Age: Baby – Page 17 – Disability Day of Mourning

Deondray Ashe

Photo of a toddler in a baby seat. He has large brown eyes, brown skin, and wispy black hair. He is wearing an orange shirt. Name: Deondray “Dooley” Ashe.
Died: June 14, 2010.
Age at death: 2.
Cause of death: Beating.
Location: Lakeland, Florida, USA.
Disability: Chronic bilateral subdural hematoma, cerebral palsy, developmental delays, tracheotomy.

Details:
Dooley’s stepfather beat him to death during potty training.

Case status:
Marcus Brown (Stepfather), pleaded guilty to manslaughter, sentenced to 12-and-a-half years.
Ina Brown, convicted of aggravated manslaughter, sentenced to 10 years.

Source:
Deondray Ashe Obituary (2010) Tampa Bay Times
Innocents Lost: In prison for manslaughter, a mom deals with regret, denial
Prosecutor Calls 2-Year-Old Deondray Ashe Beating ‘Horrifying’

Payton Ettinger

Name: Payton Ettinger.
Died: May 17, 2010.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Starvation.
Location: Greensburg, Indiana, USA.
Disability: Brain injury.

Details:
Payton was starved to death by his mother, who neglected him so badly that he weighed less at four years old than he did at one year old.

Case status:
Courtney Tressler (Mother), pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent; sentenced to 10 years in jail.

Source:
Ind. mom charged with starving 4-year-old to death
Indiana mom charged with son’s death
Tressler Accused Of Starving Son, 4, To Death
10-year sentence in case involving neglect of dependent

Asher Bashir

Name: Asher Abdussalam Bashir.
Died: August 26, 2009.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Drowning.
Location: Paradise Valley, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Disability: Cerebral palsy, autism.

Details:
Asher loved being in the water. Though he could not swim, he had no fear of drowning. Knowing this, his mother led him to their backyard pool and left him sitting next to it while she went into the house for twenty minutes. Asher got into the pool and drowned.

Case status:
Nadia Bashir (Mother), convicted of negligent homicide and child abuse; faces a maximum sentence of 4 years.

Source:
Autism Memorial: Asher Bashir
Woman found guilty in ’09 drowning death of son, 4
Jury Finds Nadia Bashir Guilty in Drowning Death of Her Four Year-Old Child
Asher Bashir
Nadia H. BASHIR, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Susanna C. PINEDA, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Maricopa, Respondent Judge, State of Arizona, Real Party in Interest.

Lindsey Alvarez

No Photo Name: Lindsey Angela Alvarez.
Died: August 4, 2009.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Salt poisoning.
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Lindsey was brought to the emergency room, vomiting and having difficulty breathing. A few days later, she was dead from severe brain swelling caused by an excess of salt.

Doctors determined that Lindsey had ingested at least seven and a half teaspoons of salt–a fatal dose. A coroner also found that Lindsey had fractured ribs, a broken ankle, and fingertip-shaped bruises on her neck.

Case status:
Nearly five years after her death, a judge decided that there was a good chance Lindsey had been deliberately abused or murdered and that despite her severe autism, Lindsey would not voluntarily have eaten such a large amount of salt. The investigation into her death is ongoing.

Source:
Autism Memorial: Lindsey Angela Alvarez
Child salt poison inquest is halted after coroner felt an ‘offence may have been committed’
Coroner halts inquest into salt poisoning death
Autistic girl, 4, killed by too much salt
Adult could have administered salt that killed girl of four, inquest told
Coroner uneasy over little girl’s injuries after inquest fails to establish how she died from salt poisoning

Parion Williams

No Photo Name: Parion Williams.
Died: July 9, 2009.
Age at death: 16 months.
Cause of death: Malnutrition.
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Disability: Cerebral palsy, congenital syphillis.

Details:
Parion was losing weight, and his doctor told his mother that he needed to see a specialist. Parion never saw the specialist, and died of starvation.

Case status:
Mandisa Z. Randolph (Mother), charged with child neglect.

Source:
Investigators tried to visit home of baby who later died
Woman failed to seek treatment for baby who died, complaint says

Caden Rivera

Vignette photo of Caden Rivera, a toddler boy with wavy brown hair and olive-toned skin. Name: Caden Rivera.
Died: April 22, 2009.
Age at death: 2.
Cause of death: Blunt force abdominal trauma.
Location: Cape May County, New Jersey, USA.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.

Details:
Caden’s mother’s boyfriend beat him to death.

Case status:
Damian Rodriguez (Mother’s boyfriend), pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter, sentenced to 11-13 years.

Source:
Cape May disabled toddler dies while under DYFS supervision
Wildwood man sentenced to 13 years in Woodbine toddler’s death

Julian Adams-Lacas

Photo of Julian Adams-Lacas, an infant with blue eyes, fair skin, and a cleft lip. Name: Julian Adams-Lacas.
Died: February 2, 2009.
Age at death: 6 months.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA.
Disability: Bilateral cleft lip and palate.

Details:
Julian’s father killed him by shaking him or smashing his head against the floor.

Case status:
Justin Taylor (Father), child abuse resulting in death, 48 years.

Source:
Julian Adams Lacas

Jocelynn Allison

Photo of a toddler girl with strawberry-blonde hair and pale skin. She has a large forehead. Her wispy hair is pulled into two ponytails on top of her head. She is wearing a purple sweater. Her smile shows her two front baby teeth. Name: Jocelynn Allison.
Died: September 24, 2008.
Age at death: 15 months.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Wasilla, Alaska, USA.
Disability: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, hydrocephalus.

Details:
Because Jocelynn didn’t want to eat and threw food, her father allegedly slapped her, sending her head backward to collide with her high chair. She died of a head injury. At autopsy, she had injuries consistent with long-term abuse and shaken baby syndrome.

Her family remembers, “Any music would cause her to start singing, clapping and dancing, and would send everyone around her into fits of laughter and joy.”

Case status:
Clayton Allison (Father), convicted of second-degree murder; conviction overturned because the trial had not considered Jocelynn’s Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Convicted of negligent homicide at retrial, which carries a maximum penalty of 3 years; released because he had already served that much time.

Source:
Retrial jury clears Wasilla man of murder charge in toddler daughter’s death but finds him guilty of negligent homicide
Jocelynn Renee Allison (2007-2008) – Find A Grave…
Murder conviction overturned for Wasilla man charged with killing 15-month-old daughter
Wasilla man convicted of daughter’s murder denies abuse

Ethan Kirby

Photo of a small boy with pale skin and auburn hair, wearing a blue and white checked polo shirt. Name: Ethan Scott Kirby.
Died: August 23, 2008.
Age at death: 3.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Conroe, Texas, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Ethan died of a head injury inflicted by his mother’s boyfriend during a beating.

Case status:
Chase Cannon (Mother’s boyfriend), murder, 50 years.

Source:
Autism Memorial: Ethan Scott Kirby
Conroe man receives 50 years for murder of autistic child
Child murderer sentenced

James Many White Horses

Blurry photo of a baby with light skin and dark-brown hair. Name: James Many White Horses.
Died: Around July 21, 2008.
Age at death: 2.
Cause of death: Suspicious death.
Location: Great Falls, Montana, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
James’s mother abused him, neglected him, and finally put him in her car trunk and left him there. He was found dead in the trunk over a month later.

Case status:
Summer Many White Horses (Mother), convicted of negligent homicide and tampering with evidence, sentenced to 13 years 9 months to 55 years in prison.

Source:
Mother gets 55 years for son’s death
Autism Memorial: James Many White Horses
Family gathers to remember toddler
James Many White Horses
Many White Horses sentenced on federal fraud charges
Summer Many White Horses’ 2-year-old has been found
Affidavit: Mom of Toddler Found Dead in Trunk Told Police Son Died Accidentally Months Before