Relationship: Partner – Page 17 – Disability Day of Mourning

Heidi Winchester

Name: Heidi Anne “Annie” Winchester.
Died: January 30, 2019.
Age at death: 50.
Cause of death: Sharp-force trauma.
Location: Lake Oswego, Oregon, USA.
Disability: Terminal cancer.

Details:
Annie’s husband killed her with a box cutter.

During her fight with rectal cancer, Annie formed a group called Annie’s Cancer Club, where she and other people with cancer could support each other.

Case status:
Michael Winchester (Husband), found guilty of manslaughter except for insanity.

Source:
Lake Oswego husband who killed ill wife spared prison
Criminal trial postponed for Lake Oswego murder suspect
Police: Lake Oswego man admits to killing wife, who had terminal cancer
Lake Oswego Police Say How They Think Heidi Winchester Was Killed
Husband confesses to killing wife in Lake Oswego
Friends say woman killed in Lake Oswego was battling cancer; husband charged with murder

Tina Stimmell

Name: Tina Marie Stimmell.
Died: January 29, 2019.
Age at death: 56.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Mohave Valley, Arizona, USA.
Disability: Kidney failure.

Details:
Tina was the mother of three children. She was also caring for three grandchildren.

Tina’s husband shot her as she slept. He claimed it was a mercy killing.

Case status:
James Manker (Husband), convicted of second-degree murder, sentenced to 13 years in prison.

Source:
13-year prison sentence ordered in claimed mercy killing
Tina Marie Stimmell, age 56
Statement claims suicide attempt failed before murder

Sudesh Gupta

No Photo Name: Sudesh Gupta.
Died: January 9, 2019.
Age at death: 67.
Cause of death: Strangulation.
Location: Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Disability: Paralysis.

Details:
Sudesh’s wife told police that masked assailants had killed her husband. However, police say that when they questioned her further, she told them she had been frustrated at the expense of medical treatment and the effort of caring for him and strangled him.

Case status:
Subash Kumari (Wife), charged with murder.

Source:
Murder Mystery solved in Jammu : Wife killed Bed-ridden Husband
Elderly woman strangulates bedridden husband to death: Police
Gandhi Nagar police solved murder case; accused apprehended

Delanie Manning

No Photo Name: Delanie Manning.
Died: December 19, 2018.
Age at death: 68.
Cause of death: Neglect.
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
Disability: Chronic illness; bedbound.

Details:
In the six months she had had to stay in bed, Delanie was only moved three times. She developed severe pressure sores and lost more than a third of her body weight. When she died from neglect, she weighed 90 pounds and had a broken femur and multiple pressure sores.

Case status:
Serviano Ruiz (Husband), convicted of abuse of a vulnerable adult, sentenced to 2 years; died while incarcerated.

Source:
Man charged with neglect in death of bedridden wife
Lincoln man charged with abuse after bedridden wife found with skin peeling, bone exposed
Nebraska Man Charged With Abuse After Bedridden Wife Dies

Sheila Small

No Photo
Name: Sheila Small.
Died: December 18, 2018.
Age at death: 73.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: West Bowling, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Sheila was bludgeoned to death by her husband, who hit her with a rolling pin, a bottle, and a walking stick before she died from her injuries. At autopsy, she was found to have partly-healed fractures, indicating chronic physical abuse.

Case status:
Edward Small (Husband), convicted of murder, sentenced to 14 years to life in prison.

Source:
Man jailed for killing wife with rolling pin
Edward Small, of Raymond Drive, on trial accused of murdering his wife
Great-grandad beat dementia-suffering wife to death with rolling pin
Great-grandfather, 76, jailed for life for beating wife of 50 years to death with rolling pin

Steven Hinrichsen

Name: Steven Hinrichsen
Died: December 15, 2018.
Age at death: 63.
Cause of death: Stabbing.
Location: Morphett Vale, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Disability: Used wheelchair and walking frame after surgery.

Details:
Steven was found stabbed to death, with high levels of prescription pain medication in his body sufficient to sedate him and render him helpless. It is believed Steven’s wife, her boyfriend, and a friend thought Steven was “an inconvenience” and planned to kill him. Text messages show that Steven was assaulted by his wife’s boyfriend multiple times before his murder.

Case Status:
Tanya Hinrichsen (Wife), found guilty of murder, sentenced to 22 years to life; conviction set aside and retrial ordered.
Gavin Scott Skinner (Wife’s boyfriend), found guilty of murder, sentenced to 24 years to life.
Robert John Thrupp (Friend), found guilty of manslaughter, sentenced to at least 7 years.

Source:
SA woman granted retrial over alleged involvement in husband’s murder
Love triangle murder details revealed as wife and lover jailed for killing wheelchair-bound husband
Wife and lover jailed for two decades over stabbing murder of husband
Trio jailed over love-triangle killing
Daughter’s ‘shock and sadness’ at learning of father’s murder while she was giving birth
Hinrichsen, Skinner, Thrupp murder trial: ‘Desperate’ lovers allegedly conspired to kill husband
Three charged over murder of grandfather
Murder victim stabbed to death by wife’s lover and smashed photo left on his body, court told
Court hears there’s a lack of evidence in Steven Hinrichsen murder trial
Jury finds woman and alleged lover guilty of murdering Steven Hinrichsen at Morphett Vale

Rebecca Ballenger

No Photo Name: Rebecca Ballenger.
Died: December 11, 2018.
Age at death: 70.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Clinton, Mississippi, USA.
Disability: Stroke.

Details:
Rebecca’s husband allegedly went to the nursing home where she was staying after her stroke and shot her multiple times.

Case status:
Thomas Ballenger (Husband), charged with murder.

Source:
Police have arrested an elderly man in connection with death at Clinton nursing home.
“She didn’t want to live like this”: Bond denied for elderly man accused of killing ill wife of 40 years in nursing home
The quiet acceptance of ‘mercy killings’ in the US: Even in states where euthanasia is illegal, courts are often turning a blind eye
Elderly Mississippi man murders wife who had stroke, police say

Kyoko and Hiroki Naito

No Photo Name: Kyoko Naito.
Age at death: 69.
Disability: Diabetes, mobility impaired.

Name: Hiroki Naito.
Age at death: 36.
Disability: Mental illness/hikikomori.

Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Ono, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Died: November 26, 2018.

Details:
Kyoko’s husband allegedly killed her and her son Hiroki by strangling them with a necktie.

Case status:
Hisaki Naito (Husband/Father), arrested.

Source:
Man arrested for killing bedridden wife, ‘hikikomori’ son
Gifu: Man strangles bedridden wife and shut-in son
Autism Memorial: Hiroki Naito

Patricia Way

Name: Patricia Way.
Died: November 25, 2018.
Age at death: 76.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Waterbury, Connecticut, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; nursing home resident.

Details:
Patricia was allegedly strangled by her boyfriend.

She liked sewing and going to the beach, and was a New York Yankees fan. She was a retired unit clerk.

Case status:
John Jensen (Boyfriend), charged with murder; developed vascular dementia and became incompetent to stand trial.

Source:
81-year-old man charged with murder at Waterbury nursing home ruled incompetent
Man, 81, charged in nursing home death of girlfriend, 76
81-year-old man accused of strangling 76-year-old woman to death at nursing home
Police: 81-year-old man charged with strangling girlfriend, 76, in nursing home
Waterbury nursing home resident strangled to death in domestic attack, warrant shows
Waterbury nursing home homicide suspect said girlfriend ‘had to die because she was evil’
Patricia Way
Lawsuit Against Waterbury Nursing Home After 81-Year-Old Allegedly Kills Girlfriend

Ann Pomphret

Name: Ann Marie Pomphret.
Died: November 2, 2018.
Age at death: 49.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK.
Disability: Autism, cancer.

Details:
Ann loved horses and owned several. One of her favorite TV shows was CSI.

One day when she was out in the horse barn, her husband bludgeoned her to death with a crowbar. He said that he had done it because she had been verbally abusive to him and their daughter.

Case status:
David Pomphret (Husband), convicted of murder, sentenced to 20 years to life.

Source:
Autism Memorial: Ann Pomphret
Chilling video shows man who beat wife to death lying about her murder
Husband shops with wife at Asda minutes before brutally murdering her
Husband found guilty of murdering wife with a crowbar
Husband tearfully reveals he battered his wife to death when she mocked him as ‘limp and useless’ over his erectile dysfunction
David Pomphret tells murder trial how he burned his clothes after killing wife
Murder-accused husband ‘deserved a medal’
Barclays bank exec beat wife to death with crowbar after she called him ‘useless’
Barclays exec battered wife to death with crowbar after ‘years of abuse’