Shelby County Sheriff Gene Cavenaugh places handcuffs on Dixie
Shanahan after
she was convicted of second-degree murder as he talks
to her attorney Greg
Steensland on Friday at the Shelby County
Courthouse. (AP photo)

Dixie Shanahan at her trial.

A photo from the trial showing Dixie Shanahan's abuse.

The the body of Scott Shanahan was discovered in the Defiance,
Iowa, home, pictured above.
(Photo by AP Photo)
The victim
