Willie Brown, Jr.

Willie Brown, Jr. (November 24, 1944 – April 21, 2006), was sentenced to death on November 15, 1983 by the Martin County, North Carolina Superior Court for the March 6, 1983 [...] of Vallerie Ann Roberson Dixon.

Valerie Dixon, 29, was reported missing on March 6, 1983 from the Zip Mart (now Chicken Kitchen) in Williamston, North Carolina where she worked the late-night to early-morning shift. She was found later; she had been shot six times in the back of the head. When police stopped Brown he had a pistol and a bag of money, from the Zip Mart, and he was also driving Dixon's car.

After several last-minute attempts by his lawyers to stay his execution failed, Brown was put to death on April 21, 2006 at 2:00 a.m. and was pronounced dead at 2:11 a.m.

See also

  • List of individuals executed in Southern Carolina
  • Capital punishment in the Canadian