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Accused Wife Killer In Court

Jun 4, 2018 | 12:45 PM

A Novi man is due in court today on charges he killed his wife.
Police say 31 year old Derrick Dixon used a necktie to strangle the woman following an argument about a pending divorce.

Dixon told police he killed his wife shortly after his parents had stopped by to pick up their three children.

He was found slumped over on a couch in their mobile home and had apparently taking some type of pills in a suicide attempt.

Testimony at his preliminary exam revealed that Dixon had attempted suicide in 2017 and also as a teenager.

He was found competent to stand trial.

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