BELLINGHAM, Wash.- Kamee Dixon will spend the next 34 years in prison for killing her boyfriend’s three-year-old daughter.
A jury on June 30th found Dixon guilty of homicide by abuse in the death of Hazel Homan in 2019.
Investigators found that the child had been under her care when she suffered injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome.
Dixon’s defense maintained that Hazel choked on some food and that led to the injuries.
Hazel also showed signs of previous abuse.
Whatcom Superior Court Judge David Freeman sentenced Dixon on Tuesday, August 2.
