Lakewood police have arrested a 38-year-old man in the murder of a 19-year-old woman, whose body was dumped beside highway C-470 in 1998, authorities say.
Adam Dixon was arrested in Concordia, Mo. for investigation of homicide in the murder of Sabrina Stevens, his former girlfriend, according to Steve Davis, Lakewood police spokesman.
On June 8, 1998, Stevens’ body was found along C-470 about a mile south of Interstate-70 after a truck driver pulled over, Davis said.
The driver spotted what he thought was a mannequin beside the road and later realized it was a human body, he said.
Authorities believed someone had killed Stevens, who has been staying with friends, at another location and then dumped her body near the highway, Davis said.
The cause of death was not readily apparent, but an autopsy by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office concluded that her death was a homicide.
Dixon was questioned several times by detectives after the discovery of her body. Although Dixon was not arrested then, he remained a suspect in Stevens’ death, Davis said.
Dixon is being held in a Missouri jail pending an extradition.
Authorities believe he will be transferred to the Jefferson County Jail within a few weeks.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com
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