Age: Child – Page 3 – Disability Day of Mourning

Princeton Jones

Name: Princeton Nicholas Jones.
Died: November 30, 2024.
Age at death: 9.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Compton, California, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Princeton was staying with his grandfather when his father allegedly fatally shot him.

A bright, funny boy, Princeton was very close to his mother.

Case Status:
Nicholas Jones (Father), charged with murder and child abuse resulting in death.

Sources:
West Rancho Dominguez father pleads not guilty in son’s shooting death
Father arrested after his 9-year-old son shot and killed in Compton
Father Arrested In Shooting Death Of Autistic Boy, 9
Father Arrested in Fatal Shooting of 9-Year-Old Autistic Son in Compton

No Photo Name Unknown.
Died: November 27, 2024.
Age at death: 12.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Bugang-myeon, Sejong City, South Korea.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
This 12-year-old boy’s mother took her son out of school, drove to an isolated rural road, and allegedly strangled him. Two hours later, she called the police, explaining that she had killed someone, and was arrested. Police say she told them she decided to kill him because “life was too hard.”

Case Status:
His mother is on trial for murder. The prosecution is seeking an 8-year sentence.

Sources:
disabled-children-in-south-korea-face-higher-risk-of-homicide-data – The Korea Times
A woman in her 40s who killed her son due to hardships was arrested by police.
Prosecutors have asked for eight years in prison for a biological mother in her 40s who was in court.. – MK
‘생활고’로 초등학생 아들 숨지게 한 40대 엄마
김제서 아들 살해한 40대 여성 체포

Gael

No Photo Name: Gael (Surname unknown).
Died: November 17, 2024.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Unspecified abuse and neglect.
Location: Sete Lagoas, Brazil.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.

Details:
When Gael died, his mother called a funeral director to remove the body; but when the funeral home sent an employee, they saw the condition of Gael’s body and called police. He was lying in a damp room, on a dirty mattress; he had injuries on his body, was very malnourished and dirty, and had rotten teeth.

Case Status:
Gael’s mother and stepfather were arrested on suspicion of murder.

Sources:
Tragic Death of Child with Cerebral Palsy Reveals Shocking Signs of Violence
Criança com paralisia cerebral é encontrada morta e mãe e padrasto são presos em Sete Lagoas
Criança com paralisia cerebral é morta em MG; casal é preso por suspeita de maus-tratos
Casal é preso após criança com paralisia cerebral morrer com sinais de maus-tratos e desnutrição
Criança com paralisia morta em casa vivia em situação ‘lamentável’, diz tia

Noah Whitmire

Name: Noah Jack Whitmire.
Died: October 18, 2024.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Starvation.
Location: Bay City, Michigan, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; unable to swallow, used feeding tube.

Details:
Emergency services were summoned to Noah’s home by his mother, who said she had woken to find him unresponsive. The four-year-old, who was declared dead on the scene, weighed only ten pounds. An autopsy established that he had died from malnutrition.

Case Status:
Jessica M. Burke (Mother) is charged with first-degree child abuse.

Sources:
Hearing set for Bay City woman accused of starving child to death
Boy, 4, weighed only 10 pounds. Mother charged with starving him to death.
Noah Jack Whitmire Obituary October 18, 2024

Eleni Edwards

Name: Eleni “Laney” Edwards.
Died: September 23, 2024.
Age at death: 8.
Cause of death: Unspecified homicide.
Location: Salford, England, UK.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.

Details:
Laney’s mother killed her, then herself.

Neighbors remember seeing her walk down the street, supported by a walking frame. A bus picked her up each day to attend a special school.

Case Status:
Martina Karos (Mother), deceased.

Sources:
Mother and eight year-old girl found dead in suspected murder-suicide pictured
Police name mother and daughter found dead in house in Salford
Woman found dead with disabled daughter, 8, in ‘murder-suicide’
Deaths of mother and disabled eight year-old daughter treated as murder-suicide
‘Devoted’ mum and disabled daughter at centre of ‘murder-suicide’ probe named
Tributes paid to mother and disabled daughter at centre of ‘murder-suicide’
Woman believed to have killed herself and her child ‘not a monster’, says friend

Elijah Hale

Name: Elijah Anthony Hale.
Died: September 5, 2024.
Age at death: 5.
Cause of death: Hot water burns.
Location: Walkertown, North Carolina, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Elijah suffered severe burns, believed to have been inflicted when he was put into a bathtub full of scalding hot water. Elijah’s stepfather was arrested for child abuse, and Elijah was taken to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with third-degree burns. He lived for 46 days before dying from his injuries.

Elijah loved animals and loved his family. An active, energetic child, he spent his days singing, running, and playing ball.

Case Status:
James Wilford Huff (Stepfather), charged with first-degree murder.

Sources:
Prosecutors to seek death penalty against man charged with killing 5-year-old autistic stepson
Autism Memorial: Elijah Hale
Stepfather charged with first-degree murder in death of 5-year-old autistic boy in Walkertown
Autistic boy, 4, dies after being severely burned in bathtub
Walkertown man charged with murder after death of child, Forsyth County deputies say

Nuraina Rosli

Name: Nuraina Humaira Rosli.
Died: August 17, 2024.
Age at death: 10.
Cause of death: Neck injuries.
Location: Sungai Siput, Malaysia.
Disability: Deaf.

Details:
Nuraina, a Primary Four student, went outside to play and was reported missing. The next day, her body was found in a nearby swamp, and a post-mortem determined she had been raped and killed.

Nuraina was one of the Orang Asli, the indigenous population of Peninsular Malaysia.

Case Status:
A 17-year-old boy (close relative, unspecified) has been charged with murder.

Sources:
Teen charged with murder of disabled 10-year-old girl
Teen charged with murder of disabled girl [WATCH]
Missing 10-year-old found dead in Pos Kuala Mu swamp
Teen charged with murder of 10-year-old Orang Asli girl Nuraina Humaira
Ministry to provide support, counselling to Nuraina Humaira’s family, says Nancy

Dimple Meena

Name: Dimple Meena.
Died: May 20, 2024.
Age at death: 10.
Cause of death: Poisoned.
Location: Hindaun, Rajasthan, India.
Disability: Deaf.

Details:
Dimple was brought in to the hospital with severe burns. She had been doused with gasoline, her family said, by two strange men. After some days, Dimple died; but an autopsy established she had not died from her burns–she had been poisoned. Police believe that, after an argument with her mother, her parents set Dimple on fire, and then forced her to take poison as she lay helpless in her hospital bed.

Case Status:
Karan Singh (Father), charged with murder.
Kamlesh (Mother), charged with murder.
Rajesh Meena (Uncle), charged with murder.

Sources:
Dimple Meena Murder Case: Was the 10-Year-Old Deaf and Mute Girl Killed by Her Parents? Activists Suspect Foul Play, Demand CBI Investigation
Family held for brutal murder of deaf-mute girl

Vinod Kumar

Name: Vinod Kumar.
Died: May 5, 2024.
Age at death: 6.
Cause of death: Drowning and/or traumatic injury.
Location: Karnataka, India.
Disability: Deaf, non-speaking.

Details:
Vinod’s parents regularly argued about him. His father was angry that his mother had given birth to a disabled boy, and allegedly told his wife to “throw the child away”. As she later told authorities, Vinod’s mother followed the suggestion. Neighbors say they saw her throw a sleeping Vinod into a canal that flows into the Kali River, where many crocodiles live. When they saw this, the neighbors raised the alarm. An immediate search was made for the boy, but he wasn’t found, and night fell, forcing the search to pause. In the morning, they found Vinod’s body. He had been fatally mauled by crocodiles.

Case Status:
Savitri Kumar (Mother), charged with murder.
Ravi Kumar (Father), charged with murder.

Sources:
Woman throws speech-disabled son into crocodile-infested river in Karnataka
India news: Mother threw disabled son, 6, into crocodile-infested river where he was ‘mauled to death’ by hungry beasts
Mother throws her disabled son, 6, into a crocodile-infested river
Mother arrested for throwing disabled son into crocodile-infested canal in India
Woman accused of throwing her disabled son to his death in a crocodile-infested canal
Disabled boy ‘mauled to death by crocodiles after being thrown into the river by mother’, as police launch murder probe
Disabled boy mauled to death by crocodiles after being thrown into river by mum
Woman accused of throwing her disabled son to his death in a crocodile-infested canal
Mum accused of throwing disabled son, 6, into crocodile-infested river

Kinsleigh Welty

Name: Kinsleigh Welty.
Died: April 9, 2024.
Age at death: 5.
Cause of death: Starvation.
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Disability: Dwarfism, floppy trachea.

Details:
Kinsleigh’s family allegedly locked her into the closet of the trailer home where they lived. When her family finally called medics, Kinsleigh was rushed to the hospital, but she couldn’t be saved and died of malnutrition.

Kinsleigh liked playing dress-up and was known to steal her father’s hat. She liked Paw Patrol and Bubble Guppies.

Case Status:
Toni McClure (Mother) is charged with murder, criminal confinement, and battery.
Ryan Smith (Mother’s boyfriend) is charged with neglect of a dependent and criminal confinement.
Tammy Halsey (Grandmother) is charged with neglect of a dependent.

Sources:
When Scapegoating Leads To Torturing a Girl To Death
Indy couple, grandma charged in ‘horrific’ death of 5-year-old girl who was starved in a feces-covered closet, tied to a bed
Obituary for Kinsleigh Welty
Family of slain 5-year-old girl call for child welfare reform: ‘This was preventable’
Locked in a closet, rarely fed: The weeks before girl’s death revealed in court docs