Torture death shocks Illinois town
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080321/capt.6163bc512d9e4f30beb34dcd2eae67ba.torture_slaying_cx301.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=e3Dqz2EbUvIDlXK2Ww81Yg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="A photo released Thursday, March 13, 2008, by the Alton, Ill. police department shows Dorothy Dixon, 29, of Alton, a 29-year-old pregnant, developmentally disabled woman who was found killed Jan. 31, 2008, after being beaten, shot with a BB gun and scalded with hot liquid, according to police. Six people have been charged with first-degree murder, battery and unlawful restraint in the killing. (AP Photo/Alton, Ill. Police Department)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080322/ap_on_re_us/torture_slaying)AP - Banished to the basement, the 29-year-old mother with a childlike mind and another baby on the way had little more than a thin rug and a mattress to call her own on the chilly concrete floor.</p><br clear="all"/>
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