Suspect in Escambia Co. Jail

Escambia County District Attorney Steve Billy told District Judge Eric Coale that Caleb Scott Anderson met Flomaton resident Anthony Dixon through an adult website app and that Anderson came to Flomaton with one goal – to kill Dixon.

Dixon, 52, was found stabbed to death shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 3, inside his 231 Dixon Road residence and Anderson was quickly identified as a suspect.

Billy told Judge Coale that Anderson is a suspect in a murder that occurred Aug. 2 in Green Bay, Wisc., and has outstanding warrants for his arrest for attempted kidnapping of a 16-year old female who was jogging in Michigan.

Anderson, 23, was arrested last Wednesday on the warrants from Michigan in Helena, Ala., in Shelby County. At the time of his arrest, Anderson was driving the vehicle owned by the murder victim in Wisconsin. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency filed warrants for Anderson's arrest last Friday charging him with burglary I and the murder of Dixon, and Anderson was transported back to the Escambia County Detention Center late last Wednesday.

During the bond hearing before Judge Coale, Billy pointed out that Anderson was from Michigan and had no ties to the community. The district attorney said he considered Anderson to be a flight risk and asked for no bond. He also informed the judge of his arrest warrants in Michigan and said that Anderson was a suspect in the other murder in Wisconsin.

"It was an intentional act set up through an adult app," Billy said of Anderson. "He came to Flomaton to kill Mr. Dixon. He has a criminal history and is a threat to the community."

Anderson told Judge Coale that while in the Shelby County Jail he had waived extradition to go back to Michigan to face those charges.

Court records show Anderson's address at the Shelby County Jail, however he told Judge Coale his address was 54 Bengal St., Caspian, Mich.

Judge Coale gave Anderson no bond on the murder charges against Dixon. Anderson also requested an attorney be appointed to represent him in Escambia County. Judge Coale appointed the public defender's office to represent Anderson but told Anderson that he had the right to hire his own attorney if he wished.

Emergency personnel were first dispatched to Dixon's Dixon Road residence to a medical call and found Dixon suffering from multiple stab wounds. Dixon was pronounced dead at the scene.

After determining Dixon had been stabbed to death, Flomaton Police Chief Chance Thompson contacted ALEA, which took over the investigation.

Published reports also state that Anderson is a suspect in the arson of a church in Greenville that apparently occurred after he left Flomaton and before he reached Shelby County.