A California woman pleaded guilty to a 2021 murder charge in addition to two other open cases she was facing.
In June 2021, 30-year-old Kelsey Ann Dillon made a video pleading for help to get off the streets, saying she had been thrown over a freeway off-ramp into a ditch and brutally raped three nights before.
Along with the video, she created a GoFundMe page seeking to raise $600 to buy a van to live in. She titled the page “Can’t live on the streets anymore.”
“I think that’s my last straw,” Dillon said of being raped. “I would like to be off the streets and anywhere safe.”She never found that safe place.
On September 24, one day before Dillon’s 31st birthday, California Highway Patrol officers found her body in the brush between ramps for state Route 33 near N. Olive and Main streets in Ventura. She was found two days after she was killed.
According to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, 41-year-old Sandra Dillard fatally stabbed Dillon in September 2021.
Prior to being arrested for Dillon’s murder, Dillard was detained in July of 2022 for grand theft of a firearm after stealing a shotgun from her roommate.
Two days later, Dillard attacked a female deputy at the Todd Road Jail in Santa Paula and was charged with battery on a peace officer.
An investigation into Dillon’s death led CHP officers to Dillard, who was arrested for the killing on September 27, 2022.
“I am grateful that justice has been done for Kelsey Dillon and her family,” said Deputy District Attorney Ben Moreno, who prosecuted all three cases against Dillard. “While nothing can undo the damage done by the defendant’s heinous actions, I am hopeful that this quick resolution will aid Kelsey’s family in their healing process.”
Dillard is scheduled to be sentenced on March 28.
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