Chi Omega murderer finally found
 

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/020...ct_arrest.html

POMONA — A former Monrovia gang member was behind bars today in connection with the 2001 kidnapping and murder of a Cal Poly Pomona student on her way to a fraternity party.


James Winslow Dixon, 32, who was arrested at his home Jan. 14 and booked on suspicion of murder at the sheriff's Walnut Station, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Pomona Superior Court. He was being held at the Men's Central Jail pending arraignment.

Christina Burmeister, 20, of Cerritos, disappeared on the evening of Aug. 17, 2001 after stopping in Pomona to buy cigarettes, and her body was found in the morning in her Chevrolet S-10 pickup, near Mile Marker 20-1 on San Gabriel Canyon (39) Road north of Azusa.

The Chi Omega sorority member, who was found with her throat slit, had been on her way to a fraternity party in Pomona when she was abducted.

"It's hard to think about it, what happened to her, the fear she must have had," Cliff Burmeister, Christina's father, told a local TV station. "It makes you sad that you couldn't have been there to help her."

Christina's mother Rosie said she was grateful for the arrest, but her daughter is "still gone."

"She was the one that brought the greatest joy to our lives, a smile to our hearts, a smile to our faces," Rosie Burmeister told the station. "I don't think I've smiled much since she died."

Rosie Burmeister said the family would be there for Dixon's court appearances.

"They need to know that she was a wonderful live person," she said. "She was one of a family that was loved and in just a hearbeat, they took her away from everything she had for absolutely no reason."

DNA taken from a cigar butt found in or near the truck tied Dixon to the crime -- thanks to Proposition 69, which was passed in November and required all felons to submit genetic material to a statewide crime database, according to sheriff's Detective Philip Guzman. Dixon, an ex-felon, was released from prison in 1993, he said.

Surveillance video from a Washington Mutual bank machine in Montclair shortly before midnight on the night of Burmeister's disappearance, showed a hooded woman using Burmeister's ATM car to make three withdrawals -- two for $100 and one for $200.

The female suspect remains at large.

I had just graduated when this happened and knew Christina. She was a great person and fun to be around. I'm so glad that her murderer has finally been found. Now I hope they can find the woman that was involved.

Bobby, did you know Christina?

It was the summer after my freshman year. I had her in two classes ( i forget what they were though :( ) . We use to crack jokes to each other in class.

I think our whole school just let out a major sigh with some tears. We are all so happy they found this asshole.

justice
 

so glad to hear this case did not fall thru the cracks. here's hoping justice will be served!!

Burmeister suspect denies killing woman

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I didn't know Cris personally - only just met her once or twice through others in the Greek community. I can't believe this guy has the balls to say he didn't do it though even in the face of DNA evidence.

thank god the beginnings of some closure to this sad case.

Death Penalty Sought
 

What a beautiful woman - how terribly sad that it happened. :(

Oh man! I am glad this thing got solved.



Great news for all the greeks at CPP, the Beta Kappa chapter of Chi Omega and especially the Burmeister family.










eta: on a random note. the author of the article is a Sigma Kappa and a Pike diamond girl! DJ, if you're reading this...what what girl! ;)

I'm so glad that the police were finally able to make an arrest in this case. It's nice to know that, even after four years, they were still working hard to solve it.

Killer gets death for 2001 throat-slashing of Cal Poly student
 

Killer gets death for 2001 throat-slashing of Cal Poly student
POMONA, Calif. (AP) - A man convicted of raping and slashing the throat of a Cal Poly Pomona student has been sentenced to death.

James Winslow Dixon Jr., 35, was sentenced Thursday for the 2001 murder of Christina Burmeister and for two unrelated rapes that took place in 1996.
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/killer-...28134809990010

Thank God - and here's hoping justice is served as soon as possible.

Out of curiosity, why did it take so long to move this through trial? They caught the guy in 2005, and according to a post on here, they decided to go for the death penalty in early 2006. He wasn't convicted until a couple weeks ago.

Thank you for the update.

Peppy, that speed is normal for a murder trial in most of the country. It takes that long to put the case together.
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