, with prosecutors calling on expert testimony from Bob Moledor, an FBI Cellular Analysis Service Team member.
Moledor explained to the jury how phone analysis works — using call data and cell towers to track the “life of a phone” — then he walked them through the path Dixon’s phone took Aug. 26, 2012, the day 29-year-old Celeste Fronsman was found beaten and burned in the middle of Ohio 208 near the Tri-Valley recreation area.
On cross examination, Dixon’s attorney Larry Thomas had one point to make: Just because Dixon’s phone went somewhere does not mean Dixon went.
“The records don’t tell us who had the phone, whose hand the phone was in,” Thomas said to Moledor, who replied, “That’s correct.”

There are three suspects in Fronsman’s death: Dixon, Katrina Culberson and Monica Washington. Culberson and Washington have pleaded guilty to murder, kidnapping and arson and await sentencing.

Dixon has pleaded not guilty to the same charges and could face the death penalty.

Jurors spent much of the morning Thursday viewing crime-scene photos and evidence. Muskingum County Sheriff’s Office Detective Craig Knox took the stand as Muskingum County Assistant Prosecutor Ron Welch asked him to describe various items collected from the scene, including a clump of human hair, a burned belt, tattered remains of shorts and other clothing, and a piece of tie strap.
Knox also described the scene itself, which had tall grass and brush with burn markings.

The prosecution called on several witnesses who had seen either the victim, the suspects or both in the days surrounding the incident. Canton resident Howard Cammon told the court he saw Dixon and Culberson the night before Fronsman was burned. Fronsman’s father, Jimmy Fronsman, was renting his upstairs room at the time, and Dixon, Culberson and two others came to his house searching for Celeste Fronsman, Cammon said.
“They came through my house, looking in my bedrooms and my closets, looking for Celeste,” Cammon said.
He told them she wasn’t there, and he asked them to leave, Cammon said.
Then, he heard Culberson say she was going to kill Fronsman, but he thought it was just talk, Cammon said.
“K.C. had said that night, after everyone had left, she said, ‘I’m gonna kill Celeste,’” Cammon said. “If I knew that this was gonna be the end of Celeste, maybe I could have done something different.”
Jurors also heard from Ralph Horne, whose vehicle the suspects allegedly drove to and from the crime scene in Muskingum County. Horne said he didn’t give anyone permission to use his SUV, but when he woke up early the morning of Aug. 26, 2012, it was gone.
A little later, the SUV returned with Dixon, Culberson and Washington inside. Culberson told him he needed to clean up the truck, and when he went outside to do so, he saw blood in the backseat, Horne said.
He asked Culberson what happened, and all she said was that she beat “her.” Culberson didn’t say whom, but Horne assumed she was talking about Fronsman, he said.

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Post by NiteSpinR Fri Oct 11, 2013 4:46 pm

10/10/2013

A woman who has pleaded guilty in the gruesome death of a badly burned woman found along an eastern Ohio road last year says she has no excuse for her actions.The Zanesville Times Recorder reports that Katrina Culberson described her tumultuous relationship with the victim on Wednesday during the death-penalty trial of LaFonse Dixon Jr.
A driver found 29-year-old Celeste Fronsman northeast of Zanesville in August 2012. The Canton woman had been raped and burned and had a strap around her neck. She died two days later.
The 34-year-old Dixon has pleaded not guilty to murder, kidnapping and arson. Culberson and another woman have pleaded guilty and agreed to testify in the case to avoid the death penalty.
Culberson said Dixon gave her a lighter in the attack.


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Post by NiteSpinR Sat Oct 12, 2013 1:35 pm

10/11/2013
Monica Washington got defiant, her voice rising as she testified Friday that it was time for LaFonse Dixon Jr. to “man up” and admit his part in the death of Canton resident Celeste Fronsman.
In telling jurors of her role, Washington also pointed the finger at Dixon, the 34-year-old Canton resident on trial for Fronsman’s slaying. She was found beaten and burned along a remote road in Muskingum County on Aug. 26, 2012.
With Dixon looking on stone-faced, Washington said: “LaFonse Dixon was there," she said.
“LaFonse Dixon had a part in what happened to (Fronsman). LaFonse Dixon is not innocent. It’s just time to man up and own up to your part in what happened.”
Moments later, she broke down, her voice shaking, her eyes tear-filled. Washington, after one year and 44 days of sobriety, said she now fully realizes the horrific nature of what she and the others did. Fronsman, 29, was burned over about 70 percent of her body before dying two days later in a hospital.
“I'm willing to accept the punishment that’s given to me, because I was wrong,” she said. “I let people do something to another human being, and I didn't do nothing to stop it.”
“I pray that (my family) still loves me, and Celeste’s family can forgive me for what I’ve done.”
Co-defendants Washington, 25, and Katrina “KC” Culberson, 22, both have pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated murder, aggravated arson and kidnapping. Dixon faces the same charges and could be sentenced to death if convicted.
As part of Washington’s plea deal, the state will recommend serve a life term with the possibility of parole after 25 years. Culberson’s agreement allows her to avoid the death penalty. Both await sentencing.
Testimony will resume at 9 a.m. Monday in Muskingum County Common Pleas Court.


CULBERSON
Dixon and Culberson wanted to kill Fronsman because they suspected she was a snitch for Canton police, Washington said. According to testimony earlier in the week, Dixon was enraged because he believed Fronsman leaked information that led to a police raid at a drug house. Fronsman denied the accusation while she was under attack, Washington said.
For her own part, Washington admitted to being infuriated at Fronsman because she thought she had been intimate with her boyfriend. Washington said she felt betrayed because she had been a loyal friend, giving her clothes, even helping her hide from Dixon and Culberson.

She chronicled what happened Aug. 26, 2012, during testimony that stretched more than two hours.
Washington was emotional, a stark contrast to Culberson, who maintained a mostly casual and disaffected demeanor earlier in the week while explaining her participation, which included lighting Fronsman on fire and walking away as she was engulfed in flames.
The defense has depicted Culberson as the central figure in Fronsman’s death. That continued during cross examination of Washington. She said that Culberson was the driver and Washington followed her orders. And she admitted that she was scared of Culberson at times.
“I just did what I was told,” Washington said of her role.
“Who told you? asked Isabella Dixon, a defense attorney who is not related to the man on trial.
“KC,” Washington answered.


DIXON’S INVOLVEMENT
Washington said that Dixon was not innocent, beating Fronsman in the head while the foursome rode in a 1996 Chevy Tahoe from Canton to the Tri-Valley recreation area along Route 208 in Muskingum County. Culberson had picked out the spot, Washington said.
In past interviews with police, Washington said, she minimized her own involvement. Even in court Friday, Washington said that Dixon and Culberson played a larger part in Fronsman’s murder.
Washington said she and Dixon carried Fronsman from the vehicle across the road. Then Dixon alone dragged Fronsman — whose hands were tied — into the tall grass and brush, according to Washington, who, like Culberson and Fronsman, worked the streets of Canton as a prostitute and smoked crack regularly.
Culberson soaked Fronsman with gasoline, then set her ablaze, Washington testified.
“Her body just went poof in flames,” Washington said. “... You can hear her begging for help ... moaning (and) crying.”
Earlier that morning, Washington had joined some of the beatings and helped to strangle the victim with a strap. “I pulled one end and LaFonse pulled the other,” Washington said. “And we choked her with the strap until she was purple in the face.”
Isabella Dixon hammered away at the falsehoods Washington admitted telling during police interviews as well as in her plea agreement.
Many times, the attorney emphasized the word, “lie,” drawing it out. She highlighted how, in two police interviews, Washington failed to mention Dixon.
Particular importance was placed on the agreement reached with the state. The plea deal is “based on lies?” the attorney asked.
“Yes, ma’am,” Washington replied.
“And they accepted it anyway? Isabella Dixon asked.
“Yes, ma’am,” the witness said.
“Because they didn't know if you were lying or not?” the attorney said, raising her voice.
“Yes, ma’am.”


BLOOD AND FINGERPRINTS
Also Friday, the prosecution called on investigators with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
Blood was found in the back seat area of the Chevy Tahoe. The vehicle had been cleaned and wiped down, but Josh Durst, with the BCI’s major crimes division, said he was able to find blood in the seams of the back seat and some other areas.
Robin Ladd, who specializes in fingerprint analysis, said that none of the prints found belonged to Dixon.
Jurors also heard from a prosecution witness who testified to seeing Monica Washington at a Circle K gas station in Dresden the morning of Aug. 26, 2012. The witness said that a broad-shouldered black man, with a hair style similar to Dixon’s, was inside the SUV when Washington got back inside.
However, the witness did not identify the man he saw as Dixon. The prosecution did not ask him to do so.



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Post by NiteSpinR Thu Oct 17, 2013 10:24 pm

October 17, 2013

After hours of deliberation, a jury found LaFonse Dixon guilty on all charges in the death of Celeste Fronsman.

With no family present in the courtroom, Dixon stood unfazed and unemotional as clerk of courts Todd Bickle read off the charges and verdicts to the court just before 10 a.m. on Thursday. The jury of 5 men and 7 women deliberated for over 5 hours on Wednesday after the prosecution and defense gave strong closing arguments. The jurors returned Thursday morning at 9 a.m. and deliberated for about half an hour before reaching a unanimous decision.

Bickle read to the courtroom, "Verdict, count 1, we the jury hereby find the defendant LaFonse D. Dixon Jr. guilty of aggravated murder.. We the jury hereby find the defendant LaFonse D. Dixon Jr. guilty of kidnapping.. We the jury hereby find the defendant LaFonse D. Dixon Jr. guilty of aggravated arson."

Fronsman was found burned alive in Muskingum County on Aug. 26, 2012. Katrina Culberson and Monica Washington were codefendants in the case but pleaded guilty and testified against Dixon. For their testimony and cooperation, they will receive life in prison. The prosecution and defense were asked by Common Pleas Court Judge Kelly Cottrill to not talk about the case until after sentencing, which begins on Tuesday. Dixon could face the death penalty.

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Post by NiteSpinR Tue Oct 22, 2013 10:28 pm

October 22, 2013

On Tuesday, the jury recommended life in prison without the possibility of parole for LaFonse Dixon. Dixon was convicted of aggravated murder, kidnapping and aggravated arson on Oct. 17 in the death of 29-year-old Celeste Fronsman who was found beaten and burned  Aug. 26, 2012 on State Route 208.

The jury heard from Dixon's family and friends about his upbringing and his family tragedies including the loss of his father and older sister. Each witness, including Dixon's teenage sons, was asked by the defense why Dixon's life has value and why it should be spared.

"Because of like, he takes care of everybody. Like say somebody down, my Dad, he'll make somebody happy," said Dixon's son, Jai Rell Ingrim.

"Because I see him not just as a father, but someone I love and adore and care about no matter what, no matter how angry he makes me, I will still love him," said Darien Dixon, who said Dixon is a father figure to him.

During closing statements, the defense said it's not about an eye for an eye and that the jury's decision should not be based on revenge. During rebuttal, Muskingum County Prosecutor Mike Haddox told the jury it's up to them if they want to base their decision on 30-year-old photos of Dixon and his family tragedies.

"They say a picture is worth a thousand words, the state contends this picture is worth one word," said Haddox showing a photo of Fronsman in the hospital. "That word is death and so should be your verdict."

The jury had four options to choose from including the death penalty. But before sparing his life and recommending life in prison without the possibility of parole, the jury heard from Dixon himself. In an unsworn statement Dixon told the jury Fronsman didn't deserve what happened to her and gave his condolences to her family.

"Ladies and gentleman of the jury, you felt what you did was right.. but still, I have so much misunderstanding how a man can be judged based on so many lies," said Dixon. "How can a man be called a monster, that you don't even know. My name is LaFonse Dixon, Jr. I am 34, I am the father of three beautiful boys."

On Nov. 4, Muskingum County Common Please Court Judge Kelly Cottrill will decide to either take the jury's recommendation or give Dixon a lesser sentence.

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Katrina Culberson will be sentenced in the Celeste Fronsman murder case on Nov. 6 in Muskingum County Common Pleas Court.
Culberson, 22, is among the three Canton residents who have been found guilty in the death of Fronsman, who was beaten, strangled and severely burned on Aug. 26, 2012.
A motorist found the 29-year-old Canton woman lying on Route 208 in Muskingum County before she rose up and threw herself on his vehicle. Fronsman died of the burn injuries two days later.
Last week, a jury found LaFonse Dixon Jr., 34, guilty of aggravated murder, aggravated arson and kidnapping. Dixon faced the death penalty. The jury, however, recommended that he be sentenced to life in prison with no chance at parole.
Muskingum County Common Pleas Court Judge Kelly Cottrill will formally sentence Dixon on Nov. 4. He also will sentence Culberson.
Culberson and Monica Washington, the third co-defendant, both have pleaded guilty to the same charges as Dixon.
Muskingum County Common Pleas Judge Mark Fleegle will sentence Washington, but no date has been set, said Ron Welch, an assistant prosecutor in Muskingum County.
Under a plea agreement, the prosecutor’s office is recommending life in prison for Culberson and life in prison for Washington with the possibility of parole after 25 years.
Both Culberson and Washington testified against Dixon.

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Post by NiteSpinR Sun Nov 10, 2013 11:15 pm

November 6, 2013

A 22-year-old woman has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for her role in the death of Celeste Fronsman, a woman who was severely burned and was found wailing alongside an eastern Ohio road. 

A judge sentenced Katrina Culberson on Wednesday, following the jury's recommendation. On top of her life sentence, Culberson received 11 years for kidnapping.
 
Culberson and another woman pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty. Monica Washington was sentenced to life with possible parole after 25 years.

A third defendant, LaFonse Dixon Jr., was convicted at trial and sentenced to life in prison.

The Zanesville Times Recorder reports that Culberson tearfully apologized in court to relatives of the 29-year-old  Fronsman. The Canton woman was set on fire and abandoned in Muskingum County in August 2012.

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UPDATE: Celeste-Fronsman Tortured & burned to death~Katrina Culberson & Monica Washington Plead Guilty~ Lafonse Dixon Found Guilty OF Aggravated Murder, Kidnapping & Aggravated Arson - Page 2 Empty Re: UPDATE: Celeste-Fronsman Tortured & burned to death~Katrina Culberson & Monica Washington Plead Guilty~ Lafonse Dixon Found Guilty OF Aggravated Murder, Kidnapping & Aggravated Arson

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