Category: Age: Elder

Age 60+

Leon Hignite

Photo of a man with brown hair and fair skin, wearing a brown shirt, squinting slightly into the sun. He has the beginnings of a receding hairline, and he is smiling in a friendly manner.Name: Leon Dewayne Hignite.
Died: October 4, 2017.
Age at death: 76.
Cause of death: Blunt head trauma; neglect.
Location: Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Disability: Blind, hearing impaired.

Details:
Leon’s wife is accused of fatally assaulting him, then leaving him to die for several days before setting the house on fire.

Leon liked karate, drag racing, hunting, and fishing. He was a retired tool-and-die maker.

Case Status:
Carol Hignite (Wife), charged with murder, knowingly neglecting an elderly person, and third-degree arson. First trial ended with a deadlocked jury; second trial underway.

Sources:
74-year-old Lexington woman charged with murdering her husband will not get bond reduction
Obituary for Leon Dewayne Hignite
Carol Ann Hignite trial: What’s happened so far

Jane Sergeant

No PhotoName: Jane Sergeant.
Died: October 4, 2017.
Age at death: 67.
Cause of death: Poisoning.
Location: Pwllmeyric, Wales, UK.
Disability: Parkinson’s disease, dementia.

Details:
Jane’s husband took her out of the nursing home where she lived and poisoned her with prescription medication; then he killed himself.

Case status:
Richard Sergeant (Husband), deceased.

Source:
Heartbroken man ‘killed dementia-stricken wife before committing suicide’
‘Devoted’ OAP couple found dead together at home after husband visited elderly wife in nursing home every day with bunch of flowers
Husband and wife found dead at their home near Chepstow
Husband smothers sick wife to death because ‘he could not see her suffer’
Man smothers wife suffering from dementia before hanging himself
‘Devoted’ husband, 71, smothered his sick wife to death

Jayashreeben Nathwani

Photo of Jayashreeben Nathwani, an elderly woman with light skin and brown hair, wearing a red nightshirt decorated with flowers. She is being supported by someone from behind. The image is indistinct and blurry.Name: Jayashreeben Nathwani.
Died: September 27, 2017.
Age at death: 64.
Cause of death: Fall injuries.
Location: Rajkot, Gujarat, India.
Disability: Mobility impaired due to stroke.

Details:
Jayashree had been bedbound for two months after a stroke. Her son, who cared for her, grew tired of doing so. He took her to the roof terrace of their building and threw her off, trying to pass it off as a suicide. But someone sent an anonymous letter to the police, urging them to investigate further. Police found a CCTV video which revealed that Jayashree did not have the mobility to get over the railing of the terrace herself, and her son was arrested for murder.

Case status:
Sandeep Nathwani (Son), convicted of murder, sentenced to life.

Source:
Gujarat: Rajkot professor gets life imprisonment for killing mother
Ghastly Murder of an Ailing Mother by Son Caught on Camera (VIDEO)
Shocking! Rajkot Professor Throws Sick Mother Off Terrace, Killing Her
Son allegedly murders mother, throws her off the terrace in Rajkot
ब्रेन हैमरेज के बाद बिस्तर पर थी मां, पीछा छुड़ाने के लिए प्रोफेसर बेटे ने छत से फेंक कर किया मर्डर

Swarna Kapoor

Photo of Swarna Kapoor. She has fair skin, a round face, and dark brown hair neatly pulled back. She is wearing glasses and has a dark-red bindi on her forehead. Her dress is red with a wide yellow collar.Name: Swarna Kapoor.
Died: September 26, 2017.
Age at death: 62.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: New Delhi, India.
Disability: Mobility impaired.

Details:
When Swarna saw her daughter-in-law hitting her grandchildren, she stepped in and tried to protect the children. Her daughter-in-law grew angry and allegedly bludgeoned her to death with her own walker.

Case status:
Kanchan Kapoor (Daughter-in-law), charged with murder.

Source:
Woman bludgeons handicapped mother-in-law to death, burns body
Delhi woman kills 62-year-old handicapped mother-in-law
Woman bumps off her disabled mother-in-law
Woman beats disabled mother-in-law to death, burns body

Valerie Wallach

Photo of Valerie Wallach as a young, blond, fair-skinned woman with a pixie cut and striped sweater.Name: Valerie Wallach.
Died: September 12, 2017.
Age at death: 61.
Cause of death: Sepsis.
Location: Toxteth, Liverpool, England, UK.
Disability: Breast cancer.

Details:
Valerie’s husband left her in her chair in filthy conditions and ignored her worsening health, only calling a doctor when it was too late. She died in the hospital 19 days later from sepsis due to infected pressure sores.

Case status:
Richard Wallach (Husband), convicted of gross negligence manslaughter, sentenced to 8 years.

Source:
UPDATED: Man who left his wife to die in pain and filth sentenced to eight years for gross negligence manslaughter
Mum whose husband left her to die in ‘worst conditions ever seen’ is pictured
First photo of mum-of-two left to die in her own filth by husband

Elizabeth and Frank Lackey

Black and white photo of Frank and Elizabeth Lackey. They have fair skin. She has dark hair and is wearing a sweater; he has light hair and is wearing a suit and glasses.Name: Elizabeth “Esu” Lackey.
Age at death: 85.

Name: Frank Danby “Dan” Lackey III.
Age at death: 89.

Died: September 8, 2017.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: Groton, Massachusetts, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; required caregiver.

Details:
Esu and Dan were both beaten to death by their grandson, along with their home-health worker Bertha Mae Parker, and their daughter, Elizabeth “Buffy” Krause.

The Lackeys were active in the Chewonki Foundation, a charitable organization that holds summer camps to teach kids about the environment and sustainability.

Case status:
Orion Krause (Grandson), pleaded guilty to four counts of murder, sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

Source:
Orion Krause pleads guilty to murdering kin, caretaker with baseball bat
Rockport man pleads guilty to 4 murders, including his mother and grandparents
Murder trial of Rockport man set for September
Orion Krause beat four people to death in Groton home
‘I murdered four people.’ A stranger at the door, a terrible crime
Mom slain in Groton described as ‘goodhearted person, always’
FRANK DANBY LACKEY III’s Obituary on Boston Globe
ELIZABETH CLEVELAND LACKEY’s Obituary on Boston Globe

Kyoji Hattori

No PhotoName: Kyoji Hattori.
Died: September 7, 2017.
Age at death: 88.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Otaki, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Disability: Mobility impaired.

Details:
Police received a call from Mr. Hattori’s son, claiming that he had just killed his father. They arrived at Mr. Hattori’s house to find him strangled with a cord still around his neck, and arrested his son. His son allegedly admitted to strangling him because he “felt an uncertain future”.

Case status:
Kazuo Hattori (Son), arrested.

Source:
Man arrested over murder of 88-year-old father – Japan Today
Chiba man strangles father, 88, with electrical cord due to ‘uncertain future’

Hideko Mizutani

No PhotoName: Hideko Mizutani.
Died: August 28, 2017.
Age at death: 90.
Cause of death: Stabbing.
Location: Yokohama, Japan.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.

Details:
Ms. Mizutani’s grandson allegedly admitted to police that he had killed her by stabbing her in the neck.

Case status:
Taisuke Mikami (Grandson), arrested on suspicion of murder.

Source:
34-year-old man arrested over murder of 90-year-old grandmother

Howard Quick

No PhotoName: Howard Quick.
Died: August 27, 2017.
Age at death: 66.
Cause of death: Malnutrition, sepsis.
Location: Gaylord, Michigan, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.

Details:
Howard’s caregivers, who were living with him and using his disability payments as their own money, neglected him; he died of malnutrition and sepsis from infected pressure sores.

Case status:
Shawn Winkelman (Non-professional caregiver), charged with involuntary manslaughter, vulnerable adult abuse, and embezzlement, sentenced to 10 years 5 months to 22 years 6 months.
Ashley Robinson (Caregiver’s girlfriend), convicted of embezzlement of less than $200 from a vulnerable adult; sentenced to 183 days probation and $895 fine.

Source:
Lewiston man sentenced on involuntary manslaughter of vulnerable adult
Otsego County couple charged in connection with death of ‘vulnerable adult’
Caregiver, girlfriend charged after man dies while in their care

Shirley Williamson

Portrait photo of Shirley Williamson, a middle-aged woman with pale skin and curly, shoulder-length auburn hair.Name: Shirley Williamson.
Died: August 26, 2017.
Age at death: 65.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Powell, Wyoming, USA.
Disability: Blind; mental illness.

Details:
Shirley Williamson was shot by her husband because her mental illness had been getting worse.

Her son reported that she had recently told him, “If I die, it will be someone else who did it.”

Case status:
David Williamson (Husband), charged with second-degree murder; pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, sentenced to 18-20 years.

Source:
Powell man serving time for killings asks for shorter sentence
Details Emerge in Powell Homicide
Williamson’s bond set at $700,000
Powell man charged in wife’s murder
Powell man arrested on suspicion of murdering wife
Bond set at $700,000 for Powell man charged with wife’s murder
Powell man charged with murder after allegedly telling 911 operator ‘wife is dead, send the cops’
Authorities: Husband says he killed wife over mental issues
For killing wife, Powell man receives 18- to 20-year sentence
Powell man gets 18-20 for killing wife