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Adam Snyder

No Photo Name: Adam J. Snyder.
Died: October 5, 2016.
Age at death: 8.
Cause of death: Head injury, starvation, pneumonia.
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Disability: Unspecified special needs.

Details:
Adam died from a head injury, made worse by pneumonia and malnutrition. His adoptive parents are suspected of having starved Adam for the last month of his life.

Case Status:
Katherine Snyder (Adoptive mother), charged with aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, and endangering children.
John Snyder (Adoptive mother), charged with aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, and endangering children.

Sources:
Trial begins for Springfield Twp. couple accused of killing boy they adopted from China
Ohio Couple Arrested Near Canadian Border For Adopted Son’s 2016 Murder, Child Abuse
Mom and Dad Face Murder Charges in 8-Year-Old’s Death After Failed Civil Suit Claimed Ohio Coroner ‘Damaged and Sullied’ Their Reputations
Questions remain as Ohio couple faces murder charges 6 years after 8-yr-old special needs son’s death | MEAWW
Horror details emerge as couple ‘starved son before bludgeoning him to death’
Parents indicted for adopted child’s 2016 death; 5 other kids found severely malnourished, abused
Parents charged with murder 5 years after death of 8-year-old
Police Arrest Couple Wanted for Murder of Child in Ohio

Yonatan Aguilar

Name: Yonatan Daniel Aguilar.
Died: August 22, 2016.
Age at death: 11.
Cause of death: Starvation.
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
When Yonatan’s teachers reported that he was hungry, stealing food, and had come to school with a black eye, Yonatan’s mother decided to take him out of school. She told everyone she had sent him to Mexico to a special school. Instead, she allegedly locked him in the closet.

Police say that for three years before his death, Yonatan’s mother locked him up, abused him, and fed him very little; to keep him quiet, she sedated him with sleeping pills for so long that he developed pressure sores from not moving. Yonatan died of starvation, weighing 34 pounds.

Case status: Veronica Aguilar (Mother), convicted of child abuse and first-degree murder, sentenced to 25 years to life.

Source:
Mother who sedated her special-needs son, 11, kept him in closet until he died, sentenced
Autism Memorial: Yonatan Aguilar
Man didn’t realize wife ‘had hidden son,10, in closet for 3 years to starve him’
Preliminary Hearing Begins in Echo Park Boy’s Death
California mother accused in death of special-needs boy kept hidden in closet
Boy, 10, died after ‘he was locked in closet for years by mother’
L.A. mother accused of killing special-needs son described boy as ‘pure evil’ to detective
Calif. Mom Allegedly Starved Son, 11, and Locked Him in Closet for 3 Years Before Death
Echo Park mother accused of killing special-needs son described boy as ‘pure evil’ to detective
Mom charged with murder after special-needs son found dead in closet
Tortured life: Court documents show boy with autism locked in closet for 3 years prior to his death
Records obtained by Times reveal boy was kept in closets for three years before his death
Autistic Boy Kept In Closet And Sedated By Mother Before Passing Away
DCFS investigated reports of abuse of Echo Park boy later found dead in closet
Memorial service held for Echo Park boy found dead in closet
11-Year-Old Boy Found Dead in Echo Park Closet Weighed Only 34 Pounds; Public Memorial Held
Echo Park Mother Charged With Murder of 11-Year-Old Malnourished Son
Veronica Aguilar: L.A. Mom Starved 11-Year-Old Son To Death, Horrifying Murder Charge Says — Boy Stuffed In Closet
Malnourished boy found dead in Echo Park closet was subject of earlier child abuse reports, LAPD says
Boy, 11, found dead in Echo Park closet weighed just 34 pounds
Death Of A Boy In The Closet From Alleged Abuse: Siblings Knew About It But Kept Silent
11-year-old boy found dead in LA had been locked in a wardrobe for three years
Records Show Boy Stuffed In Closet By Mother For 3 Years Before His Death
Documents show mom concealed boy in closets for years before his death, LA Times reports
Little boy found dead in closet had been hidden, tortured there for years
Echo Park Boy Found Dead Was Kept Hidden, Sedated In Closets For Years
Evil mother kept son locked in a closet for three years before he died
Boy Found Dead In Echo Park Home Had Been Locked In Closet For 3 Years
This Mom Allegedly Locked Her Child In a Closet For 3 Years Before He Died
Boy Found Dead in Closet Was Sedated and Hidden for Years
Woman allegedly locked 11-year-old son in closets for three years before he died
California boy found dead in home was kept hidden in closet for years, court docs say
Tortured life: Court documents show boy with autism locked in closet for 3 years prior to his death

Mirudula

No Photo Name: Mirudula.
Died: July 7, 2016.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Head and internal injury.
Location: Chintadripet, Chennai, India.
Disability: Stuttering.

Details:
Mirudula’s parents put her in speech therapy, and became frustrated when she did not respond well to it. She allegedly died because her parents tried to cure her speech impediment through “shock treatment”–they beat her, threatened her with a knife, tried to suffocate her with a pillow, and eventually hit her so hard that they caused fatal injuries to her head and internal organs.

Case status:
X Gerald (Adoptive father), charged with murder.
Sangeetha (Adoptive mother), under suspicion.

Source:
Lawyer held for murder, year after adopted daughter’s death
Year after adopted child dies due to torture, heartless parent arrested in Chennai
Chennai: Lawyer held for murder of daughter

Janelle Johnson

Name: Janelle Abriana Johnson.
Died: July 2, 2016.
Age at death: 5.
Cause of death: Drowning.
Location: Port Arthur, Texas, USA.
Disability: Paralyzed; wheelchair user.

Details:
Janelle’s father put her in the tub for a bath; then he allegedly left the room. Janelle, who could not hold her head out of the water, drowned.

Case status:
Jermaine Johnson (Father), under investigation.

Source:
Police investigating drowning death of 5-year-old Port Arthur girl
4-year-old drowns in bathtub in Port Arthur apartment
Special needs girl, 5, drowns in bathtub
Port Arthur child dies due to apparent drowning
Janelle Abriana Johnson

Shaelynn Lehano-Stone

Name: Shaelynn Lehano-Stone.
Died: June 28, 2016.
Age at death: 9.
Cause of death: Starvation.
Location: Hilo, Hawaii, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Shaelynn was starved and deprived of water and medication by her parents and grandmother. She died of pneumonia caused by malnutrition.

Case status:
Kevin Lehano (Father), pleaded no contest to manslaughter, sentenced to 10 years probation.
Tiffany Stone (Mother), pleaded no contest to manslaughter, sentenced to 10 years probation.
Henrietta Stone (Grandmother), charged with second-degree murder.

Source:
Autism Memorial: Shaelynn Lehano-Stone
Father receives probation in child starvation death
Woman found guilty of manslaughter in death of 9-year-old daughter
Family of 9-year-old Big Island girl who starved to death is suing the state for wrongful death
Shaelynn Lehano-Stone
Hilo girl allegedly starved to death was once ward of state
CPS had been in contact with Hawaii girl starved to death since she was a toddler
Father faces mental exam in alleged child starvation
Suit alleges state’s to blame for starvation death of 9-year-old Hilo girl

Mason Bryan

Photo of Mason Bryan, a toddler boy with curly brown hair, tan skin, and dark-brown eyes. He is smiling slightly. Name: Mason Bentlee Bryan.
Died: June 24, 2016.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: Aiken, South Carolina, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Mason liked jumping off the furniture. He watched Thomas the Tank Engine, The Lion King, and Cars, and he had a little brother named Wyatt.

Mason was beaten to death by his mother’s boyfriend.

case status:
Derek Matthew Roberson (Mother’s boyfriend), pleaded guilty to homicide by child abuse, sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Amanda Bryan (Mother), charged with child neglect.

Source:
Aiken man pleads guilty to abusing autistic child to death, gets 25 years
Couple charged in homicide of 4-year-old child
Mom and mom’s boyfriend formally charged in 4-year-old’s death
Mother, live-in boyfriend accused of killing 4-year-old in Aiken Co.
Mason Bentlee Bryan’s Obituary on The Aiken Standard

Yusei Ikeda

No Photo Name: Yusei Ikeda.
Died: April 5, 2016.
Age at death: 11.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Nirasaki, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
Disability: Developmental disorder.

Details:
Police say Yusei’s mother called them and admitted to strangling her son. Paramedics arrived at the home to find Yusei dead, and police arrested his mother.

Case status:
Chinatsu Ikeda (Mother), arrested on suspicion of murder.

Source:
Woman arrested for strangling 11-year-old son to death

11-year-old girl

No Photo Name Unknown.
Died: March 3, 2016.
Age at death: 11.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Daegu, South Korea.
Disability: Intellectual disability, physical disability.

Details:
This 11-year-old girl’s mother is charged with having strangled her to death.

Case status:
Her mother, charged with murder.

Source:
Mother on trial for killing disabled daughter
“양육 힘들어”…11세 장애 딸 목졸라 살해한 30대母(종합)
“양육하기 어렵다”…지적장애 딸 목졸라 살해한 어머니 : SBS 뉴스
“양육하기 어렵다”…지적장애 딸 목졸라 살해한 어머니 | 연합뉴스

Henry Mokoshoni

Photo: Two hands, one adult and dark-brown, one child-size and albino, laid across one another on a mound of dirt. — Harry’s twin brother Harrison lays his hand on Harry’s grave.

Name: Henry Mokoshoni; also called “Hari” or “Harry Mockshon”.
Died: February 26, 2016.
Age at death: 9.
Cause of death: Unspecified homicide.
Location: Mpakati, Machinga District, Malawi.
Disability: Albinism.

Details:
When Henry’s uncle took him from his mother’s house, that was the last time he was seen alive. It’s unknown how Henry died because only his head was ever found.

He leaves behind a twin brother named Harrison, who also has albinism, and a mother and stepfather who still mourn his death.

Case status:
Elias Chatha (Uncle), charged with murder.

Source:
Justice delayed isn’t just | The Nation Online
5 facts about albinism in Malawi
Families push for timely justice on albino cases
Malawi Police net murder suspect on albino child
Albino nine-year-old ‘decapitated’ in Malawi as shoot-to-kill policy fails to prevent ritual killings
STILL ON MATTERS OF COMPROMISED SECURITY
Killed for their bones

Ethan Okula

Name: Ethan Okula.
Died: February 10, 2016.
Age at death: 10.
Cause of death: Bowel obstruction.
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Disability: Intellectual disability, hearing impaired, vision impaired, chronic illness including a bowel condition.

Details:
Ethan was at school when he began to experience severe stomach pain, so the school sent him home to his foster parents, recommending they take him to the hospital. But instead of getting him medical attention, they put him on the couch and left him there until he stopped breathing. When emergency services were finally called, he was dead from an untreated bowel obstruction.

Case status:
Denise Alston (Foster mother), pleaded guilty to tampering with public documents, sentenced to 3 years probation.
Carol Fletcher (Foster mother), pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child, sentenced to 8 months time served and probation.

Source:
A 10-year-old’s wholly preventable death
Finally, after two years, criminal charges in a child’s heartbreaking death
Couple who left 10-year-old foster kid dying on couch charged
Ethan Okula’s foster mother was sentenced in his tragic death. So many more are to blame
Finally, after two years, criminal charges in a child’s heartbreaking death