Relationship: Sibling – Page 8 – Disability Day of Mourning

Andeng

Name: Andeng (Last name unknown).
Died: July 19, 2015.
Age at death: Adult.
Cause of death: Abuse.
Location: Bulacan, Philippines.
Disability: Mental illness; recent surgery; wheelchair user.

Details:
Andeng’s sister was videotaped by a passer-by, slapping and berating her on the street as she sat in a wheelchair. Days later, she was dead, and police say that abuse played a significant role in her death.

Case status:
Her sister, under investigation.

Source:
Wheelchair user suffers vicious assault at the hands of older sister, police say

Umesh

No Photo
Name: Umesh.
Died: May 1, 2015.
Age at death: 35.
Cause of death: Traumatic injury.
Location: Amatekoppa, Shikaripur, India.
Disability: Physical disability.

Details:
Police first categorized Umesh’s death as a hit-and-run, but they received tips that Umesh’s brother had taken out three life insurance policies on him and killed him to collect the money. They now suspect that Umesh’s brother rented a mini-truck, drove him out to the outskirts of a village, and ran him over.

Case status:
Kumar (Brother), arrested, charged with murder.

Source:
Man held on charge of murdering disabled brother

20-year-old man

No Photo Name Unknown.
Died: April 26, 2015.
Age at death: 20.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
This young man was fatally stabbed in the neck by his younger sister. She told police, “I’ve just always hated him because he has ruined my life.”

Case status:
His 15-year-old sister. Ruled not guilty because of mental illness; sent to a psychiatric ward for treatment and eventual release.

Source:
15-årig pige erkender at have stukket sin bror ihjel
15-årig pige erkender: Jeg slog min storebror ihjel
15-årig pige stak sin bror ihjel: Moderen skrev lang artikel om deres problemer
15-årig pige stak storebror ihjel: ‘Nu har de mistet begge børn’
15-årig pige tilstår knivdrab: Stak storebror i halsen
16-årig pige hadede sin storebror og dræbte ham med kniv
Danish girl killed disabled brother who ‘ruined life’

Ashley Lovett

Photo of Ashley Lovett. She is a young woman sitting in a hospital bed, feeding a bottle to a newborn infant. Her blond hair is tied back. Name: Ashley Lovett.
Died: October 2014; body found April 10, 2015.
Age at death: 27.
Cause of death: Unknown.
Location: Millen, Georgia, USA.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
Ashley was the mother of a baby which was taken away from her and placed with family members.

Ashley’s stepmother and half-brother, whom she lived with, did not report her death and collected her disability checks for several months after she died. When asked where Ashley was, they lied to investigators.

How Ashley died cannot be determined because her body was burned and buried more than a year before it was found; at that point only fragments were left to be identified by their DNA match to Ashley’s child, now two or three years old and living with family.

Case status:
Susan Lovett (stepmother), pleaded guilty to concealing the death of a relative, sentenced to 10 years prison and 10 years probation.
Christopher Eugene Lovett (half-brother), pleaded guilty to concealing the death of a relative, sentenced to 10 years prison and 10 years probation.

Source:
2 deny concealing death of relative
2 plead guilty in concealment of Jenkins death
EXCLUSIVE ON 6: Ashley Lovett’s Family Member Speaks out About Possible Abuse in the Home
Test results inconclusive on remains believed to belong to missing Millen woman

Wendy Blackstone

Photo of Wendy Blackstone, a middle-aged woman with fair skin and shoulder-length light-brown hair cut in a bob, wearing a blue sweater; she is leaning down towards her large gray-and-brown dog. Name: Wendy Blackstone.
Died: March 16, 2015.
Age at death: 49.
Cause of death: Smoke inhalation.
Location: Studio City, California, USA.
Disability: Deaf, visually impaired.

Details:
Wendy was found in her garage in what seemed to be set up to look like a double suicide with her sister. She and two of her three dogs were found dead of smoke inhalation in a burning garage. Upon investigation, the suicide note that Wendy was supposed to have written was in her sister’s handwriting. Eventually it became clear that her sister had killed Wendy because she was frustrated at having to care for her; she had forged the suicide note, and then lit the fire herself.

Case status:
Jill Blackstone (Sister); pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter, sentenced to 8 years.

Source:
TV ProducerJill Blackstone Sentenced To 8 Years For Death Of Her Sister
Producer Jill Blackstone arrives in a wheelchair for court appearance
TV Producer To Be Tried For Disabled Sister’s Murder
Contents of ‘suicide’ notes revealed as judge orders ex-‘Jerry Springer’ producer to answer murder, animal cruelty charges – NY Daily News
TV Producer Ordered to Stand Trial for Allegedly Killing Disabled Sister
Hollywood producer suspected of murdering her sister in failed suicide pact was drowning in $1.4million debt, owed her sibling $122,000, is about to lose her home and filed for bankruptcy
TV producer arrested in death of deaf sister in California
Ex-Jerry Springer producer ‘killed deaf sister out of frustration’
TV producer denies murder and animal cruelty charges in deaf sister’s death, attorney says
TV Producer’s Arraignment Postponed in Sister’s Mysterious 2015 Death
TV producer won’t enter plea in sister’s Studio City death for another week
Former ‘Jerry Springer’ producer charged with killing deaf, blind sister in 2015

Aja Dasa

Photo: A young man in a black-and-red hooded jacket; he has fair skin and bown hair and is looking off to the side and smiling awkwardly. Name: Aja Dasa.
Died: February 11, 2015.
Age at death: 16.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Aja was allegedly stabbed to death by his brother.

He was a fan of Doctor Who and Star Trek and wanted to study electrical and mechanical engineering in college.

Case status:
Amerendra Dasa (Brother), charged with murder, ruled incompetent to stand trial and hospitalized to restore competence. Died in jail in 2017.

Source:
Autism Memorial: Aja Dasa
Bond denied for Spartanburg man charged in teen brother’s stabbing death
Spartanburg District 7 mourning death of slain student
Aja Prema Dasa
Funeral fund for Aja Dasa
Mother struggling with death of her son by his brother
Man accused of killing his brother dies in Spartanburg jail
Inmate care scrutinized after another jail suicide

Lee Del Ratez

Photo of Lee Del Ratez, a man with dark hair and light tan skin. He is holding his hands in fists just below his chin, and wearing a black and blue T-shirt. Name: Lee W. Del Ratez.
Died: January 8, 2015.
Age at death: 40.
Cause of death: Neglect.
Location: North Adams, Massachusetts, USA.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
Lee died because of his siblings’ negligence when they did not take care of him properly.

Case status:
Heath Del Ratez (Brother), pleaded guilty to permitting abuse on a disabled person, sentenced to two years probation.
Jessica Kemp (Sister), charged with manslaughter by negligence and caretaker abuse of a disabled person.

Source:
North Adams pair charged with manslaughter in connection with death of disabled sibling
North Adams pair charged with manslaughter by negligence in death of disabled man
Lee W. Del Ratez, 40

Barbara Beam

No Photo Name: Barbara Anne Beam.
Died: January 2, 2015.
Age at death: 82.
Cause of death: Pulmonary embolism.
Location: Greeneville, South Carolina, USA.
Disability: Mobility impairment.

Details:
Barbara’s caregivers allegedly left her sitting in her chair for six months, without moving her or cleaning her. Finally Barbara died from a blood clot, caused by sitting still for so long, that lodged in her lungs. She also had a severe untreated kidney infection.

Case status:
Carole Howell (Sister), charged with abuse and neglect resulting in the death of a vulnerable adult.
David Howell (Nephew), charged with abuse and neglect resulting in the death of a vulnerable adult.

Source:
Greenville mother, son indicted 2 years after elderly woman found dead
Woman charged in death of her sister who sat in chair for 6 months, warrants say

Charly L.

No Photo Name: Charly L.
Died: December 20, 2014.
Age at death: 30.
Cause of death: Burns.
Location: Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
Charly’s brother fed him fruit juice laced with drugs to sedate him, then set the apartment on fire. Charly died from a combination of poisoning and burns. The fire endangered all the other residents of the apartment complex, which had to be evacuated; but there were no other fatalities. Police say that Charly’s brother had been jealous of him for some time, and wanted inheritance money to start a business with his accomplice.

Case status:
Eric L. (Brother), convicted of murder, sentenced to life.
Alessandro S., convicted of being an accessory to murder; sentenced to 2 years and fined.

Source:
Lebenslang für Brudermord
Two years ago today: Case of fratricide coming before a Luxembourg court
Esch-sur-Alzette: Police treat flat fire as arson
Vorfall vor genau zwei Jahren: Brudermord kommt vor Gericht
Brand in Esch/Alzette: Feuerwehr findet Leiche in ausgebrannter Wohnung

David Alan

No Photo Name: David Alan.
Died: June 14, 2014.
Age at death: 59.
Cause of death: Blood loss.
Location: Rutland, Massachusetts, USA.
Disability: Bipolar disorder, anxiety.

Details:
David’s brother went to David’s home, killed him with pliers and a knife, then dismembered his body. David had a restraining order against his brother.

Case status:
Michael S. Dowjat (Brother), convicted of second-degree murder, sentenced to 15 years to life.

Source:
Rutland Murder Victim Described As A Recluse
Self-defense, says Holden man charged in brother’s death
Fate of Michael Dowjat, Holden man charged in brother’s slaying, headed to jury
Dowjat trial jurors get look at sawed bones
Michael Dowjat found guilty of stabbing estranged brother 70 times and then cutting off his head
Man Pleads Not Guilty to Murder of Brother
Holden man convicted of killing younger brother whose body was dismembered