A middle school counselor has been found dead after being accused of sending a string of creepy text messages to a 14-year-old former student.
Quinton Dixon, 44, was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside the cafeteria of an abandoned Baton Rouge, La, school on Jan. 28.
The former Westdale Middle School counselor was placed on leave on Jan. 15 – just weeks before he was found dead. Coroners have ruled his death a suicide.
Dixon, who worked for the school district since August 2022, allegedly sent a string of disturbing messages to the girl on Instagram between November and January, according to an arrest warrant seen by The Advocate.
He allegedly asked the girl, a former student, if she had a boyfriend. He then allegedly said she was attractive, hinted at a future romantic relationship and offered to drive her home.
Dixon still sent the messages even though he knew she was in high school, according to the warrant.
Cops described the messages as being “consistent with grooming behavior in pursuit of an intimate relationship with the minor victim,” The Advocate reported.
The girl told cops about the messages after Dixon allegedly tried to talk to her while she was walking home from school.
The supposed texts were later posted online, but it’s not known who shared them, according to the Louisiana newspaper.
The messages were also handed over to the school, which led to Dixon being placed on leave.
Dixon faced four counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile before he took his own life.
“Today, the East Baton Rouge Parish School System was notified of the passing of an employee,” East Baton Rouge school officials told WBRZ-TV after being told about Dixon’s death.
