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Leo McWilliams

Name: Norman “Leo” McWilliams.
Died: March 8, 2018.
Age at death: 84.
Cause of death: Throat cut.
Location: Buckhannon, West Virginia, USA.
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease.

Details:
Leo’s son cut his throat, killing him.

Leo was a retired machine shop teacher who bred Old English Bulldogs.

Case status:
Timothy McWilliams (Son), pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter, sentenced to 15 years.

Source:
McWilliams sentenced to 15 years in plea agreement
Decades after previous killing, Upshur man faces new murder charge
Norman ‘Leo’ (Mac) McWilliams
Timothy McWilliams
Buckhannon man pleads guilty to killing father
Man accused of murdering his father pleads to voluntary manslaughter

Photo of a boy with deep brown eyes, light-brown skin, and short brown hair, wearing a white polo shirt. Name: Jesse Wilson.
Died: March 8, 2018 (Body found; missing July 18, 2016).
Age at death: 10.
Cause of death: Undetermined.
Location: Buckeye, Arizona, USA.
Disability: Learning disability, developmental disability.

Details:
Jesse disappeared from his mother’s house. Two years later, his remains were found in a drainage ditch.

Case Status:
Death declared homicide, cause undetermined.
Crystal Wilson (Adoptive mother), charged with abandonment or concealment of a body; charges dropped.

Sources:
Jesse Wilson: Criminal case against adoptive mother ‘will not be moving forward at this time’
Crystal Wilson back in Maricopa County to face charges related to death of her son Jesse
Mother Charged in Connection to 2016 Disappearance of Deceased Boy
Arizona police make arrest in case of 10-year-old boy who went missing and was later found dead
True Crime Arizona Podcast: Adoptive mother of Jesse Wilson charged in connection to his death
Remains of 10-year-old boy missing since 2016 found in irrigation ditch

Nathan Quezada

Name: Nathaniel C. Quezada Fernandez.
Died: March 8, 2018.
Age at death: 21 months.
Cause of death: Broken spine.
Location: San Angelo, Texas, USA.
Disability: Ostopenia, developmental delay in motor and language skills.

Details:
Nathan died from a broken spine due to blunt trauma from an assault; his death was ruled a homicide. When he died, he was at home with his stepfather.

Case status:
Andrew Fernandez (Stepfather), pleaded guilty to manslaughter, sentenced to 20 years.
Lesley Renay Moreno Fernandez (Mother), charged with capital murder; prosecutor will not seek death penalty.

Source:
San Angelo Child Killer Avoids Death Penalty in Plea Deal
Several homicide investigations gripped San Angelo in 2018
Stepfather talks about San Angelo boy’s injuries after final autopsy released
Tragic Toddler Death Caused by Blunt Trauma
West Side Toddler Autopsy Confirms Homicide
View Nathaniel Fernandez’s Obituary on gosanangelo.com and share memories
Nathaniel C. Quezada Fernandez’s Memorial | San Angelo, Texas
Parents of San Angelo toddler who died of trauma arrested, charged with capital murder
San Angelo man accused of killing toddler will face death penalty

Austin Steele

Portrait photo of Austin Steele, a young man with brown hair and fair skin, wearing a black suit and tie. Name: Austin Steele.
Died: March 1, 2018.
Age at death: 18.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Lancaster, South Carolina, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
After his grandfather died, Austin moved in with a caretaker. At 18, he moved out, though he would often call his caretaker–sometimes in the middle of the night–to ask for a hug.

Austin was an independent young man. He would take weeks-long trips to the beach on his moped. He was enrolled in GED classes, and he wanted to join the military and become an engineer.

Two months after he allowed a man and his wife to move into his mobile home with him, his body was found. Austin may have been killed because he had become involved romantically with one or both of the couple; or the 30-year-old man, who was a registered sex offender, may have been abusing him.

The man had shot him, left him to die overnight, and with the help of his wife, dismembered, burned, and dumped his body.

Case status:
Christopher Allen Holford (Housemate), pleaded guilty to murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, sentenced to 50-60 years.
Brandy Nicole Faye Duncan (Housemate), convicted of accessory after the fact to murder, sentenced to 2-12 years.

Source:
Autistic SC teen who was burned, dismembered ‘knew he was loved’
LANCASTER HOMICIDE: Family seeks justice for teen’s death in Lancaster County
Lancaster autistic teen, killed in ‘haunting’ case, remembered as ‘kind, caring’
‘One of the worst cases’: Body of Lancaster man, 18, burned and dismembered; 2 charged
New details in Austin Steele murder
SC newlyweds charged in connection with murder, dismembering teen’s body
Human remains found as Lancaster Co. deputies investigate homicide
Couple Charged After An 18-Year-Old’s Dismembered Remains Were Found On Lancaster Property
Autism Memorial: Austin Steele

Yoshi Kinouchi

Photo Unavailable Name: Yoshi Kinouchi.
Died: February 26, 2018.
Age at death: 86.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Ishioka, Ibaraki, Japan.
Disability: Dementia, mobility impaired.

Details:
Ms. Kinouchi was allegedly strangled by her son, who functioned as her caregiver.

Case status:
Takeshi Kinouchi (Son), charged with murder.
Takeshi’s brother Toshikazu, who had an unspecified illness, died of starvation in the same house while Takeshi was his caregiver; but Takeshi was not charged in his death because he had not known about it.

Source:
Man who killed mother with dementia driven into corner by poverty, her care

Motomu Nomaguchi

Photo Unavailable Name: Motomu Nomaguchi.
Died: February 25, 2018.
Age at death: 80.
Cause of death: Strangulation.
Location: Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Disability: Unspecified; bedbound.

Details:
Mr. Nomaguchi was strangled to death by his wife, who then killed herself.

Case status:
Yuriko Nomaguchi (Wife), deceased.

Source:
Elderly couple found dead in apparent murder-suicide
Kanagawa: Elderly man, wife found dead in residence in apparent murder-suicide

Shain D’Onofrio

No Photo Name: Shain D’Onofrio.
Died: February 24, 2018 (Body found).
Age at death: 24.
Cause of death: Long-term neglect.
Location: Plains Township, Pennsylvania, USA.
Disability: Cerebral palsy, autism.

Details:
Shain’s bones were found in a burning shed, and his mother was the prime suspect in his death; however, it took five years of investigation to determine that Shain had died from long-term neglect.

Case Status:
Linasheri D’Onofrio (Mother), charged with neglect of a care-dependent person and reckless burning or exploding.

Sources:
Prosecutors seek to add murder charge against mother in disabled son’s death
Woman charged for death of disabled son
Woman charged in death of disabled son found in burning shed
Plains shed body was male; disabled man, mom, focus of questions
Autism Memorial: Shain D’Onofrio

Liese Sparks

Photo Unavailable Name: Liese Colleen Sparks.
Died: February 23, 2018.
Age at death: 57.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
Disability: Chronic illness; mobility impaired, unable to walk.

Details:
Liese’s son had a history of threatening and mistreating her, but she depended on him to care for her because of her limited mobility.

While she was in the hospital, Liese’s son allegedly entered her room and stabbed her to death.

Case status:
Alexander Sparks (Son), charged with premeditated murder, found incompetent to stand trial, committed.

Source:
Son who stabbed mother at hospital found incompetent for trial
He apparently did it right after a nurse had checked on her
Son charged with stabbing mom to death in her hospital room told cops she ‘was a bad influence’
Son Charged with Stabbing Mother to Death in Tallahassee Hospital
Support My Moving Fund organized by Liese Sparks
Man who killed mom in hospital battled mental illness

Kenny Khan

No Photo Name: Koong Boon “Kenny” Khan.
Died: February 22, 2018.
Age at death: 78.
Cause of death: Pneumonia, sepsis.
Location: Liverpool, England, UK.
Disability: Lewy Body Dementia, osteoarthritis, emphysema and liver disease.

Details:
Kenny lived in a filthy house, starving and neglected by his wife, until he died of bronchopneumonia secondary to sepsis from infected pressure sores.

Case status:
Lorraine Khan (Wife), pleaded guilty to willful neglect, sentenced to 16 months suspended for 18 months and 20 days of rehabilitation activities.

Source:
Inside disgusting rat-infested flat where wife let husband rot to death
Dementia sufferer found dead with rotting flesh after wife’s neglect

5-year-old girl

No Photo Name Unknown.
Died: February 19, 2018.
Age at death: 5.
Cause of death: Strangulation.
Location: Seoul, South Korea.
Disability: Developmental disability, speech delay.

Details:
This five-year-old girl’s mother allegedly strangled her while doing an exorcism ritual to try to cure the developmental disability that was causing her daughter’s speech delay.

Case status:
Her mother, surnamed Choi, age 37, arrested on suspicion of murder.

Source:
Mother kills 5-year-old daughter in exorcism rite, police say