Alton woman sentenced to 7 years in daughter s death
Emily Hampshire ‘didn’t have anyone fighting for her’ according to judge
Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com
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Amber Hampshire is comforted as she sits in a wheelchair Tuesday morning during a break at her sentencing hearing before Madison County Circuit Judge Kyle A. Napp. Hampshire pled guilty in October 2020 to involuntary manslaughter in the death of her 14-year-old diabetic daughter, Emily Hampshire. Charges filed in 2018, after her daughter’s death, accuse the Alton woman of failing to provide medical care for her daughter’s diabetic condition.John Badman|The TelegraphShow MoreShow Less
Dave Tanzyus will be appointed Madison County administrator at a special board meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
A former aide to Republican Congressman Mike Bost, Tanzyus has been serving in Chairman Kurt Prenzler s administration since December when the board confirmed his appointment as community development administrator.
With 30 years of government experience, Tanzyus will fill the seat that had been occupied by administrator Doug Hulme, who was terminated by the county board last April.
Prenzler also will appoint Chris Bethel as IT director.
Bethel started working for IT in January 2017, under former director Rob Dorman, whom the county board also terminated last April. Bethel began as a project manager, then became manager of network services.
Authorities identify body found in rural Edwardsville
Brittany Johnson Hearst Illinois
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Authorities have identified a Georgia woman who was found dead Saturday morning at the intersection of Illinois State Route 143 and Goshen Road just outside Edwardsville.
The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis, in conjunction with law enforcement in Georgia, is investigating the case after deputies received a call at about 5:49 a.m. Saturday from a citizen who found the woman in the road.
On Sunday, the woman was identified as Tykeisha Marie Dixon (Henderson), 33, of Roswell, Georgia. She was identified by evidence at the scene and through the assistance of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and local law enforcement.
Missing Georgia woman found dead in Illinois, authorities searching for her husband WSBTV.com News Staff
Tykiesha Marie Dixon, 33, was reported missing by unidentified family members on May 8.
Just before 6 a.m. the same day, someone in Madison County, Illinois found a woman’s body lying on the roadway just outside Edwardsville, Illinois. She was later identified as Dixon.
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The Madison County Sheriff’s Office say they were able to identify Dixon based on evidence found at the scene alongside help from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
After identifying her, authorities learned she had been listed as a missing person in Georgia.
MADISON COUNTY A body found Saturday on a road near Edwardsville is that of a Georgia woman who was reported missing along with her husband.
The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis said Tykeisha Marie Dixon, 33, of Roswell, Georgia, was identified through evidence at the scene and with the help of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
Dixon was discovered dead early Saturday at the intersection of Illinois 143 and Goshen Road. Police sought the public s help to identify her through her tattoos. Authorities have not said how Dixon died but said foul play is suspected.
On Sunday, police released her name and said her family reported her missing on Saturday, along with her husband, 39-year-old Luther Luke Lee Henderson Jr.