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Slaying of disabled man leads to manslaughter conviction
DAYTON — A Dayton man who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the 2008 beating death of a developmentally disabled man will be sentenced Feb. 16.
Derek W. Byrd, 44, of 2052 Ravenwood Ave., appeared before Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Frances E. McGee on Friday. He was to go on trial on Jan. 20.
Police found DonnRay Jackie Dixon’s badly beaten body July 17, 2008 on Ravenwood, a few blocks from his house on West Fairview Avenue, after people driving by saw him lying near the intersection.
When police arrived, Byrd was comforting Dixon, police said. Dixon, 25, died the next day at Miami Valley Hospital, his uncle Daniel Dixon said in July 2008.
Death was caused by blunt force trauma to the head, Miami Valley Regional Crime Lab Director Ken Betz said. Police said Byrd beat Dixon with his fists.
Byrd surrendered to police on July 29, 2008, but has been free on bond since October 2008. A grand jury indicted him on the manslaughter count in April 2009.
Dixon, who the uncle said was developmentally disabled , lived with his mother and siblings in the 700 block of West Fairview.
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