Public School's Security Guard Killer

McCrary invades home of former lover and commits homicide on Thanksgiving.

January 1, 2011

MICHIGAN FUGITIVE NEWS -- A failed relationship leads to personal case homicide on Thanksgiving in the Detroit metropolitan area. A former security guard for the Ferndale Public School District, Darius Martice McCrary is sought by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office for the murder of 38-year-old Fredericka Dixon at her residence in the Leggett Farm neighborhood in Ferndale.

Most Wanted Darius Martice McCrary - 2006 photo

According to Oakland County Sheriff's Office, at approximately 8:30 p.m. on November 25, 2010, Investigators responded to a location on Westview Ave in Royal Oak Township, that location being Fredericka Dixon's residence, which falls under the jurisdiction of Oakland County Sheriff's Office. Upon arrival, Investigators discovered Fredericka Dixon non-respondent with gunshot wounds to her abdomen. Investigators performed CPR until Emergency Medical Technicians arrived, both failed to revive the victim. Fredericka Dixon was pronounced dead at the scene, and Investigators immediately began treating the crime as a homicide.

McCrary, Dixon and her three children lived together until 2007, when the couple separated. McCrary had no biological connection to the children. Dixon began to date and move on with her life. However, McCrary stayed obsessed with the woman. Furthermore, learning of the existence of another man in Dixon's life angered McCrary, and within recent weeks he was said to have threatened Dixon with violence.

According to witnesses and Dixon's 18-year-old son, who was purportedly standing near his mother when Darius Martice McCrary shot the woman, McCrary had gone to the Westview Ave duplex, kicked in the door, and immediately opened fire hitting the mother. McCrary then attempted to murder the son, but he ran out of the apartment. McCrary chased the son, firing at him. However, McCrary's gunshots missed the son allowing him time to escape.

Darius Martice McCrary is described as:

• Birth Date: August 15, 1991
• Height: 77 inches
• Weight: 165 pounds
• Eyes: Brown
• Hair: Black
• Sex: Male
• Race: Black

Darius Martice McCrary has a criminal history dating back to when he was a juvenile. Convictions include two property thefts, uttering and publishing, and an unarmed robbery at age 13. Additionally, McCrary was employed by the Ferndale Public School District as a Security Guard for the Grant Early Childhood center in Ferndale. McCrary was last known to be driving a red 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix with a Michigan license plate CBY-0827. Considering McCrary's deviant history and present felony charges for:

• 750.316 First degree murder
• 750.83 Assault with intent to commit murder.
• 750.110a First Degree Home Invasion
• Four counts of 750.227b Carrying or possessing firearm when committing or attempting to commit felony

McCrary should obviously be considered antisocial or psychopathic. He was also last known to be armed with a handgun, and is a dangerous fugitive. He should not be approached or confronted by the general public. Anyone with knowledge of the location of this fugitive murderer, Darius Martice McCrary, most wanted for this personal case homicide is asked to notify your local police and Oakland County Sheriff's Office at 248-858-4911 or 800-773-2587.