_ sunt ort & npn Soe al Pen g Serbs CRIMINAL INFORMATION SUMMARY 70672000_|13:57| DETECTIVE JARED BARBERO ‘roa [2000204008 [TROOP A TATION OF NCIDENT (STREET ANEAWSGTVTIORN ORT ‘Blue Ridge Ter Oxon 05478 ‘otner Agency involved: [ Record of Arrest [7] Underinvestigaton: [-] Arrest Warrant atached: (7 "ARRESTEE SECTION non, Rebesca J [szaroes F 7 Blue Ridge Ter Oxo CF 08478 [AGE ARREST [25 JAGE mcIDENT| 36, [ARREST DATE| 1071372020 lcourr | muroro 2) [COURT ADDR | 14 West River Si, Milo, CT 05460 [court pare | ror42020 ImuureD [NO ‘AMBULANCE [NO (HOSPITAL a ~ = ees 1 S30-48/ S66 Consiecy To Con Manalaugitr 2nd Deg [1 [suey | $100.00] 'BONO WiLL BE: TOTAL: $100,000 UMUARY OF CDENT Aneta tal b atch whan spt xen Jen ra ‘01 10/18/2020, Rebecca Dixon wes ken into custody ona warrant issued by GA22 in Miford, for Manslaughter 2nd Degree. Dion was processed at Toop A, and was unable o post the 100,000 court set bond, and wl be presented at cout onthe same day in Milford “TH HFORWATON 1s BEING RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC COMPUANCE WI TH EDOM ARAL FOR ADOTONAL RFORMUTION ON MAIO CIES OR ARRESTS, CONTACT THE DUIGON O STATE FOUCE PUBLIC FORMMTIONGFFICE PHONE: 86085-8700 FAX: 060.695 2301 prsane pats An Anmstva eto Emp! partum EmployerARREST WARRANT APPLICATION. secre a —— Ses eit Liver [] No — aa laos ae el 4 = ‘iron, Rebooea nfo ators [E=rs ‘Application For Arrest Warrant “To: A dg ofthe Superior Court ‘The undersigned hereby ape for 2 warrant fr the ares of the above-named accused on the basis ofthe fats setforninthe: Bi) Afldevt Below.) Afidavife) tached. a Fa ST ia TTS 10/05/2020 | Aparyrdt b Ke Inetgat E. ‘Affidavit F “The undersigned alan, bong duly swern, deposes and says: 1. That the undersigned affiant, Desetve Jared Barbero #434 a sworn member of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Division of State Police, presently assigned tothe Western District, Major Crime Squad, under the command of eutenant Michael ‘Donnell #060, and has lw enforcement ‘experience of approximately sevenyears. The afiant has conducted numerous investigations of eiminal acthity including, but not limited te; murder, robberies, sexual assaults, burlares, narcotics violations, and has received specialzed taining inthe processing of crime scenes andthe investigations of complex criminal cases ‘Atal times mentioned herein, the undersigned was acting in an official capacity as a member of the aforementioned agency. The following facts and circumstances ae related from personal knowledge and/or ‘observations and include information related to the afiant by fellow police officers and persons with knowledge of the faets and/or circumstances contained herein. 2, That the deceased juvenile male vctim (008 07/29/2039) was identified as a victim of domestic violence, and hereinafter wll be referred to as the vietim, refer to confidentiality statutes CG S. S4-86d and 54-86e, 4 That on July 6, 2020 at approximately 1358 hours, tate Police Dispatch received w 911 cal, where a female called from 7 Bue Ridge Terrace, Oxford, and reported a baby was not breathing. Upon police arrival, a woman (later identified as Rebecca Dixon, and hereinafter to be referred to as Becky) was holding a baby who appeared limp (the victim) EMIS arived shor after pole, and the victim was transported by ambulance to Griffin Hospital in Derby. 4. That responded to Griffin hospital in order to speak with the family ofthe victim. After arriving to Griffin hospital, | met with Emergency Department staff, and was informed that the vietim was pronounced upon his arrival to the hospital by Or. Navid Behrooz, who stated the victim had no signs of fe for approximately 70 minutes. 5, That due to Becky's emotional dbstres, I spoke with her mother, Barbara Dixon, inthe Emergency Department. Barbara stated verbally that her daughter Becky had called out of work asa veterinary technician ‘that morning (07/06/2020) because she had stayed up late the night before, and because Becky had told her (epg 10 ge A) = Nols or = aloe tee Finding The foregoing Application for an arrest warrant. anc adits) atiached oak Appiaton, having been submitted to and onegored bythe underagned the undersigned fads fom sad ofa) fat here is prbanke cause to beleve thst ‘Enofenso nas bean comtiod and at the accused commit snd orev, thet probable cause exis fr The ISatance ofa wang gre arou of he above-named accused, exe Then Pet Dl oes Pate[ARREST WARRANT APPLICATION Daeg meer STATE OF CONNECTICUT ere SUPERIOR COURT Dixon, Rebecca Oxfora Mitford ‘eens & ‘Affidavit - Continued ‘mother that the victim was ating fussy and cranky when he woke up. Barbara stated that Becky, her husband, aié the victim live with her Barbara added that Becky and her husband Eric have one bedroom, and the victim sleeps in a separate bedroom. However, when the victim woke up in the morning, Becky took him into her room with her, where they remained for the entire morning an afternoon as far as Barbara could recal Barbara stated because Becky was 35, she didnot lke to barge in or hover. Barbara stated she thought Becky and the victim were napping and watching TV in Becky's room, and also added that between 1230 pm and 330 'pm the victim usually naps. Barbarastated that around 1 pm, she heard Becky cll out from her upstairs ‘bedroom, Barbara ran upstairs and observed the victim laying face upon the bed with no signs of life. Barbara ‘and Becky both began CPR and called 912. Barbara Informed me that she was not aware of any alcohol or drug abuse, however Becky did have a prescription for Xanax for anxiety, 6. That | then spoke with Becky inher treatment room. Becky stated she called out from work the morning of (07/06/2020 because the victim was being fussy. Becky stated she let the victim stay with her in her bedroom ‘that mocning, but was not sleeping, and continued to be fussy, Becky stated at around 1230pm, the victim finaly fell asleep, face down in the crook of her elbow. Becky tated she fel asleep as well. Becky then stated when she woke up, the victim was not moving and felt imp. Becky stated she called out to het mather and ‘began CPR. | asked Becky i she hadtaken Xanax that day, and she replied she took one 5 mg pil at 830 am. then obtained written consent from Becky for her DNA, and had hospital staff draw her blood for analysis by the Division of Scientific Services. 7. That during scene processing, the Van unt discovered evidence of recent narcotics usage. Inthe bedroom hich Becky stated was hers and Eres, the Van unit found paraphernalia and empty packaging in variour locations. Specially, on the night stand along the South wall next tothe bed, a zippered black eather pouch \was discovered inthe partially opened top drawer. Located inside the pouch was a homemade glass smoking pipe with burnt residue and small pieces of apparently used plastic baggies, consistent with cocaine base (crack) sage. In the partially opened bottem drawer of the same nightstand, another zippered leather pouch was found, located inside was a black pasic bag containing empty plastic baggies or pieces of plastic bageles consistent with narcotics packaging A clear plastic baggie that contained, amongst other Items, torn pleces of approximately six empty glassine envelopes stamped "Skittles" was found in the northeast bedroom trash can. ‘The envelopes were consistent with lt opiate use, anda hollow tube from disposable ink pen was found on the nightstand. One ofthe ends of this tube was roughly cut on a bevel and was consistent with similarly seen Instruments used to insulate narcotics. 8, That on 06/25/2020, North Haven Police Department released a bulletin to law enforcement entities concerning an overdose where a victim was administered Narcan. Seized from the indent were four bags of confirmed heroin stamped with "kts." North Haven PD stated inthe bulletin thatthe bags may have been ‘cut with fentanyl and or other harmful products. 9. That on 08/07/2020, an interview was conducted with both Becky and Eric at Troop Ain Southbury. Becky sepa 20 4pae Ant) PF lols le en[ARREST WARRANT APPLICATION Boven aero STATE OF CONNECTICUT Pair ‘SUPERIOR COURT Bae ERS sesso 7 Dixon, Rebecca Oxtord Mitford Seroner § Affidavit - Continued recalled the night before his death, the victim was not feeling wel, and subsequentiy she remained home from ‘Work the next morning to care for him, Becky again stated that she and the vitim retaxed on her bed for most ‘of the morning, and that prior to his death, the victim crawled over to lay on her right arm, however Becky altered her previous statement to me by tating the victim had his face up and visible. Becky stated that she would occasionally give the victim generic medieation for teething and restlessness such as calming tabs, Tylenol, ibuprofen, and Benadryl (uhich is contraindicated in children under the age of 2). Becky was asked what prescriptions she and Eric were currently taking, and she replied both of them were prescribed Xanax and Valium, for pain and anxiety due to injuries they had both sustained separately \When asked about the paraphernalia found in the bedroom, consistent with heroin usage, Becky stated both ‘she and Eric use heroin. When asked how she ingests the heroin, Gecky stated they both snort. Becky stated she did not use any heroin the merning of the victim's death, however, she stated she did snort it the night before. Becky was asked if there was @ chance the victim had come into contact with any herain, she replied that she did not think so, as they were both careful about their use. 10, That on 08/09/2020, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Gill, contacted Det. Rely to relay that he ‘would be labeling the manner of death as a homicide, the cause being acute intoxication due to the combined effects of fentanyl and morphine, with recent cocaine exposure 41, That on the 09/10/2020, | spoke with Mark Anderson, the supervisory analyst for toxicology at the Division ‘of Scientific Services, who informed me that the blood obtained from Becky via consent contained over 6 slfferent controlled substances, induding fentanyl, morphine, cocaine, benzodiazepines, and others. Anderson stated the oficial report withthe complete list would take time to produce. 412, That on 08/21/2020, | examined 75 pages ofthe victim's medical records provided by Children's Medical ‘Associates via Search warrant. | nated in the records, that upon birth, the victim was born with neonatal abstinence syndrome (which occurs ina newborn who was exposed to opioid drugs fora length of time while in the mother’s womb), with withdrawal symptoms. Records aso indicated that maternal substance abuse was affecting the newborn. | also noted that admission history stated mother endorsed Valium use eary in the pregnancy, however she stated to medical staf she discontinued use. Further examination revealed that Becky ‘again changed her statement to medical staf, by admitting to taking multiple asychiatric medications during pregnancy. 1. That on 10/01/2020, at approximately 1930hs, Becky and Esc Depalma ave to Troop Ain order to speak with vestigatrs, Detective Vanes an spoke wth Bec, who dalosed the flowing the nig preceding The wetn's death, she, re and the vc were at her Sse’ for itdey pat for Beck's, Tey let fanmer? eqn smi lo/slzo ee am oe SG Ae se “Tact ag Te ina Bn ij y* ARREST WARRANT APPLICATION boa mee STATE OF CONNECTICUT Cee es ‘SUPERIOR COURT Dixon, Rebecca Oxiora Milford ‘ctr § ‘Affidavit - Continued the party and returned home to Bue Ridge Terrace in Oxford inthe early evening, Becky stated she put the iti to bed, then drove Eric to East Haven for work. Upon her return home, Becky stated she checked on the Victim, used heroin (she could not recall where she used), checked on the vitim again, and then went to sleep asked Becky where she used heroin mostly, and she stated she was very careful, and snorted it off of her phone inthe bathroom, which she would then lck to clean. She also stated she would sometimes use in the bedroom, specifically on the nightstand. | then asked Becky on the morning of the victim's death if she had used heroin, {and she again denied she had, but she dd state she took Valium. Valium is @ benzodlazapine that has sedative properties. | asked Becky if there was a chance she could have dozed or fallen asleep while the victim was on ‘her bed with her, and she replied she could have. | then asked how ambulatory and mobile the victim was, and she stated he was able to shimmy off of the bed and use objects, like the nightstand to lower himself and hold ‘on to. | asked if this could have happened, and she replied It was posible. | asked Becky if she used cocaine. At first she denied it, but then stated the last time she used cocaine was some time ago. | also aked Becky i she ‘was breastfeeding the victim, she stated she was not, and had not been since attempting to after his birth. 14, Detective Flynn and Detective Vayan interviewed Depalma who disclosed the following: Becky had brought him to East Haven the night before the victim's death, and had last used heroin together that morning when they woke up around 8 or 8am. He did not know when Becky had used that night, because she had brought him to East haven, Vayan asked Depala i he used cocaine as well as heroin, and he replied both he and Becky use cocaine, but rarely, and the last time was the week before the victim's death. Depalma stated he always used narcotics in the bathroom. He stated he was careful about it, and used on the window sil. He stated he would then use Clorox wipes to clean up after. Depalma stated Becky used mostly in the bedroom on the nightstand, ‘and would store the heroin In her bra. Depalma stated that Becky would Use her cell hone, and use the “end table next to the bed,” which Depalma stated he had witnessed on several occasions. Detective Vayan asked Depalma i Becky was breastfeeding the victim, and he stated she had not breastfed since her doctors had told her to switch to formula eatly an. 415, That based upon the aforementioned facts and circumstances, | believe probable cause exists and ‘respectfully request that an arrest warrant be issued charging Rebecca Dixon, DOB 05/24/1985 of 7 Blue Ridge Terrace, Oxford, Connecticut with one count of Manslaughter Inthe second degree in violation of CGS 532-56, forthe death ofthe victim inthe Town of Oxford on July 6, 2020,