Remembering the Disabled Murdered by Caregivers
Age 0-4
Name: Nalecia Hines.
Died: November 28, 2011.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Smothered, stabbed.
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Disability: Down syndrome.
Details:
Nalecia was smothered and stabbed to death by her mother.
Case status:
Carulus Hines (Mother). Shot by police.
Name: Cordero Webber Jr.
Died: November 4, 2011.
Age at death: 5 months.
Cause of death: Fatal abuse.
Location: Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Disability: None diagnosed; his parents claimed he was autistic.
Details:
Cordero’s parents abused and neglected him and explained away his malnourishment as a sign that he was autistic. Eventually, he died of head injuries from the abuse.
Case status:
Cordero Anthony Webber (Father), convicted of manslaughter and child neglect, sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Kierra Monet Hayes Laird (Mother), sentenced to one year in prison.
Source:
Autism Memorial: Cordero Webber Jr.
acksonville parents charged after malnourished baby’s blunt-trauma death
“Primary caretaker” dad on trial for beating death of 5-month-old son (Jacksonville, Florida)
Parents Face Felony Neglect Charge; Baby Died of Head Trauma, Had Other Past Injuries and Was Malnourished
Jurors convict Jacksonville man in son’s death
Name: Evan Watkins.
Died: September 30, 2011.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Lakeland, Florida, USA.
Disability: Developmental delay, possible autism.
Details:
Evan was beaten to death by his mother’s boyfriend because he would not go to sleep.
Case status:
Marton Pal (Mother’s boyfriend); pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse and first-degree murder, sentenced to life in prison.
Source:
Autism Memorial: Evan Watkins
Man charged with beating child to death
Polk man gets life sentence for Lakeland boy’s death
Innocents Lost: Evan Hayden Watkins, 4
Name: Tanilla Warrick-Deaves.
Died: August 27, 2011.
Age at death: 2.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia.
Disability: Bowed legs.
Details:
Tanila was abused by her stepfather. After a beating, it was obvious that Tanila had a head injury, but her mother, seeing how badly hurt Tanila was, did not call the ambulance because she figured it would be better if Tanila died than if she lived as “a vegetable”. Instead, she put Tanila in a pram, where the little girl took three days to die.
Case status:
Donna Deaves (Mother), convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to 9-12 years in jail.
Warren Ross (Stepfather), convicted of murder, sentenced to 30-40 years prison.
Source:
Mum who watched daughter, 2, being whipped and tortured to death set to go free
How a monster was able to kill little Tanilla Warrick-Deaves
Mum felt it ‘a bit late’ to save beaten Tanilla
Agonising abuse of tiny Tanilla: NSW court
Name: Noe Medina Jr.; also called Noe Hermosillo Jr.
Died: August 25, 2011.
Age at death: 7 months.
Cause of death: Fall injury.
Location: La habra, California, USA.
Disability: Congenital muscular torticollis, plagiocephaly (Twisted neck, flat head).
Details:
Noe’s mother thought his congenital conditions made him unacceptable; she threw him off a four-story parking garage to his death.
Case status:
Sonia Hermosillo (Mother); found guilty of first-degree murder and assault of a child causing death, sentenced to 25 years to life.
Source:
Mother who hurled disabled baby son to his death could get PAROLE
California mother gets 25-to-life for pushing infant son off parking structure
Jury: Mom who dropped 7-month-old son to his death from parking garage was sane at the time
Mom convicted of murder for dropping her baby off parking garage
California mom convicted of murder after baby dropped from hospital’s parking garage
California mom who pushed disabled baby son to his death didn’t love him, murder trial hears
Baby Noe Medina Jr. allegedly tossed from hospital roof dies, mother Sonia Hermosillo to face a murder charge
California mother to stand trial in 4-story drop that killed baby
Name: Alejandra Molina.
Died: August 1, 2011.
Age at death: 7 months.
Cause of death: Heat stroke, dehydration.
Location: Columbus, Georgia, USA.
Disability: Prematurity, special dietary needs.
Details:
Alejandra was neglected by her mother. Born premature and needing extra calories to grow, she was supposed to be fed every few hours, but instead, her mother left her alone for sixteen hours in a hot room. She died of dehydration and heat stroke, five pounds underweight and covered with insect bites.
Case status:
Jessica Shah (Mother), found guilty of first-degree murder, sentenced to life; sentence overturned because of inappropriate jury instructions; granted new trial; found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct, sentenced to 7-10 years.
Source:
Mother gets new sentence in infant death case in which bugs fed on chld’s body.
Columbus mom whose dead baby was eaten by bugs gets reduced sentence
A mother was sentenced to life for killing her baby. Then her conviction was thrown out.
S16A1083. SHAH v. THE STATE.
Columbus pediatrician: 7-month-old baby died slowly; 9 lbs. at death
Name: JaQuinn Brewton.
Died: July 12, 2011.
Age at death: 3.
Cause of death: Pancreatic laceration from blunt trauma.
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Disability: Intellectual disability.
Details:
JaQuinn was beaten and burned by his godmother and her boyfriend. His mother had turned him over to their care because she was staying in a homeless shelter. He died from internal injuries after two weeks at the hospital.
Case status:
Nadera Batson (Godmother), convicted of third-degree murder, sentenced to 28 1/2 to 57 years in prison.
Marcus King (Godmother’s boyfriend), pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, sentenced to 10-20 years in prison.
Source:
Godmother Sentenced in Blow Torch, Beating Death of 3-Year-Old Boy
Guilty verdict in torture death of boy, 3
Police: boy died from horrific abuse
Name: Christina Noel Meeks.
Died: June 20, 2011.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Heart attack.
Location: Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.
Disability: Developmental delay; heart disease.
Details:
Christina died of a heart attack the day after an alleged violent sexual assault by her uncle. Nurses at the hospital reported extensive bruising.
Case status:
Robert Meeks Jr. (Uncle), child sexual abuse, charges dropped with the possibility of re-filing charges.
Betty Hall (Grandmother), neglect, charges dropped with the possibility of re-filing charges.
Source:
Child Neglect Charge Dismissed In Muskogee Girl’s 2011 Death
Affidavit Details Abuse Allegations In Muskogee Girl’s Death
Name: Cassie Hopkins.
Died: March 12, 2011.
Age at death: 3.
Cause of death: Drowning.
Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Disability: Angelman syndrome.
Details:
Cassie’s father left her alone in the bathtub, knowing she could not walk and had seizures. She drowned.
Case status:
Christopher Hopkins (Father), reckless injury to a child, 15 years.
Source:
After local disabled toddler drowns, focus turns to father.
Obituary
Father sentenced for tub drowning attributed to porn
Name: Brandy Ardon.
Died: March 6, 2011.
Age at death: 2 months.
Cause of death: Morphine poisoning, fire.
Location: Reno, Nevada, USA.
Disability: Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome.
Details:
Brandy’s mother drugged her with morphine; then she put the baby in a bag, took her to a field, doused her with gasoline, and burned her. The coroner confirmed that there was smoke in the baby’s lungs; she had been alive when she was set on fire.
Case status:
Suceli Ardon (Mother), pleaded guilty to arson, given time served and ordered to get 5 years of mental health counseling.
Source:
GUILTY NV – Randi Ardon, 2 mos, body found burned, Sparks, 6 March 2011
Police: Baby burned alive by mother in Nevada