A simple offender search was all it took to find that, Michael Antonio Dixon Jr., the man charged with killing 4-year-old Cedric Francois, has a criminal history of assault.
Dixon was incarcerated for two months, in 2009, after convictions for ASSAULT ON PUBLIC OFFICIAL (PRINCIPAL) a CLASS A1 MISDEMEANOR SS and SIMPLE ASSAULT/AFFRAY (PRINCIPAL) a CLASS 2 MISDEMEANOR SS.
It is unclear at this time, if Buncombe County DSS was aware of Dixon’s criminal past.
A Buncombe County child is dead and the question MUST be asked, could this death have been prevented?
DSS received reports of abuse before death
4-year-old Cedric Francois died October 19, 2011 at Mission Hospital, after suffering brain hemorrhages, from blunt force trauma. The Citizen-Times, reports that,
According to the warrant application, a detective at the hospital observed numerous injuries, including hemorrhages in both eyes, bruises on his face, buttocks and around his ankles, abrasions on his chest, forehead and under his left eye, a laceration on his right ear, a busted lower lip and a bite mark on his arm.
The warrant application further states that Buncombe County DSS received a report of abuse September 3, 2011, which alleged that the child was being abused by Michael Antonio Dixon, the man currently in custody for his death, that the child had visible signs of maltreatment, “marks and scars” from the abuse, the report also alleged that Dixon was selling drugs out of the home.
