Dr. Thomas Dixon & David Shepard Arrested In Love Triangle Murder Of Dr.Joseph Sonnie

[Whisper]

Dr. Thomas Michael Dixon, 48, and David Neal Shepard, 51.

LUBBOCK, Texas -- A West Texas plastic surgeon paid someone $9,000 – in the form of three silver bars – to kill another doctor who was dating his ex-girlfriend, police alleged Monday.

Dr. Thomas Michael Dixon and David Neal Shepard were arrested by police in Amarillo shortly after midnight, authorities announced. They are suspected of being involved in the death of Lubbock doctor Dr. Joseph Sonnier III.

An arrest warrant affidavit suggests a love triangle between Dixon, Sonnier and a woman who was not identified by police. The affidavit alleges Dixon offered Shepard the three bars, each with an estimated value of $3,000, to kill Sonnier, who was chief pathologist for Covenant Health System in Lubbock.

Sonnier, 57, was found shot and stabbed Wednesday inside his home in Lubbock, about 120 miles south of the Texas Panhandle city of Amarillo. A window was broken.

Sonnier's girlfriend told a police detective that Dixon, 48, was her ex-boyfriend and that he "insisted on seeing her, even though she was dating Dr. Sonnier," according to the affidavit.

Also, a co-worker of Sonnier told the detective that Sonnier had said that his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend "would not leave her alone," the affidavit says.

Meanwhile, police discovered through an online database that Shepard had sold a 100-ounce bar of silver at an Amarillo pawn shop for $2,750, the affidavit says. His roommate told authorities that Shepard had been watching Sonnier for weeks and texting Dixon.

Shepard told his roommate that he broke into Sonnier's home through a window and shot him several times with a gun Dixon had given him, the affidavit said. He knew several details that investigators had kept private, it said.

Shepard, 51, tried to commit suicide in the days after the murder by cutting his wrists, the roommate allegedly told authorities. The roommate said Dixon closed the wounds, told him to calm down and "suggested that David Shepard leave for a couple of weeks," the affidavit said.

Lubbock Police Capt. Jon Caspell said Monday that he didn't know when Dixon and the woman broke up. Dixon and Sonnier appeared to have known each other aside from the woman, Caspell said.

Dixon is a well-known plastic surgeon in Amarillo. No one answered the phone Monday at his practice, High Plains Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He was transferred from Randall County to the Lubbock County jail on Monday afternoon. Online court records did not yet list an attorney for him.
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[CbabyRKO]

What is it about pussy that makes guys do the dumbest shit...
Then again the same could be said about women and their penises

[Abroad]

I am a bit disappointed that the love triangle wasn't of the three men.......

[Icy]

Texan To Fight Allegation He Killed Doctor

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A Texas plastic surgeon plans to fight allegations that he paid another man thousands of dollars in silver bars to kill a fellow doctor who was dating his ex-girlfriend, a defense attorney said Tuesday.Police claim Dr. Thomas Michael Dixon paid David Neil Shepardthree silver bars, worth about $3,000 each, to kill Dr. Joseph Sonnier III.

Dixon is a well-known plastic surgeon in Amarillo and Sonnier was chief pathologist for Covenant Health System in Lubbock. An arrest warrant affidavit suggests a love triangle between Dixon, Sonnier and a woman police have declined to identify.
That affidavit "raises as many questions as it answers," Lubbock attorney Dan Hurley said Tuesday.

"We're trying to get answers to those questions," he said. "Dr. Dixon intends to fight this, that these allegations are untrue."
Dixon, 48, and David Neal Shepard, 51, were arrested by police in Amarillo early Monday, authorities said.
The affidavit says Shepard was in business with Dixon, though it does not say what that business was or when they met. Shepard's roommate told authorities that Shepard had been watching Sonnier for weeks and texting Dixon.

Sonnier, 57, was found shot and stabbed July 11 inside his home in Lubbock, about 120 miles south of the Texas Panhandle city of Amarillo.
Covenant CEO Richard Parks described Sonnier as "a physician's physician," meaning doctors sought his counsel.

"It's very somber and sad" at Covenant, Parks said. "Joe was a solid man, a very competent physician, a very
charismatic man."
Sonnier's girlfriend told a police detective that Dixon "insisted on seeing her, even though she was dating Dr. Sonnier," according to the affidavit. Also, a co-worker of Sonnier told the detective that Sonnier had said that his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend "would not leave her alone," the affidavit says.

The affidavit does not offer an explanation as to why Dixon would have paid Shepard in silver bars. However, it says police discovered through an online database that Shepard had sold a 100-ounce bar of silver at an Amarillo pawn shop for $2,750.
Missy Bartlett, Sonnier's sister, told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal last week that the doctor's two sons also lost their mother to violence. In July 2010, a marital dispute was suspected to have led to the shooting death of their mother, Becky J. Gallegos.

Gallegos' husband, 62-year-old Juan Gallegos, turned the gun on himself and died at a hospital later.
"After our father died 13 years ago, Joseph became the patriarch of our family," Bartlett told the newspaper. "He really held all of us together."
Calls for comment to Sonnier's sons, Joseph and James Sonnier, were not immediately returned Tuesday. In Shreveport, La., a woman who answered the phone at the home of a relative of Sonnier told The Associated Press that the family declined to comment.

Messages left for relatives of Shepard and Dixon also were not returned.
Shepard's roommate told authorities that Shepard tried to commit suicide in the days after the killing, according to the affidavit. The roommate said Dixon closed the wounds, told him to calm down and "suggested that David Shepard leave for a couple of weeks," the affidavit said.

Shepard told his roommate that he broke into Sonnier's home through a window and shot him several times with a gun Dixon had given him, the affidavit said. Shepard knew several details that investigators had withheld, according to the affidavit about the roommate's discussion with authorities.

Dixon remained in the Lubbock County Criminal Detention Center with bail set at $10 million. Shepard, whose bail amount was expected to be the same, has not yet been brought to Lubbock.
Shepard served 10 years' probation after pleading guilty to theft of about $30,000 in 2001, the Amarillo- Globe News reported. He also pleaded guilty bad check charge in 1999 and paid a fine. Another bad check charge was filed in September.

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[Krystal]

Okay, on the last love triangle we have a picture of the woman, I need one here too. I mean she's screwing doctors she has got to be better looking than the last one, right?

[Icy]

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This is the only photo I could find of her.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-plast...8#.UAg62LTY-gY

Also a video on the page.

[Krystal]

While not as bad as the other woman, I wasn't impressed. She didn't exactly look like she's worth killing over.