Age: Elder – Page 24 – Disability Day of Mourning

Sudesh Gupta

No Photo Name: Sudesh Gupta.
Died: January 9, 2019.
Age at death: 67.
Cause of death: Strangulation.
Location: Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Disability: Paralysis.

Details:
Sudesh’s wife told police that masked assailants had killed her husband. However, police say that when they questioned her further, she told them she had been frustrated at the expense of medical treatment and the effort of caring for him and strangled him.

Case status:
Subash Kumari (Wife), charged with murder.

Source:
Murder Mystery solved in Jammu : Wife killed Bed-ridden Husband
Elderly woman strangulates bedridden husband to death: Police
Gandhi Nagar police solved murder case; accused apprehended

George Rusnack

No Photo Name: George Rusnack.
Died: January 9, 2019.
Age at death: 73.
Cause of death: Necrotic pressure ulcers.
Location: Collier County, Florida, USA.
Disability: Dementia, stroke, mobility impaired.

Details:
George lived with two family friends who served as his caregivers. A home-care agency reported that George was poorly cared for, but when George was finally taken to the hospital, he was too sick to recover. After he died from severe, untreated bedsores, his caregivers came under scrutiny. They are now accused of neglect, allegedly having left him dirty, let pressure sores develop, and denied him his medication while they took money out of his bank account.

Case status:
Ronald Everwine, convicted of aggravated manslaughter with culpable negligence of an elderly or disabled person and exploitation of the elderly for less than $10,000; sentenced to 4 years and due to be released after 1 year.
Jennifer Everwine, charged with aggravated manslaughter with culpable negligence of an elderly or disabled person and exploitation of the elderly for less than $10,000.

Source:
Collier County caretaker couple arrested for negligent death of bedridden man
CCSO: Caretaker couple charged in January death of bedridden Golden Gate Estates man
Caretaker couple arrested for negligent death of bedridden Golden Gate Estates man
Couple charged with neglect in elderly man’s death

Willie Moore

Name: Willie Frank Moore.
Died: January 8, 2019.
Age at death: 60.
Cause of death: Homicide.
Location: Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
A neighbor had not seen Willie for some time and called the police to check on him. The welfare check triggered a five-hour standoff, after which police found Willie dead.

Neighbors remember him as a kind man who used to help his neighbor move her trash cans.

Case status:
Chivalery Alexander Moore (Son), charged with murder.

Source:
Man shot by deputy during Durham standoff charged in father’s death
WARRANT: Kinston man texted about killing dad, sent photos
Obituary for Willie Frank Moore

Frank Novak

No Photo Name: Frank Novak.
Died: December 20, 2018.
Age at death: 92.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: Hempfield, Pennsylvania, USA.
Disability: Early dementia.

Details:
After he argued with his son about a missing cell phone, Frank’s son beat him to death with the wooden armrest from a dining room chair; then he set the house on fire.

Frank was a World War II Navy veteran who worked at American Window Glass. He had three grandchildren.

Case status:
Douglas Novak (Son), pleaded guilty but mentally ill to third-degree murder, sentenced to 10-30 years in prison.

Source:
Man beat his dad, 92, to death because he thought he was a vampire
Hempfield man pleads guilty but mentally ill in elderly father’s beating death
Frank Novak – Thursday, December 20th, 2018

Delanie Manning

No Photo Name: Delanie Manning.
Died: December 19, 2018.
Age at death: 68.
Cause of death: Neglect.
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
Disability: Chronic illness; bedbound.

Details:
In the six months she had had to stay in bed, Delanie was only moved three times. She developed severe pressure sores and lost more than a third of her body weight. When she died from neglect, she weighed 90 pounds and had a broken femur and multiple pressure sores.

Case status:
Serviano Ruiz (Husband), convicted of abuse of a vulnerable adult, sentenced to 2 years; died while incarcerated.

Source:
Man charged with neglect in death of bedridden wife
Lincoln man charged with abuse after bedridden wife found with skin peeling, bone exposed
Nebraska Man Charged With Abuse After Bedridden Wife Dies

Sheila Small

No Photo
Name: Sheila Small.
Died: December 18, 2018.
Age at death: 73.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: West Bowling, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Sheila was bludgeoned to death by her husband, who hit her with a rolling pin, a bottle, and a walking stick before she died from her injuries. At autopsy, she was found to have partly-healed fractures, indicating chronic physical abuse.

Case status:
Edward Small (Husband), convicted of murder, sentenced to 14 years to life in prison.

Source:
Man jailed for killing wife with rolling pin
Edward Small, of Raymond Drive, on trial accused of murdering his wife
Great-grandad beat dementia-suffering wife to death with rolling pin
Great-grandfather, 76, jailed for life for beating wife of 50 years to death with rolling pin

Steven Hinrichsen

Name: Steven Hinrichsen
Died: December 15, 2018.
Age at death: 63.
Cause of death: Stabbing.
Location: Morphett Vale, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Disability: Used wheelchair and walking frame after surgery.

Details:
Steven was found stabbed to death, with high levels of prescription pain medication in his body sufficient to sedate him and render him helpless. It is believed Steven’s wife, her boyfriend, and a friend thought Steven was “an inconvenience” and planned to kill him. Text messages show that Steven was assaulted by his wife’s boyfriend multiple times before his murder.

Case Status:
Tanya Hinrichsen (Wife), found guilty of murder, sentenced to 22 years to life; conviction set aside and retrial ordered.
Gavin Scott Skinner (Wife’s boyfriend), found guilty of murder, sentenced to 24 years to life.
Robert John Thrupp (Friend), found guilty of manslaughter, sentenced to at least 7 years.

Source:
SA woman granted retrial over alleged involvement in husband’s murder
Love triangle murder details revealed as wife and lover jailed for killing wheelchair-bound husband
Wife and lover jailed for two decades over stabbing murder of husband
Trio jailed over love-triangle killing
Daughter’s ‘shock and sadness’ at learning of father’s murder while she was giving birth
Hinrichsen, Skinner, Thrupp murder trial: ‘Desperate’ lovers allegedly conspired to kill husband
Three charged over murder of grandfather
Murder victim stabbed to death by wife’s lover and smashed photo left on his body, court told
Court hears there’s a lack of evidence in Steven Hinrichsen murder trial
Jury finds woman and alleged lover guilty of murdering Steven Hinrichsen at Morphett Vale

Rebecca Ballenger

No Photo Name: Rebecca Ballenger.
Died: December 11, 2018.
Age at death: 70.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Clinton, Mississippi, USA.
Disability: Stroke.

Details:
Rebecca’s husband allegedly went to the nursing home where she was staying after her stroke and shot her multiple times.

Case status:
Thomas Ballenger (Husband), charged with murder.

Source:
Police have arrested an elderly man in connection with death at Clinton nursing home.
“She didn’t want to live like this”: Bond denied for elderly man accused of killing ill wife of 40 years in nursing home
The quiet acceptance of ‘mercy killings’ in the US: Even in states where euthanasia is illegal, courts are often turning a blind eye
Elderly Mississippi man murders wife who had stroke, police say

June Knight

No Photo Name: June Knight.
Died: December 10, 2018.
Age at death: 79.
Cause of death: Head injury from fall.
Location: Westcliff, England, UK.
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease.

Details:
June’s son went to the care home where she lived, picked her up, and threw her off her third-story balcony. She died from massive brain injuries.

Case status:
Robert Knight (Son), charged with murder, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, sentenced to 2 years, suspended for 2 years.

Source:
Son who threw his terminally ill 79-year-old mother to her death spared jail
Suspended term for son who threw mum off balcony
Son ‘threw mum, 79, over balcony to her death after carrying her from care home
Son carried mum to balcony, put her on railing and pushed her to her death
No verdict in balcony fall murder trial
Care home woman died from head injury
Photos show forensics outside care home after woman ‘murdered’
Man, 52, appears in court accused of killing his mum, 79, at care home
Son appears in court on mum murder charge after 79-year-old ‘falls from care home balcony’
Man in court over relative’s death
Son denies mother’s balcony fall murder

Frances King

No Photo Name: Frances King.
Died: December 5, 2018.
Age at death: 85.
Cause of death: Malnutrition and untreated bladder infection.
Location: Palm Coast, Florida, USA.
Disability: Dementia, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis.

Details:
Soon after Frances’s daughter called emergency services to report that her mother was unresponsive, medics arrived to find her dead in filthy conditions. Medical examiners established that Frances was badly malnourished and neglected, and declared her death a homicide. The Sheriff’s office reports that despite her disability, she had not been to the doctor in 13 months.

Case Status:
Kim Zaheer (Daughter), charged with manslaughter.

Source:
Sheriff: Palm Coast woman arrested in death of elderly, malnourished mother
Manslaughter Charge for Daughter Accused of Leaving Mom to Die Like a ‘Prisoner in a Concentration Camp’
Woman arrested for manslaughter in her disabled mother’s death by starvation, neglect
Florida woman accused of killing elderly mother who was found wearing garbage bag as diaper
Cold Case Unit solves manslaughter case from 2018
Palm Coast woman charged in 2018 death of elderly mother found to be malnourished in deplorable living conditions