Age: Elder – Page 19 – Disability Day of Mourning

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 Florida man charged with killing elderly wife who reportedly had dementia
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

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

Dorothy Davis

Name: Dorothy Davis.
Died: October 7, 2019.
Age at death: 77.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Midwest City, Oklahoma, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Dorothy was shot as she lay in bed. Police received a call in which her husband admitted to killing her; when they arrived at her house, they arrested her husband for the murder.

In the afternoons, neighbors often saw her sitting on the porch, holding hands with her husband.

Case status:
Royce Davis (Husband), charged with first-degree murder.

Source:
A Pregnant Army Wife Dies in Apparent Suicide But Details Haunt Investigators: “Makes No Sense”
80-year-old man accused of killing wife of 50 years because she had dementia, MWC police say
Police: 80-year-old man killed wife of 50 years because she had dementia
‘They were lovely people’: Neighbors shocked after learning 80-year-old man shot wife of 55 years
“It was sad that he felt like this was the only option,” Man allegedly shot, killed wife suffering from dementia

Ana Vasquez-Rodriguez

Photo of a middle-aged woman with light-brown skin and straight, brown, shoulder-length hair. Her skin is wrinkled and freckled. The straps of her light-blue top are visible. Name: Ana Vasquez-Rodriguez.
Died: October 6, 2019.
Age at death: 68.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.
Disability: Stroke.

Details:
Ana was stabbed in her bed by a teenage relative she was living with. Her disability made it difficult for her to fight back, and she died.

Case Status:
Heavenly Arroyo (Daughter’s boyfriend’s great-niece; household member), sentenced to 19 years to life.

Sources:
Fall River woman, 18, gets life in prison for 2019 killing
Fall River teen sentenced to life for brutal murder

Mildred Costanza

No Photo Name: Mildred Costanza.
Died: October 4, 2019.
Age at death: 78.
Cause of death: Painkiller overdose in the setting of chronic neglect.
Location: Wausau, Wisconsin, USA.
Disability: Frail elder.

Details:
Mildred’s daughter, who ostensibly cared for her, kept her in deplorable conditions and did not take her to the doctor even when she developed a serious infection. Weakened by hunger and neglect, Mildred died of a Tramadol overdose. She weighed only 75 pounds.

Case status:
Mary Tessmer (Daughter), pleaded guilty to recklessly subjecting an individual at risk to abuse, causing death; sentenced to 2 years in prison and 2 years parole.

Source:
Ringle woman pleads guilty to neglecting 78-year-old mother, causing her death
Woman charged in death of elderly mother who overdosed
Ringle woman accused of chronic neglect in mother’s death
Marathon County woman sentenced in mother’s death

Sandra Shaffer

No Photo Name: Sandra Shaffer, aka Sandra Jones-Shaffer.
Died: September 30, 2019.
Age at death: 65.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Laflin Borough, Pennsylvania, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Police say that Sandra’s husband shot her dead before killing himself.

Sandra liked horseback riding.

Case status:
Robert Shaffer (Husband), deceased.

Source:
Sandra Jones Shaffer Obituary (1953 – 2019) Citizens Voice
Police: Husband kills wife in murder-suicide in Laflin Borough
Husband shot wife in Pa. murder-suicide: Police

Charles Sartin

Name: Charles Douglas Sartin, Sr.
Died: September 9, 2019.
Age at death: 81.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: Sabine Pass, Texas, USA.
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease.

Details:
Charles’s daughter beat him to death.

Charles was a Navy veteran and the owner of the restaurant Sartin’s Seafood.

Case Status:
Kelli Sartin (Daughter), convicted of murder, sentenced to 30 to 81 years.

Sources:
Sabine Pass woman convicted of murdering father in 2019, sentenced to 81 years behind bars
Jury convicts Kelli Sartin of murdering father at his Sabine Pass home
Kelli Sartin to jury before hearing sentence: “Put me under a prison”
Charles Sartin Obituary – Death Notice and Service Information
Affidavit: Restaurant founder’s daughter left his dead body in bedroom for 5 days

Amzin Shaw

Name: Amzin “Bibi Jasmin” Shaw.
Died: September 3, 2019.
Age at death: 63.
Cause of death: Smoke inhalation.
Location: Queens, New York, USA.
Disability: Stroke.

Details:
Bibi Jasmin died in a fire allegedly set by her niece’s boyfriend, who was staying rent-free with her and her niece. She had recently had a stroke, and used a cane and sometimes a wheelchair, and was unable to get out of the house. Apparently, she had attempted to evict the couple because they did not help her pay for rent or utilities and, when asked, her niece’s boyfriend threatened to kill her.

Bibi Jasmin was one of 17 siblings and had several grandchildren.

Case status:
Rampersaud Persaud (Boyfriend of niece), charged with murder and arson.

Source:
Murder charge in Queens Village fire
Queens Village Man Charged in Death of Wheelchair-bound Property Owner who Evicted Him
Former Tenant Accused Of Setting Deadly Fire Due In Court On Murder, Arson Charges
Man Charged With Murder As Woman Dies in Queens Fire: NYPD
Man charged with murder in Queens fire that killed woman: police
Ungrateful tenant charged in deadly arson that killed Queens homeowner: ‘Her kindness got her killed’

Dinah Durham

No Photo
Name: Dinah Durham.
Died: September 2, 2019.
Age at death: 65.
Cause of death: Sepsis.
Location: Mableton, Georgia, USA.
Disability: ALS.

Details:
Dinah was starved and left alone in her wheelchair until she developed severe pressure sores that quickly became infected. She died from sepsis, weighing only 75 pounds.

Case status:
Christopher Lee Durham (Son), charged with felony murder, neglect, and exploiting an elderly or disabled person
James Stephen Stanfield Jr. (Son), charged with felony murder and neglect.

Source:
Cobb brothers indicted, accused of murder, neglect in disabled mother’s death
They left their mother sitting in her own feces for 2 weeks before she died. Now, they face felony charges
Cobb men charged with murder following disabled mother’s death
Mableton brothers killed elderly mother, police say