Age: Adult – Page 11 – Disability Day of Mourning

Tracy Hamby

Name: Tracy Hamby.
Died: February 13, 2020.
Age at death: 37.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Tavares, Florida, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; receiving disability payments.

Details:
Tracy’s boyfriend, a military police officer, fatally shot her. He claimed that he had shot her because she startled him, but the prosecution pointed out that he and Tracy had been arguing that day because Tracy’s boyfriend had been taking her disability payments. The gun, which her boyfriend said had gone off accidentally, had a trigger that was very hard to pull. The jury agreed and convicted Tracy’s boyfriend.

Case Status:
Renee Aviles (Boyfriend), convicted of domestic manslaughter with a firearm, sentenced to 20 years.

Sources:
Lake County man found guilty of killing girlfriend in 2020

Rosalia Garofalo

Blurry photo of a middle-aged woman wearing a black-and-white checked scarf. Her hair is tied back; overexposure of the photo has given her skin an orange tint. Name: Rosalia Garofalo.
Died: January 29, 2020.
Age at death: 52.
Cause of death: Trauma-related pneumothorax and respiratory failure.
Location: Marsala, Sicily, Italy.
Disability: Stroke.

Details:
Rosalia’s husband allegedly beat her to death over the course of three days. She had been abused by her husband many times over the years of her marriage.

Case status:
Vincenzo Frasillo (Husband), charged with voluntary homicide, domestic abuse, and assault.

Source:
Omicidio Rosalia Garofalo. Rinviato a giudizio il marito Vincenzo Frasillo
Processo femminicidio Mazara del Vallo, sentiti investigatori della Polizia
Man indicted for beating to death disabled wife
Al via processo per l’omicidio della mazarese Rosalia Garofalo uccisa un anno fa dal marito

John Miller III

No Photo Name: John Miller III.
Died: January 17, 2020.
Age at death: 30.
Cause of death: Multi-system organ failure.
Location: Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Disability: Down syndrome with autistic traits.

Details:
John’s parents allegedly neglected him until one day his father called the police and explained that his son was dead. John’s body was found on his bed, extremely emaciated, dirty, and covered in bedsores. He had not seen a doctor in nine years. His death was ruled to be caregiver neglect.

Case status:
John Miller Jr. (Father), charged with second-degree murder and second-degree vulnerable adult abuse.
Maria Miller (Mother), charged with second-degree murder and second-degree vulnerable adult abuse.

Source:
Judge vacates plea deal in neglect, murder case: Aquilina, in rare move, vacates a plea deal for John Miller, Jr.
Autism Memorial: John Miller III
Lansing parents ordered to stand trial on murder charge in adult son’s January 2020 death
Lansing couple charged with neglecting, killing adult son who had Down syndrome

Megan Todt

Name: Megan Todt.
Died: January 13, 2020.
Age at death: 42.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Celebration, Florida, USA.
Disability: Lyme disease, depression.

Details:
Megan was found dead in her home, along with the bodies of her three children, Alek, 13; Tyler, 11; Zoe, 4; and her dog Breezy. Her husband was arrested and charged with murder. During trial, his defense was that Megan had committed the murders and then killed herself because she was tired of having chronic illness.

Case Status:
Anthony Todt (Husband), convicted of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of animal cruelty; sentenced to life without parole.

Sources:
Florida father Anthony Todt convicted of killing his wife and 3 kids
Florida Dad Convicted of Apocalypse-Fueled Murder Spree
Celebration man accused of killing family found guilty, sentenced to life in prison without parole
Father accused of killing his kids blames wife for their deaths
‘I came home and my kids were dead’: Celebration man accused of killing family testifies
Anthony Todt Claimed He and Wife Had Murder-Suicide Pact: Prosecutor
Trial begins for Florida man accused of killing wife, 3 children
Jury sees Anthony Todt’s confession in family’s killings: ‘I needed to save her soul’ – Orlando Sentinel
Anthony Todt trial: Celebration man accused of killing wife, 3 kids testifies
Dad Accused of Murdering Family, Dog in Florida Home Thought Apocalypse Was Coming: Prosecutors

Anthony Mitchell

No Photo Name: Anthony Franklin Mitchell.
Died: December 30, 2019 (Body found; missing August 22, 2018).
Age at death: 55.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma, asphyxia.
Location: Lake Panasoffkee, Florida, USA.
Disability: Physical disability.

Details:
Anthony’s girlfriend strangled and bludgeoned him to death, then tried to conceal his body as she stole his Social Security payments.

Case Status:
Penny Rebecca Pospisil (Girlfriend), pled guilty to second-degree murder, abuse of a corpse, and theft; sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years.

Sources:
Florida woman sentenced for murder and ‘workman-like dismemberment’ of boyfriend, whose remains she lived with for months
Woman murdered and dismembered physically disabled boyfriend, lived in RV with his decaying remains for months before arrest – TheBlaze
Woman arrested after boyfriend’s dismembered body found in her camper
Media Release-Arrest-Murder Investigation

Shirley Brewer

Name: Shirley Brewer.
Died: December 25, 2019.
Age at death: 48.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Cullom, Illinois, USA.
Disability: Depression.

Details:
Shirley’s husband shot and killed her, her son Christian, 27, and her neighbor, Norman Walker, age 51. In an attempt to cover up the murder, he pointed out Shirley’s history of depression and suicidal crisis, and claimed that she had killed everyone else before committing suicide. But when he called emergency services, responders found him washing bloody clothing, and the jury did not believe his assertion that he had slept through the gunshots, especially since he had gunpowder residue on his hands. Shirley’s husband was convicted of multiple murders.

Case Status:
Clifford Brewer (Husband), convicted of murder, sentenced to three life terms plus twenty years.

Sources:
Opening statements wrap up in triple murder case
Brewer sentenced to life in prison for 2019 triple murder in Livingston County

Ram Khokhar

No Photo Name: Ram Swaroop Khokhar.
Died: December 8, 2019.
Age at death: 55.
Cause of death: Asphyxia due to strangulation.
Location: Lalpura Pachar, Rajasthan, India.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
Ram’s son called police and allegedly admitted to killing his father. Police found Ram’s body at his house.

Case Status:
Manoj Kumar Khokhar (Son), charged with murder.

Sources:
‘Cryptic and Casual’: SC sets aside HC bail order in disabled man’s murder
Manoj Kumar Khokhar vs The State Of Rajasthan on 11 January, 2022

Isaac Torrijos

Name: Isaac Guillén Torrijos.
Died: December 5, 2019.
Age at death: 45.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Godelleta, Valencia, Spain.
Disability: Cerebellar ataxia.

Details:
Isaac’s wife allegedly drugged, beat, and strangled him to death and buried his body, possibly because she did not want to care for her disabled husband and stood to gain financially from his death. Police say she forced her teenage son to help her kill her husband.

Isaac was a retired police officer and the father of two children.

Case status:
Beatriz F C (Wife), charged with murder.
Unnamed minor son, spent 9 months in jail and released; serving as a witness.

Source:
«Mi madre me obligó a ayudarle a matar a Isaac»
La verdad sobre el crimen de Isaac: un seguro de 200.000 € y la falsa eutanasia en Suiza
«Mi madre me obligó a ayudarle a matar a Isaac»
Spanish police investigating financial motive for killing of disabled ex-cop on the Costa Blanca as wife remains in custody
El perfil criminalístico de la viuda negra de Godelleta

Donna Harris

Name: Donna Harris.
Died: November 24, 2019.
Age at death: 53.
Cause of death: Blunt head trauma.
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; on disability.

Details:
Donna’s boyfriend, who had apparently been maintaining a relationship for her because he wanted part of her disability claim, killed her by hitting her in the head.

Case Status:
Justin Eastman (Boyfriend), convicted of aggravated murder, sentenced to life without parole.

Sources:
Man who bludgeoned Columbus woman to death can’t crack murder conviction
Missing Columbus woman may be in danger; police say woman, person of interest are in Cincinnati area
Justin Eastman sentenced to life for murdering Donna Harris

Sharon Theleman

No Photo Name: Sharon Theleman.
Died: November 19, 2019.
Age at death: 51.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Fenton, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Disability: Intellectual disability, visually impaired, mobility impaired.

Details:
Sharon lived at an assisted living facility. Her mother, who was worried about developing dementia, took her out of the facility and to a hotel, where she stabbed Sharon to death and attempted suicide. Police found a note that said she was doing it as a favor to Sharon’s brothers, so they would not be “burdened” with caring for her.

Case status:
Marjorie Theleman (Mother), pleaded guilty to second-degree murder; sentenced to 2-10 years.

Source:
St. Louis County woman sentenced in death of disabled daughter
Missouri woman who killed disabled daughter sentenced
Webster Groves woman gets 10-year term for fatally stabbing disabled daughter at hotel
Missouri woman who killed disabled daughter sentenced
Mother charged with stabbing daughter in attempted murder-suicide in Fenton hotel
Missouri woman, 78, accused of killing daughter in hotel in attempted murder-suicide
St. Louis Police: Mother took daughter from care facility, killed her
Police: Mother took daughter from care facility, killed her