Sentenced: Bond Set For Couple Charged With Murder Of 2YO Child

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Bond was set at $500,000 each for a couple accused of the 2018 murder of a 2-year-old child.

Derek Carter, 27, of Campbell and Sharday Bing Dixon, 33, of Struthers, both pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and child endangerment during their arraignments in the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

The two are accused of the Oct. 4, 2018 death of Sebali Bing Dixon, the son of Bing Dixon.

The child was found not breathing in an apartment on West Dennick Avenue in Youngstown and later died at Akron Children’s Hospital main campus.

Carter is the boyfriend of Sharday Bing Dixon. She also faces an additional charge of permitting child abuse for which she also pleaded not guilty.

The couple was indicted March 6 and arrested March 9 by U.S. Marshals. They were arraigned via video hookup from the Mahoning County Jail.

Police said the boy died of severe injuries but would not be more specific. It took the Summit County Coroners Office several months to complete an autopsy and police had to serve a series of search warrants before the case could be presented to a grand jury.

Bond set for Mahoning Co. couple charged with murder of 2-year-old

The two are accused of the Oct. 4, 2018 death of Sebali Bing Dixon, the son of Bing Dixon.

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[Sejanus]

She looks intelligent for a spore fungus.

 

[caitierig]

For some reason her name makes me think of shitty barbecue sauce

 

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The mother of a 2-year-old boy who police said died of severe injuries pleaded guilty Tuesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court to her role in her son’s death.

Sharday Bing-Dixon, 35, of Struthers, entered a guilty plea to charges of permitting child abuse and involuntary manslaughter, both first-degree felonies, before Judge Anthony D’Apolito.

The autopsy found the child died of “catastrophic injuries” but police would not be more specific.

At the time, the lead investigator in the case, Detective Sgt. Chad Zubal, said in his over 20 years in law enforcement that the case is the worst form of child abuse he has ever seen.

Police knew early in the investigation that the child had been abused but they were not aware of the severity of the abuse until the autopsy was completed.

Carter pleaded guilty on Thursday to a second-degree felony charge of endangering children. He is expected to be sentenced on March 31. He has also been in jail since he was arrested.

Judge D’Apolito said that when Carter took his plea, it was found that Bing-Dixon was the “main offender” in the toddler’s death.

Assistant Prosecutor Caitlyn Andrews said the child had lacerations of his liver and internal injuries. Police found that the only two people present when he stopped breathing were Bing-Dixon and Carter, Andrews said.

Andrews and defense Rhys Cartwright Jones also came to an agreement that the permitting child abuse and involuntary manslaughter charges are separate offenses, which means that they were not part of the same course of conduct, which would allow Judge D’Apolito to sentence her for two separate crimes instead of one.

The 22-year sentence recommended by Andrews is the maximum sentence Bing-Dixon can receive.
Judge D’Apolito said he informed the attorneys during plea negotiations that he would not impose a sentence of fewer than 15 years.

Mom pleads guilty to role in 2-year-old son’s death

Sharday Bing-Dixon, 35, of Struthers, entered a guilty plea to charges of permitting child abuse and involuntary manslaughter, both first-degree felonies, before Judge Anthony D’Apolito.

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Just before she was sentenced by a judge in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for the death of her son, Sharday Bing-Dixon had a message for her stepmother.

“Mom,” Bing-Dixon said. “I love you.”

“I love you, too,” her stepmother, who was sitting in the gallery, replied.

Bing-Dixon and her boyfriend were sentenced Thursday for the 2018 death of her 2-year-old son on the North Side.

Bing-Dixon, 35, the mother of Sebali Bing-Dixon, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by Judge Anthony D’Apolito after she pleaded guilty Feb. 15 to charges of permitting child abuse and involuntary manslaughter.

Her boyfriend, Derek Carter, 29, of Campbell, was sentenced to four years in prison after he pleaded guilty Feb. 11 to a second-degree felony charge of child endangering.

The autopsy found the boy died of “catastrophic injuries,” which included cuts to his liver and internal injuries. Bing-Dixon and Carter were the only two people present when the boy stopped breathing.

City police Detective Sgt. Chad Zubal, the lead investigator on the case, called Sebali’s injuries the worst he has ever seen in a law enforcement career that has spanned more than 20 years.

Andrews said Sebali had signs of past abuse, including bruises and burns on his genitals. She asked for a sentence of 22 years.

“This was not an isolated incident, Andrews said.

Defense attorney Rhys Cartwright Jones said his client suffers from a “sordid mental health history” and had survived several suicide attempts. She has a history of bad relationships with men, any one of which could have killed the boy, including Carter.

“I would not put it past any of those men — and my tongue recoils at the word men — to abuse this child.”

Kimberly Smith, Bing-Dixon’s stepmother who said she had raised 28 children, said Bing-Dixon was always troubled.

“I had trouble with Sharday because she had been abused in several different matters,” said Smith, who is blind and had to be helped to the podium to speak by court staff and sheriff’s deputies.

Judge D’Apolito said he wanted to be sure that it was Bing-Dixon who caused Sebali’s injuries, and after he read the reports in the case, he was convinced she was.


He also noted that Bing-Dixon took responsibility for her actions.

Carter’s sentence was agreed upon and was based upon a statement he made incriminating Bing-Dixon.

Carter apologized and asked for forgiveness.

“I accept my punishment as a man,” Carter said.

Judge D’Apolito said the full story of what happened might never be known.

“That little baby was defenseless. Helpless,” Judge D’Apoloto said. “His bruises were undeniable. He can never tell his story about what happened.”

Struthers mom, her boyfriend sentenced for child’s death from ‘catastrophic injuries’

Sharday Bing-Dixon was sentenced for the death of her 2-year-old son in Youngstown.

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She deserved more than twenty years and he definitely deserved more than 4 years

 

[Sugar Cookie]

HARDAY LBING DIXON
Admission Date 06/06/2022

Institution Ohio Reformatory for Women
Status INCARCERATED

PERMITTING CHILD ABUSE

Definite/Term Yrs: 10.00

Next Offense: Consecutive

INVOL MANSLAUGHTER

Definite/Term Yrs: 10.00

Aggregate Sentence 20.00 HB86-1

Expected Release Date/Parole Eligibility Date 03/03/2040

DEREK CARTER JR

Status APA SUPERVISION

ENDANGER CHILD

Definite/Term Yrs: 4.00

Sentence Information

Aggregate Sentence 4.00 HB86-1

Expected Release Date/Parole Eligibility Date 03/02/2024


Post Release Control Information

Supervision Start Date 03/03/2024

Period of Supervision 1 year and 6 months



Transitional Control Information

Next Parole Board Hearing/Review Month March 2023
Latest Parole Board Hearing/Review Type & Results TC REVIEW/TC DENIED

 

[Crazy Cat Lady]

That woman should have gotten LWOP and Carter should have gotten more time.