Aisha Dickson: Bangor’s Lost Baby

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

1995 - Bangor, Maine. When Sarah Johnson went upstairs to check on her infant daughter, Aisha Mariah Dickson, she wasn’t expecting to find her not breathing in her crib. The little baby girl was rushed to the hospital where doctors tried everything they could. Aisha was later pronounced dead at just 8-months-old. But the medical examiner made a disturbing discovery during the autopsy: Aisha had died of blunt force trauma. Not only that, but her short life was filled with abuse that was evident in her healing wounds and bones. The only people in the apt on the night of January 6th, 1995 were her mother, Sarah, her grandmother, June, and her father, DeShawn. So which one of them murdered Aisha? Episode sources and photos: https://murdershetold.com/episodes/aisha-dickson Support the show: https://www.murdershetold.com/support Instagram: @murdershetoldpodcast TikTok: @murdershetold Facebook: /mstpodcast Website: murdershetold.com If you have any information on the murder of Aisha Dickson, please call the Bangor Police Dept at (207) 947-7382. ------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Kristen Ceevy, this is Murder She Told.
0:18.9	This episode contains descriptions of child abuse and domestic violence.
0:23.5	Please listen with care.
0:28.4	Three adults were in the house, the night eight-month-old Aja Dixon was beaten to death.
0:33.7	According to her mother, Sarah Johnson, this is what happened.
0:38.5	On Friday, January 6, 1995, Sarah had been at school all morning, while her baby was
0:44.3	at home with her father, Dishon, and her grandmother, June, in their apartment on Bald Mountain
0:49.3	Drive in Bangor, Maine.
0:51.9	After returning home from school, Sarah and her mother, June, took baby Aja to the airport
0:57.0	mall to buy a new television.
0:59.4	At the time, Sarah noticed Aja was fussy, but brushed it off as hunger.
1:04.7	Later that afternoon at home, Sarah played with Aja before giving her a bottle and putting
1:09.6	her to bed upstairs for the night.
1:11.8	Again, she took note of Aja's persistent fussiness.
1:15.9	Sarah's friend and her young son came over while Aja was sleeping, and they watched
1:19.8	something on the new TV set while June lay on the couch.
1:23.4	Dishon was upstairs playing video games.
1:26.5	At some point, Aja woke up crying.
1:29.8	To soothe her, Sarah gave her another bottle.
1:32.9	Aja usually held her own bottles, but this time she didn't even grab for it.
1:37.8	Sarah had to feed her the entire time.
1:40.8	Before putting her back to bed, she put her in her new walker, thinking it would comfort
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