Dallas, Texas: Nigerian car dealer, William Dikeocha, found murdered
By PAM HARRIS

obbery may have been the motive to the weekend killing of a car salesman found inside his place of business over the weekend.



Pleasant Grove business owner William Dikeocha was found murdered early Sunday morning.
PHOTO: Texas Dept. of Public Safety




William Dikeocha moved to North Texas 15 years ago from Nigeria. He owned the Winds Group Auto Sales car dealership in Pleasant Grove and was also an accountant during tax season.

"It's very devastating to all of us," one friend said.

Monday family and friends gathered to mourn the loss of the devoted husband, father, and friend.

"He's a family man," his cousin Ben Ndukwa explained. "He comes back in time to be with the five kids. He has five kids, four girls and one boy, the oldest is just 12."

But the 45-year-old's life was cut short this past weekend. His body was found inside the car dealership he owned in Pleasant Grove.

Police were called by a babysitter after Dikeocha didn't pick up one of his children. That's when they discovered his body Sunday Morning.

Police say Dikeocha had been tied up in a bloody bathroom and there was broken furniture and glass throughout the business.

The murder has Dikeochas' family and friends wondering who could be responsible for killing someone who was well known and well liked in the Nigerian community.

"I have never heard him say that somebody's upset with him," family friend Joe Opurum said. "So, that's why it is very hard and difficult for us to understand what went wrong."

Officials at the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office say Dikeocha was smothered to death.

A 2002 Jaguar, owned by Dikeocha, was stolen the night he was murdered. Police recovered it less than a mile away from his business Sunday night.

Anyone with information about the murder is asked to contact Dallas police detectives at (214) 671-3661.

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No mention of a wife while he had sole custody of 5 children. Could he be divorced and could his wife be a suspect?

He was killed by a hate group.
Racism still exists.

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