Remembering the Disabled Murdered by Caregivers
Age 30-59
Name: Paula Eloise Riffe.
Died: December 17, 1984.
Age at death: 42.
Cause of death: Homicide.
Location: Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA.
Disability: Unspecified.
Details:
Paula’s father killed her in a murder-suicide because he didn’t know what would happen to her after he died.
Case status:
Paul Riffe (Father), deceased.
Source:
Paula Eloise Riffe
Misplaced Mercy
Name: Linda Zamarripa.
Died: August 31, 2024.
Age at death: 58.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Disability: Unspecified, care-dependent.
Details:
Linda, who was unable to leave the house because of her disability, lived with her daughter, who cared for her. Linda’s daughter stabbed her to death; police said she was frustrated because her mother was housebound.
Case Status:
Rachel Zamarripa (Daughter) pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 30 years.
Sources:
Woman sentenced after fatally stabbing mother ‘over a couple dozen times’ in San Antonio
‘She snapped’: Woman stabbed her mother ‘well over a couple dozen times’