Age: Elder – Page 17 – Disability Day of Mourning

Joyce Judie

Name: Joyce Fox Judie.
Died: November 29, 2019.
Age at death: 60.
Cause of death: Cocaine poisoning.
Location: Macon, Georgia, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
When Joyce was found dead in her bed, it was initially thought to be a natural death. However, an autopsy found that Joyce had died from a cocaine overdose. When police discovered that Joyce’s husband had bought cocaine on the night of her death, they arrested and charged him with her murder.

Joyce served 20 years in the military, then earned two master’s degrees and became a teacher.

Case Status:
Edward Judie (Husband), charged with murder.
Aliyah Danielle Walker, charged with murder.

Source:
Former Bibb Schools deputy superintendent, another woman indicted in his wife’s murder
Former Superintendent Accused Of Fatal Cocaine Poisoning Of His Wife Is Released On Bond
Prosecutor: Man accused in cocaine poisoning could flee
Former Georgia school leader charged with murder in wife’s death
Warrant: Former Bibb Schools deputy superintendent ‘poisoned’ wife who was suffering from dementia
Joyce Fox Judie Obituary (1959 – 2019) The Telegraph
Family wants answers on why Edward Judie, woman bailed out after wife’s alleged cocaine poisoning death

Elmer Norris

No Photo Name: Elmer Norris.
Died: November 22, 2019.
Age at death: 91.
Cause of death: Pneumonia, pressure sores.
Location: Pasadena, Maryland, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; needed help with daily life activities.

Details:
Elmer lived with his son, who neglected him. When other family members tried to help him, his son refused to let them see Elmer and even changed the locks on the doors. Elmer died of pneumonia and pressure ulcers from being left alone on his bed with no care.

Case status:
Danny Norris (Son), pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, sentenced to 25 years, all but 12 years in prison and 5 years probation suspended.

Source:
Pasadena man pleads guilty to 91-year-old father’s murder
Man arrested on charges including second degree murder, adult abuse of family member

Shinobu, Yoshio, and Takio Kishimoto

No Photo Name: Shinobu Kishimoto.
Age at death: 95.
Disability: Unspecified disability requiring level-1 nursing care.

Name: Yoshio Kishimoto.
Age at death: 93.
Disability: Disabled elder.

Name: Takio Kishimoto.
Age at death: 70.
Disability: Stroke; used a cane.

Died: November 17, 2019.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan.

Details:
Shinobi and Yoshio lived with their son, Takio, and his wife. Takio’s wife killed them all by strangling them.

Takio was the CEO of a construction company, which he had inherited from Yoshio.

Case status:
Masako Kishimoto (Daughter-in-law of Shinobu and Yoshio; wife of Takio), convicted of murder, sentenced to 18 years.

Source:
72-year-old woman gets 18 years in prison for killing 3 family members
71-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of killing parents-in-law
Woman arrested on suspicion of murder after 3 bodies found in central Japan home

Sefiah Hamid

No Photo Name: Sefiah Hamid.
Died: November 12, 2019.
Age at death: 62.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Kuantan, Malaysia.
Disability: Spinal cord injury; paraplegic.

Details:
Sefiah’s son allegedly stabbed her to death with a kitchen knife. Her daughter and her boyfriend were stabbed, as well; but passer-by were able to rescue them and tie up Sefiah’s son. Sefiah’s daughter and her boyfriend were taken to the hospital and are stable and expected to survive.

Case status:
Her son, arrested.

Source:
“Aku dah bunuh mak”
Son allegedly stabs mum to death in Kuantan

Ben Thompson

Name: Ben Edward Thompson.
Died: November 3, 2019.
Age at death: 72.
Cause of death: House fire.
Location: Watertown, Tennessee, USA.
Disability: Wheelchair user.

Details:
Ben died in a house fire, unable to escape the house because of his mobility impairment. Authorities suspect his nephew of setting the fire.

Case status:
Christophe Sean Tillison (Nephew), charged with reckless homicide.

Source:
Tennessee man charged in 72-year-old uncle’s fire death
TBI: Nephew charged in fatal fire that killed wheelchair-bound uncle in Wilson County

Hide Fukaya

No Photo Name: Hide Fukaya.
Died: October 27, 2019.
Age at death: 88.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
Disability: Unspecified chronic illness.

Details:
Hide’s husband allegedly strangled her as she slept. Police say he told them he was tired of caring for her.

Case status:
Fumiyuki Fukaya (Husband), charged with murder.

Source:
63-year-old man arrested for killing 88-year-old wife

Hiroshi Norii

No Photo Name: Hiroshi Norii.
Died: October 26, 2019.
Age at death: 70.
Cause of death: Suffocation.
Location: Yokohama, Japan.
Disability: Unspecified; bedridden.

Details:
Hirohshi’s wife was arrested on suspicion of having suffocated him with a blanket.

Case status:
Iseko Niyama (Common-law wife), arrested on suspicion of murder.

Source:
Woman arrested over murder of common-law husband

Jacqueline Juhlin

White gravestone reading, Jacqueline G Juhlin, Sep 14 1939, Oct 14 2019, Loving wife, We are together forever.

Name: Jacqueline Ghislaine Juhlin.
Died: October 14, 2019.
Age at death: 80.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Venice, Florida, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Jacqueline was allegedly shot by her husband because she had dementia.

Case status:
Wayne Juhlin (Husband), charged with first-degree murder, died before trial.

Source:
94-year-old shoots, kills his wife because she had dementia
94-year-old Venice man killed his wife, who was suffering from dementia, police say

Aiko Matsubara

No Photo Name: Aiko Matsubara.
Died: October 9, 2019.
Age at death: 90.
Cause of death: Suffocation.
Location: Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
Disability: Unspecified; disabled elder.

Details:
Police received a phone call from Ms. Matsubara’s granddaughter, saying she had killed her grandmother. When they arrived at her house, they found her dead, killed by having a towel stuffed into her mouth until she suffocated.

Case status:
Akane Matsubara (Granddaughter), charged with murder.

Source:
Woman arrested after stuffing towel into 90-year-old grandmother’s mouth, killing her

Terue Nakata

No Photo Name: Terue Nakata.
Died: October 8, 2019.
Age at death: 71.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
Terue’s daughter-in-law found her beaten to death on her futon. Police arrested Terue’s son, who they say told them that he had done it because he was “worn out from nursing [his] mother”.

Case status:
Tomoki Nakata (Son), arrested on suspicion of murder.

Source:
Saitama: Man, 40, fatally bashed mother before attempting suicide