William Dix

In the winter of 1993, a senseless act of violence cut short the life of William Howard “Billy” Dix, a 34-year-old man from Halifax County, Virginia. On the evening of February 7th, Dix was working as a clerk at a small convenience store near South Boston when a man named Lance Antonio Chandler Jr. entered with the intention of robbing the establishment.

During the robbery, Chandler, who was 19 years old at the time and under the influence of alcohol and drugs, demanded money from Dix ...