A Collin County jury has sentenced a father of six to life in prison for repeatedly physically abusing and starving his children.
In 2021, Kevin Dixon, 28, of Princeton, was accused by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services of failing to provide proper living conditions for his six children, according to the Collin County district attorney’s office. He was also warned of his excessive discipline methods.
In February 2025, DFPS learned that five of his children had become severely malnourished, weighed “far less than normal for their ages” and had numerous marks and permanent scars across their bodies, according to prosecutors.
All the children were under 10 years old, with the youngest being 2 years old.
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In interviews with child advocates, the children described physical abuse, severe neglect, being deprived of food and repeatedly hit with belts and cords, prosecutors said.
Dixon pled guilty and was sentenced on seven counts of injury to a child, causing serious bodily injury.