Terrance Boyd Dixon, 55, was arrested on August 14 and on Thursday was charged with murder
A suspected murderer turned himself into police after he was on the run for a month and hitchhiked his way to his wife to give her a final goodbye.
Terrance Boyd Dixon, 55, is suspected of killing 64-year-old Michael Downie on July 27 in his Concord, California home.
Dixon turned himself in nearly a month later on August 14 and on Thursday he was charged with murder.
Dixon allegedly beat the victim to death with a fire poker in an enraged plot of revenge, as Downie testified against Dixon in a decades-old case that sent him to jail, cops say.
Downie had even told friends he feared that Dixon would come after him for vengeance.
Following the alleged murder, Dixon ran.
He stole Downie’s car and sold it in Yolo County, California, then hitchhiked to the small town of Bandon, Oregon where his wife lived according to the East Bay Times.
Cops say he wanted to hug her one last time before turning himself in.
On August 14 his wife phoned police saying Dixon wanted to turn himself in.
Bandon police Chief Bob Webb arrested Dixon outside of the police station that same day.
Dixon is suspected of murdering 64-year-old Michael Downie on July 27 in his Concord, California home on the 1200 block of Pine Creek Way, the street pictured above
Following the alleged murder, Dixon stole his victim’s car and sold it then hitchhiked from California to Bandon, Oregon, where his wife lived so he could give her a final goodbye
Dixon was on the run for a month before he turned himself in.
Downie’s body was discovered on July 27 by friends checking in at his home on the 1200 block of Pine Creek Way.
Following Downie’s murder Dixon was publicly identified as a suspect and a warrant was issued.
Dixon has been charged with murder and is being transported to Contra Costa jail in California.
Dixon has prior convictions for attempted murder and robbery in Nevada, according to the district attorney’s office.