Dr. Joseph Sonnier III
Obituary for Dr. Joseph Sonnier III
The killing of Dr. Joseph Sonnier
Slain Texas Doctor’s Wife Also Murdered Two Years Ago
Texas Doctors Love Triangle: A Timeline of Events in This Twisted Murder-For-Hire Case
Texas Plastic Surgeon Accused of Love Triangle Murder-for-Hire
Mistrial Declared In Plastic Surgeon’s Murder Case
Ex-girlfriends testify in Dixon trial
Texas Jury Deliberates In Surgeon’s Capital Murder Retrial
Dixon found guilty of capital murder in Sonnier case
Jury finds Thomas Michael Dixon guilty on 2 capital murder counts (there are links there to the articles on the trial)
Victim Impact Statements
Texas Monthly: A Deadly Dance (a great article)
Movies/Documentaries
Dateline: Obsession in the Lone Star State
Shadow of Doubt: The Doctor Is Out
20/20: A Last Dance in Texas
It Takes A Killer: A Treacherous Triangle
Defendants
Thomas Michael Dixon – convicted, sentenced to LWOP
David Neal Shepard – pled guilty, sentenced to LWOP
INMATE INFORMATION
SID Number: 50104746
TDCJ Number: 02055626
Name: DIXON, THOMAS
Race: W
Gender: M
DOB: 1964-03-25
Maximum Sentence Date: LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE
Current Facility: ALLRED
Projected Release Date: LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE
Parole Eligibility Date: LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE
INMATE INFORMATION
SID Number: 06615766
TDCJ Number: 01881758
Name: SHEPARD, DAVID
Race: W
Gender: M
DOB: 1961-02-15
Maximum Sentence Date: LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE
Current Facility: CONNALLY
Projected Release Date: LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE
Parole Eligibility Date: LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE
Offense History
Offense Date: 2012-07-10
Offense: CAPITAL MURDER
Sentence Date: 2013-09-16
County: LUBBOCK
Case No.: 2012-435941
Sentence: LWOP
