In 1994, 22-year-old Tammy Dixon was preparing for a new start in life.

She was a recently divorced young mother and was looking ahead to her new beginning. But Tammy would never get to fully realize the dreams she had for herself.

What happened the night Tammy was killed?

A trial resulted in a conviction for Tammy's accused killer,

and for many, there is no doubt that the man in prison was rightfully convicted.

For others, however, new information has some wondering

if the man who actually murdered Tammy might still be walking free.

I'm Kylie Lowe and this is Tammy Dixon's story on Dark Down East. Tammy was no stranger to new starts. She had been raised in the Bitteford-Saco area, a coastal part of the land we now call

Maine, just a few miles from popular old orchard beach. She left home when she was just 15 years old. Tammy later married a man named

Anthony Dixon and they had a child together in 1992, a little boy.

In early 1994, however, Tammy and Anthony divorced and agreed to share custody of their son.

According to a 2001 report in the Bangor Daily News,

theirs was an amicable divorce

that had been finalized just days before Tammy died.

Tammy was petite, only standing at 5 foot 2 inches tall and weighing about 100 pounds.

She had a bright smile and dark brown hair which she kept short and liked to wear in spikes.

Eric Russell reported for the Portland Press Herald that Friends described Tammy as outgoing and trusting.

She was living at the Cortland Court Apartments in South Portland, Maine in the winter of

1994, but was in the process of packing up her belongings and getting ready to move back to the old Orchard Beach area nearby where she grew up.

In her third floor apartment at Cortland Court, Tammy liked to keep her curtains open and didn't usually lock her apartment door.

The building required a pass code to even get inside, for the most part Tammy felt safe there.

She knew a lot of her neighbors and was well liked. To support herself and provide for her

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