Category: Age: Elder

Age 60+

Callie Branch

Photo of Callie Branch, a middle-aged woman with brown skin and a pleasant smile; a filter has been applied that adds white roses and a heart.Name: Callie Branch.
Died: October 17, 2020.
Age at death: 73.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Disability: Partial paralysis after stroke.

Details:
Callie’s daughter allegedly stabbed her to death. Police say Callie’s daughter told them that Callie threatened to call the police, so her daughter stabbed her.

Before she retired, Callie owned a beauty shop.

Case Status:
Crystal Branch (Daughter), charged with first-degree murder.

Source:
Woman indicted for stabbing elderly mother
Woman indicted for murder in stabbing death of 73-year-old disabled mother
Police: Woman found smoking cigarette after stabbing 73-year-old mother

Homer Piatt

Photo of a bearded older man wearing a Trump 2020 baseball cap.Name: Homer “Dave” Piatt.
Died: October 15, 2020.
Age at death: 72.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Las Crucez, Ohio, USA.
Disability: Chronic illness, mobility impaired.

Details:
Dave’s wife shot him. Three days later, she went to the police and explained she had killed him to “ease his suffering”.

He was the former Postmaster of Haydenville, a nearby town.

Case Status:
Gayle L. Piatt (Wife), pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter; sentenced to 11 to 16-1/2 years in prison.

Source:
Haydenville woman sentenced for husband’s death
Obituary for Homer David “Dave” Piatt at Cardaras Funeral Home – Logan

Karen Gillen

Photo of an older woman with pale skin and brown hair pulled back from her face; she is wearing glasses, which are slipping down her nose, and a bright red sweater.Name: Karen Gillen.
Died: September 23, 2020.
Age at death: 68.
Cause of death: Brain injury; beating.
Location: Waxahachie, Texas, USA.
Disability: Stroke.

Details:
Karen, a widow who depended on her only son to care for her, was brought to the emergency room dead from a beating, with bruises all over her body, a broken arm, and 21 rib fractures in different stages of healing. Her son had used the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic to neglect and abuse her for six months until she finally died from brain trauma.

Case Status:
Chad Gillen (Son), convicted of murder, sentenced to 70 years.

Sources:
Waxahachie man sentenced to 70 years for beating mother to death
Son Gets 70 Years For Killing His Mother
Karen Gillen Obituary 2020

Pauline Lankford

No PhotoName: Pauline Lankford.
Died: September 15, 2020.
Age at death: 87.
Cause of death: Dehydration, malnutrition, infection.
Location: Blythe, Georgia, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Pauline’s family allegedly left her sitting on a chair in the living room. When she died from dehydration, malnutrition, and multiple infected pressure sores, she had not been fed, bathed, or given medication for a significant length of time.

Case status
Clifton Brady (Son-in-law), charged with murder, elder neglect, and neglect of a disabled adult.
Cynthia Brady (Daughter), charged with murder and elder neglect.

Source:
Murder indictment returned against couple in elderly Blythe woman’s death
Blythe couple accused of murder in death of elderly relative granted bond
UPDATE: Man arrested suspicious death of elderly woman in Blythe
Coroner investigating death of 87-year-old woman in Blythe
Warrant: Man withheld food, medication from 87-year-old Blythe woman found dead

Unknown Elder Woman

No PhotoName Unknown.
Died: September 10, 2020.
Age at death: Elder.
Cause of death: Hypoxia.
Location: Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
Disability: Stroke, paralysis.

Details:
This woman was in the hospital for a urinary tract infection when her husband allegedly smothered her. She died five days after the incident from hypoxic encephalopathy (lack of oxygen to the brain), kidney infection, and pneumonia.

Case status:
Tsai Wan-liang (Husband), charged with domestic homicide.

Source:
Elderly man in Taiwan kills bedridden wife, tells nurses she is ‘finally free’ from her pain
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63-year-old man

No PhotoName Unknown.
Died: September 7, 2020.
Age at death: 63.
Cause of death: Traumatic injury.
Location: Sabot, Lopburi, Thailand.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
This 63-year-old man’s body was found on the side of the road with severe injuries to his skull, ribs, and shoulders. When police searched his house, they found bloody laundry that someone had been trying to wash. They arrested his daughter on suspicion of murder.

Case status:
His daughter was arrested on suspicion of murder. Police are still searching for a possible accomplice.

Source:
Woman held on suspicion of murdering disabled father
Woman suspected of murdering disabled father

Nancy Arnold

No PhotoName: Nancy Arnold.
Died: September 5, 2020.
Age at death: 78.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.

Details:
Police say that Nancy’s brother fatally shot her, then tried to kill himself. Her brother recovered from his injuries and was arrested, but Nancy died at the scene.

Case status:
William Lokay (Brother), charged with first-degree murder; died in 2022.

Source:
PD: 73-year-old Valley man accused of shooting, killing sister
Obituary: William A. Lokey

Yoko Shinya

No PhotoName: Yoko Shinya.
Died: September 4, 2020.
Age at death: 76.
Cause of death: Suffocation.
Location: Saitama, Japan.
Disability: A chronic diease.

Details:
Ms. Shinya’s son allegedly strangled her as she lay in her hospital bed. Hospital staff reported that they saw him trying to kill her and intervened, but she had been badly hurt and died hours later. Police say her son told them he “couldn’t bear watching” and wanted to “make her comfortable”.

Case status:
Akira Shinya (Son), arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

Source:
Man arrested over murder of ailing mother in hospital
Saitama: Man, 50, strangles ill mother in hospital

Donna Harber

Photo of a middle-aged woman with blond chin-length hair, photographed on a baseball diamond, wearing glasses and a checked shirt.Name: Donna Joann Harber.
Died: September 1, 2020.
Age at death: 81.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Bell, California, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Donna was found shot to death; her husband was charged with her murder.

Case status:
Danny Harber (Husband), charged with murder.

Source:
Ex-Bell City Council member arrested for wife’s killing
Former Bell city councilman arrested in shooting death of his 81-year-old wife
Former Bell City Councilman Danny Harber Arrested In Wife’s Murder

Eileen Myers

No Photo
Name: Eileen Myers.
Died: July 16, 2020.
Age at death: 74.
Cause of death: Bacteremia, malnutrition, dehydration.
Location: Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA.
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease.

Details:
Eileen lived with her daughters in a filthy house. They neglected her, and she died of blood poisoning, hunger, and thirst. Her body was covered in pressure sores from having been left in her bed.

Case Status:
Shannon Myers Tipton (Daughter), convicted of felony homicide and elder abuse and neglect, sentenced to 30 years.
Brianna Tipton (Daughter), convicted of felony homicide and elder abuse and neglect, sentenced to 18 years.

Source:
County woman convicted of abusing daughter in nightmare home
Daughter convicted of felony homicide, elder abuse and neglect in Pittsylvania County