Author: Mx. Daxer

William Collins

No PhotoName: William Collins.
Died: December 27, 2014.
Age at death: 92.
Cause of death: Head trauma, broken neck.
Location: Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; Elderly; wheelchair user.

Details:
William was beaten to death by his caregiver, with whom he was living. He died of head injuries and a broken neck. Mr. Collins was the third elderly tenant to die while living with them; apparently, the couple used the vulnerability of the elderly disabled to steal their tenants’ assets under the guise of caring for them.

Case status:
Judith Marc (Caregiver), pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, sentenced to 15-40 years.

Source:
Coolbaugh Twp. caregiver faces murder charge
Caretaker pleads guilty to murder in death of 92-year-old
Caregiver sentenced to 15 to 40 years in elderly man’s death

Rosemary Vincent

Photo of Rosemary Vincent. She is a middle-aged woman with a round face, pale skin, and short curly red hair. She is wearing big white feathered earrings.Name: Rosemary Vincent.
Died: December 24, 2014.
Age at death: 58.
Cause of death: Pneumonia.
Location: McConnelsville, Ohio, USA.
Disability: Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease.

Details:
Rosemary’s cousin, instead of caring for her or taking her to the doctor, stole her disability payments and neglected her. He would often tie her to a chair and put her in the closet. Weakened from lack of care, Rosemary was admitted to the hospital emaciated, with broken ribs and untended bedsores. She died of pneumonia.

Case status:
Jerry Campbell II (Cousin), pleaded guilty to theft from an elderly or disabled person, robbery, illegal use of food stamps, kidnapping, domestic violence, intimidation of a witness, and illegal manufacture of drugs; sentenced to 8 years.
Shannon Campbell (Cousin’s wife), pleaded guilty to neglect.
Linda Campbell (Jerry’s wife), charged with obstruction of justice/failure to report a crime, ruled incompetent to stand trial.

Source:
One pleads guilty in disabled person abuse case
Mother, son both remain in custody
Trial delayed in case involving Nelsonville woman’s death
Man accused of neglect in death of woman gets 8 years

Alex Robinson

Photo of a thin boy sitting on a park bench, his shoes off and his feet drawn up onto the bench. He is wearing a baseball cap and drinking from a bottle of juice.Name: Alex Robinson.
Died: December 23, 2014.
Age at death: 9.
Cause of death: Drowning.
Location: Lincoln, England, UK.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Alex hated water, hated getting his face wet, and would only bathe while standing. His grandfather put him in the bathtub and held him underwater until he drowned.

Alex was fond of trains and wind turbines. He was particularly fascinated when his school visited a power plant, and asked such insightful questions that he amazed his teachers.

Case status:
Stewart Greene (Grandfather), convicted of murder, sentenced to 22 years in prison.

Source:
Mum shares poignant memories of murdered son Alex Robinson six years on
Autism Memorial: Alex Robinson
Alex Robinson murder trial: Grandfather drowned autistic grandson, 9, court told
“Vengeful” man drowns autistic grandson
Death of young boy murdered by grandfather ‘could not have been predicted or prevented’
Family hits out after review into murder of schoolboy by his granddad

Charly L.

No PhotoName: 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

Yana Voronova

Photo of Yana Voronova, a teenage girl with pale skin and brown hair, holding a large white stuffed animal. Her eyes have a censor blur over them.Name: Yana Voronova.
Died: Approx. December 19, 2014.
Age at death: 7.
Cause of death: Decapitation.
Location: Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.

Details:
Yana’s mother decapitated her.

Case status:
Nadejda Voronova (Mother), held in a psychiatric ward.

Source:
Mother decapitates her disabled seven-year-old daughter

Elizabeth Siwicki

No PhotoName: Elizabeth “Betty” Siwicki.
Died: December 18, 2014.
Age at death: 89.
Cause of death: Sepsis.
Location: Garden City, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
When Betty fell out of bed and couldn’t stand back up, her son left her there for more than three weeks until she died from sepsis due to infected bedsores.

Case status:
Ron Siwicki (Son), pleaded guilty to criminal negligence, sentenced to 3 months in jail.

Source:
Man sentenced to 3 months for negligence in mother’s death
Winnipeg musician who left mother to die after fall sentenced to 3 months in custody
‘I should’ve disobeyed her’: Winnipeg man who let elderly mother die after fall speaks at sentencing

Pendo Nundi

No PhotoName: Pendo Emmanuelle Nundi.
Died: Missing December 2014.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Unknown (Missing).
Location: Mwanza, Tanzania.
Disability: Albinism.

Details:
Because Pendo was an albino, her body parts were considered valuable for ritual magic. With the alleged consent of her father and other relatives, she was kidnapped from her home. Her body has not been found, but she was almost certainly murdered, dismembered, and her body parts sold.

Case status:
Police arrested 15 people, including her father and two uncles.

Source:
Tanzania police offer reward for missing albino girl
Kidnapped Tanzanian albino boy found dead with limbs hacked off
Another Albino Child Is Murdered and Mutilated in Tanzania
Tanzania: Kidnapping of albino boy raises witchcraft fears – BBC News
1-Year-Old Albino Yohana Bahati Killed for Limbs in Tanzania
Mutilated Tanzanian albino baby body found: police

Georgianne Woolum

Photo: An elder woman with light skin and short curly gray hair, wearing a pastel sweater and dark, square-rimmed glasses, smiling for the camera.Name: Georgianne Woolum.
Died: December 3, 2014.
Age at death: 90.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Keller, Texas, USA.
Disability: Stroke, congestive heart failure, colectomy.

Details:
Georgianne’s husband shot her in a murder-suicide.

Case status:
Joe Woolum (Husband), deceased.

Source:
Murder-Suicide At Keller Living Center

“Sheila”

No PhotoName Unknown.
Died: December 2014.
Age at death: Child.
Cause of death: Chest trauma.
Location: Nguthuru, Murang’a, Kenya.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
This young girl, given the pseudonym “Sheila”, was allegedly abused by her mother. Neighbors testifed that at one point Sheila’s mother had put her on the road, hoping a car would run her over; but the car stopped, and Sheila survived. She was eventually found dead at home, after having spent the whole day alone with her mother. Many of her bones were broken, and she had died from chest trauma.

Case status:
Her mother was charged with murder, but acquitted because the evidence was “circumstantial”. Kenya’s double jeopardy law prohibits a new trial.

Source:
Mother acquitted of murder of handicapped daughter

Samauri Page

No PhotoName: Samauri J. Page.
Died: November 30, 2014.
Age at death: 14.
Cause of death: Diabetic ketoacidosis.
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Disability: Juvenile diabetes, autism.

Details:
Samauri died of diabetic ketoacidosis because he had been either not given enough to eat, or not given his insulin.

His favorite sport was wrestling.

Case status:
Bakari J. Page (Father), under investigation.

Source:
Samauri J. Page
Autism Memorial: Samauri Page
Diabetic teen dies despite multiple warnings to Children Services