Age: Adult – Page 20 – Disability Day of Mourning

Kakoli Das

No Photo Name: Kakoli Das.
Died: January 9, 2018.
Age at death: 46.
Cause of death: Abuse.
Location: Behala, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Disability: Deaf; schizophrenia, physical disability.

Details:
When Kakoli’s niece died of dengue, Kakoli’s sister and her husband blamed her for the death. Neighbors reported that she and her mother, also disabled, were often beaten and starved, until one day Kakoli was found dead.

Case status:
Keya Mullick (Sister) and her husband, detained by neighbors, under investigation.

Source:
Deaf-mute woman killed in ‘assault’ by kin at Behala
Woman death sparks unrest

Paola Manchisi

Name: Paola Manchisi.
Died: January 6, 2018.
Age at death: 31.
Cause of death: Starvation.
Location: Polignano a Mare, Italy.
Disability: Unspecified; possibly mental illness.

Details:
Paola died of starvation at the age of 31, weighing only 30 kilograms. She was found in a filthy, cluttered house, where she had been kept isolated by her parents since she was a teenager.

Case status:
Her parents, both charged with neglect.

Source:
Parents of dead disabled woman probe
Bari, a disabled 31-year-old dies of starvation: parents accused
Bari, 31enne disabile muore di stenti. Dito puntato sui genitori
Polignano, disabile muore di stentiGenitori indagati per abbandono
Trentunenne muore di stenti nel Barese. I genitori indagati per abbandono
La terribile morte di Paola a 31 anni a Polignano e la ricerca di una motivazione che non c’è
Bari. Disabile morta di stenti, il parroco: bussavo, non hanno mai risposto
La brutta storia di Paola Manchisi
PAOLA MANCHISI/ Disabile morta di stenti a Polignano: fratello Lorenzo, “usciva normalmente” (Pomeriggio 5)
Chi l’ha Visto – Misteri – Perché nessuno è riuscito a salvare Paola, segregata e morta di stenti in casa?

40-year-old woman

No Photo Name Unknown.
Died: January 4, 2018.
Age at death: 40.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Be’er Sheva, Israel.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.

Details:
This 40-year-old woman was shot in the head by her father, who then committed suicide.

Case status:
Her father, deceased.

Source:
Man and daughter found dead in home in what cops say is a murder-suicide
Israeli Man, disabled daughter found dead is suspected murder-suicide
חשד: אב רצח את בתו הנכה בבאר שבע והתאבד
Israeli man, disabled daughter found dead in suspected murder-suicide
Israeli man and disabled daughter found dead in suspected murder-suicide

Sarah-Jane Gatt

Tilted photo of a young woman with messy brown hair, wearing a denim jacket and smiling at the camera. Name: Sarah-Jane Gatt.
Died: January 3, 2018 (Body found; died April 20-24, 2017).
Age at death: 40.
Cause of death: Unspecified homicide.
Location: Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.
Disability: Unspecified; on disability pension; bulimia, drug addiction.

Details:
Sarah-Jane’s body was found in her bathtub, where it had been for months after her death. In the interim, her partner continued to collect her disability pension.

Sarah wanted to become a model when she was younger and went to school for it, but the diet pills she took to stay thin were the beginning of her problems with eating disorders and drugs. She became the mother of four children, but was unable to care for them because of her addiction. She wanted to become a counselor to help others.

Case status:
Andrew Baker (Partner), charged with murder and social security fraud.

Source:
Murder-accused boyfriend admits seeing body in bath
Lover’s grim bathtub discovery
Man charged with murder of Melbourne woman found in bathtub
No-show in Vic death welfare fraud case
Kensington dead body: Mum Sarah Gatt died months before bathtub find
What happened to Sarah?
Man charged with murder of Melbourne woman Sarah Gatt after body found in bathtub

James Murphy

Name: James Murphy.
Died: 2018.
Age at death: 44.
Cause of death: Sepsis.
Location: Valrico, Florida, USA.
Disability: Quadriplegic after car accident.

Details:
James was left uncared-for, and eventually died from his severe bedsores.

Case status:
Lisa Murphy (Wife) charged with aggravated manslaughter and neglect.
Amber Murphy (Daughter), charged with neglect.
Shalya Murphy (Daughter), charged with neglect.

Source:
Woman accused of letting disabled husband die refuses plea deal
Valrico mother accused of aggravated manslaughter faces forgery charges in unrelated crime
Bond revoked for woman accused of neglecting disabled husband
Judge denies bond for daughter accused of fatally neglecting man

56-year-old man

No Photo Name Unknown.
Died: December 31, 2017.
Age at death: 56.
Cause of death: Fire.
Location: Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece.
Disability: Paraplegic.

Details:
This 56-year-old man was allegedly drenched in gasoline and burned alive by his son. His wife reported also being attacked, but escaping before the killer was able to light the fire.

Case status:
His 35-year-old son (arrested, charged with attempted murder and arson).

Source:
Son kills disabled father by setting him on fire in Mani
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Μεσσηνία: Έβαλε φωτιά στον παραπληγικό πατέρα του
Νέες λεπτομέρειες για την οικογενειακή τραγωδία στη Μάνη
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Συγκλονισμένη η Μάνη με τον 34χρονο που έκαψε ζωντανό τον παραπληγικό πατριό του
Τραγωδία στην Μάνη: Αυτός είναι ο 34χρονος που έκαψε ζωντανό τον πατριό του – Είχε βγει τον Σεπτέμβριο από το ψυχιατρείο (Photos)
Θα με σκότωνε κι εμένα – Συγκλονίζει η μάνα του φονιά που έκαψε τον πατριό του στη Μάνη

Suneel Kotele

No Photo Name: Suneel Kotele.
Died: December 27, 2017.
Age at death: 40.
Cause of death: Fire.
Location: Goreagon, Maharashtra, India.
Disability: Unspecified physical disability.

Details:
Suneel owned a housing unit and an apartment. His younger brother felt entitled to have them because Suneel was disabled. But Suneel refused to give his brother the property; so his brother allegedly doused Suneel with kerosene and set him on fire. Neighbors tried to save Suneel’s life, but by the time the fire could be extinguished, he had already burned to death.

Case status:
Raju Kotele (Brother), charged with murder.

Source:
27-year-old immolates handicapped brother
Mumbai Crime: 27-year-old man kills physically challenged brother by setting him ablaze

Airi Kakimoto

No Photo Name: Airi Kakimoto.
Died: December 23, 2017 (Body found; died December 18, 2017).
Age at death: 33.
Cause of death: Hypothermia.
Location: Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan.
Disability: Mental illness, either schizophrenia or “integration disorder”.

Details:
When she was sixteen or seventeen years old, Airi was diagnosed with a mental illness. Within a year, her parents were using a room in their house to serve as a jail for their daughter. It was unheated and bare, and contained only two mats, a makeshift toilet, and a tube connected to a water tank outside. Airi stayed in this room for fifteen or more years. She was denied clothing and fed only once a day. Too thin to keep herself warm, she died of hypothermia, weighing 19 kilograms (42 pounds).

Case status:
Yasutaka Kakimoto (Father), convicted of parental neglect resulting in the death, sentenced to 13 years.
Yukari Kakimoto (Mother), convicted of parental neglect resulting in the death, sentenced to 13 years.

Source:
Parents get 13 years for letting 33-year-old schizophrenic daughter freeze to death
Parents of dead woman admit confining her for 15 years
Parents arrested after daughter kept in tiny cell for 17 years dies：The Asahi Shimbun
Parents of dead Osaka woman reportedly admit confining her for 15 years
Parents knew their locked-up daughter was in dire state: police：The Asahi Shimbun
Japanese couple who confined their daughter rearrested over her freezing death
Couple hit with fresh arrest warrant over death of daughter kept in tiny room for 15 years

Noe Valencia-Hernandez

No Photo Name: Noe Valencia-Hernandez.
Died: December 8, 2017.
Age at death: Adult.
Cause of death: Hypothermia.
Location: Radium Springs, New Mexico, USA.
Disability: Schizophrenia.

Details:
Noe’s brother and sister-in-law allegedly kept him in an unheated shed in their backyard. One night, with the temperature below freezing, they found him dead from hypothermia.

Case Status:
Cecelia Hernandez (Sister-in-law), charged with abuse of a resident resulting in death; hung jury, mistrial. New trial likely.

Source:
Jury deadlocks in case of woman allegedly locking up disabled relative

Meghan Scully

Name: Meghan Scully.
Died: November 25, 2017.
Age at death: 38.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA.
Disability: Unspecified disability.

Details:
Meghan and her mother, 68-year-old Mary, were shot and killed by her father in a murder-suicide.

Case status:
Robert Scully (Father), deceased.

Source:
Police: Spotsylvania Co. Man Killed Wife, Daughter, Himself
Autopsy shows Spotsylvania man killed wife and daughter before killing himself, police say
Meghan Scully, age 38