Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A man has been sentenced to 39 years in prison for stabbing April Dixon over 25 times in her South Side Douglas neighborhood apartment, where a janitor later found her “butchered” body, according to prosecutors. Chandus Ousley, 32, was previously convicted of the “grisly” Sept. 21, 2013, murder of … Read more →

April Dixon was fatally stabbed in her Douglas area home in September. Reader “BarbaraJean” recently shared this about her: i cant believe such a great person is gone… she kept it 100 and would give you the shirt off her back. i deeply miss her, and i’m applying for my FOID CARD TODAY! FYI Special … Read more →

Chandus Ousley / Photo from Chicago Police BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor A South Side man has been charged with murder after DNA evidence allegedly linked him to a Douglas area home where April Dixon was found stabbed to death. Chandus Ousley, 29, of the 3500 block of South Rhodes Avenue, was charged … Read more →

A 24-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in her apartment Monday night in the South Side Douglas neighborhood. April Dixon was found dead with multiple stab wounds about 7:10 p.m. inside her apartment in the 3500 block of South Rhodes Avenue, authorities said. Dixon’s family became concerned when she didn’t show up for a … Read more →