Age Categories – Page 106 – Disability Day of Mourning

Nadia Schaible

Somewhat indistinct photograph of Nadia Schaible, an elderly woman with short curly hair and fair skin. Name: Nadia Evanowicz Schaible.
Died: July 12, 2016.
Age at death: 91.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: Parkville, Maryland, USA.
Disability: Mobility impaired; used a walker.

Details:
Nadia’s cousin allegedly bludgeoned her to death, then broke a glass door panel to stage a fake burglary; police doubt his story because the cobwebs outside the door through which the burglars were supposed to have entered were intact. Nadia’s cousin reportedly hoped to collect an inheritance from Nadia when she died.

Nadia was an independent woman who was known and loved by her neighbors.

Case status:
John Malko (Cousin), charged with first-degree murder.

Source:
Man charged with murder of 91-year-old cousin
Man, 72, charged in Parkville woman’s death
Cousin Charged With Parkville Woman’s Murder
Police say cousin killed elderly Parkville woman in staged burglary
Utah man charged with murder of elderly Baltimore woman

Kaushal Pawar

No Photo Name: Kaushal Pawar.
Died: July 8, 2016.
Age at death: 14.
Cause of death: Carbon monoxide toxicity.
Location: Belapur, India.
Disability: Cognitively disabled.

Details:
Kaushal’s father killed him and committed suicide by way of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Case status:
Mahesh Kumar Pawar (Father), deceased.

Source:
Man uses carbon monoxide to kill disabled son, self in Navi Mumbai
Govt. employee kills disabled son, self
Mumbai: Police to file murder case against man who killed son, committed suicide

Jeffrey Kittredge II

Photo of Jeffrey Kittredge II, a heavyset man with fair skin and short brown hair, smiling broadly. Name: Jeffrey A. Kittredge II.
Died: July 7, 2016.
Age at death: 20.
Cause of death: Sepsis.
Location: Barre, Vermont, USA.
Disability: Spina bifida, congenital brain defect.

Details:
Jeffrey loved the outdoors and enjoyed sports. As a child he participated in bowling and wheelchair soccer and eventually began coaching sports. He also liked fishing and wildlife.

Jeffrey’s father and father’s girlfriend neglected him until he died from blood poisoning caused by infected bedsores.

Case status:
Jeffrey Kittredge (Father), found guilty of neglect of a vulnerable adult, sentenced to 3-5 years in prison and 5 years probation.
Jennifer Cote (Father’s girlfriend), pleaded guilty to Medicare fraud and neglect of a vulnerable adult, sentenced to 1-3 years.

Source:
Montpelier man sentenced in connection with disabled son’s death
Montpelier woman gets 1-3 years in death of vulnerable adult
2 charged after man died from septic shock due to bed sore
Jeffrey A. Kittredge II
Pair charged in 20-year-old’s bed-sore death
Dad, girlfriend charged after disabled son died of septic shock from bed sores

Mirudula

No Photo Name: Mirudula.
Died: July 7, 2016.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Head and internal injury.
Location: Chintadripet, Chennai, India.
Disability: Stuttering.

Details:
Mirudula’s parents put her in speech therapy, and became frustrated when she did not respond well to it. She allegedly died because her parents tried to cure her speech impediment through “shock treatment”–they beat her, threatened her with a knife, tried to suffocate her with a pillow, and eventually hit her so hard that they caused fatal injuries to her head and internal organs.

Case status:
X Gerald (Adoptive father), charged with murder.
Sangeetha (Adoptive mother), under suspicion.

Source:
Lawyer held for murder, year after adopted daughter’s death
Year after adopted child dies due to torture, heartless parent arrested in Chennai
Chennai: Lawyer held for murder of daughter

Patricia Kearney

Photo of Patricia Kearney, a woman with tanned skin and short dark-blonde hair. She is wearing glasses and a tank top. She is looking off to the left of the photo. Name: Patricia Kearney.
Died: July 6, 2016.
Age at death: 56.
Cause of death: Blunt-force injury, head trauma.
Location: Tonga.
Disability: An “incurable nerve disorder”.

Details:
Patricia died from multiple blunt-force injuries to her head and body, including a blow to the head that caused bleeding in the brain. Her husband said she fell down the stairs, but witnesses reported seeing Patricia’s husband beating her to death.

Case status:
Dean Fletcher (Husband), arrested for murder; escaped from Tonga police, arrested by US police. US refused extradition and released him in Hawaii without charges.

Source:
A death in paradise
Man who won’t be extradited to Tonga for wife’s murder says he’s innocent
Tonga disappointed with US denial of extradition for murder accused

Rifat Mohammed

No Photo Name: Rifat Mohammed.
Died: July 6, 2016.
Age at death: 3 months.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Poplar, East London, England, UK.
Disability: Symbrachydactyly.

Details:
Rifat died from abuse inflicted by his parents because he had a “deformed hand”. He had shattered ribs and legs and a broken spine, and died from a head injury consistent with shaken baby syndrome.

Case status:
Mohammed Miah (Father), convicted of murder and causing suffering, sentenced to 18 years.
Rebeka Nazmin (Mother), convicted of allowing Rifat’s death and causing suffering, sentenced to 6 years.

Source:
Mohammed Miah jailed for 18 years for baby son Rifat’s murder
Mohammed Miah jailed for 18 years for baby son Rifat’s murder
Mother accused of murder ‘told child to shake her baby’
Parents ‘told young child to shake baby on morning he was found dead’
Baby who suffered 46 fractures and a broken spine ‘mistreated over deformity’
Murder detectives launch probe after death of three-month-old baby
Baby ‘violently shaken to death by his parents’ had 47 broken bones
Abused three-month-old baby violently shaken to death
Father found guilty of murdering baby who suffered 38 rib fractures, eight fractures to his legs and a broken spine
Father who killed 13-week old baby blamed autistic child
Father who murdered 13-week-old baby jailed

Elizabeth Wilms

No Photo Name: Elizabeth Wilms.
Died: July 5, 2016.
Age at death: 29.
Cause of death: Murder.
Location: Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
Elizabeth’s boyfriend was abusive and took advantage of her mild intellectual disability. He beat her fatally and left her to die alone on the floor. At autopsy, she had GHB, often used as a date-rape drug, in her body.

Case status:
Alexander Freeburn (Boyfriend), convicted of murder, sentenced to 25 years; murder conviction overturned, found guilty of manslaughter, resentenced to 9-12 years.

Source:
Remorseful killer who left girlfriend to die has sentence cut in half
Vic killer apologises over victim’s death
Melbourne woman ‘petrified’ of killer boyfriend

William Lamar

Name: William Amos Lamar.
Died: July 5, 2016.
Age at death: 74.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Dale, Indiana, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.

Details:
William was shot and killed by his wife, who then killed herself.

Case status:
Martha E. Lamar (Wife), deceased.

Source:
Husband, wife dead in apparent murder-suicide
William Amos Lamar, 74, Dale

Janelle Johnson

Name: Janelle Abriana Johnson.
Died: July 2, 2016.
Age at death: 5.
Cause of death: Drowning.
Location: Port Arthur, Texas, USA.
Disability: Paralyzed; wheelchair user.

Details:
Janelle’s father put her in the tub for a bath; then he allegedly left the room. Janelle, who could not hold her head out of the water, drowned.

Case status:
Jermaine Johnson (Father), under investigation.

Source:
Police investigating drowning death of 5-year-old Port Arthur girl
4-year-old drowns in bathtub in Port Arthur apartment
Special needs girl, 5, drowns in bathtub
Port Arthur child dies due to apparent drowning
Janelle Abriana Johnson

Jordan Burling

Name: Jordan Burling.
Died: June 30, 2016.
Age at death: 18.
Cause of death: Pneumonia.
Location: Leeds, England, UK.
Disability: Developmental and behavioral problems, mobility impaired.

Details:
At sixteen years old, Jordan’s family took him out of school, claiming they were home-schooling, and neglected him.

Jordan was left on an air mattress by his family. There, he slowly died of malnutrition and infected bedsores. He died of pneumonia, weighing only 37 kg (82 pounds).

The body of Jordan’s baby brother was found in Jordan’s closet. It could not be determined whether he had been born alive.

Jordan liked WWE wrestling, video games, and football.

Case status:
Dawn Cranston (Mother), convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to four years.
Denise Cranston (Grandmother), convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to four years.
Abigail Burling (Sister), convicted of causing or allowing a vulnerable adult’s death, sentenced to 18 months.

Source:
‘No-one’ responsible for grandson’s death
Mum and gran accused of neglecting teen who ‘rotted to death’ in family home
Family on trial after dead teen and baby found in Leeds house
Teen ‘starved to death by mum, sister and gran was as thin as death camp victim’
Son ‘left to rot to death was as thin as a WW2 death camp victim’
Emaciated man’s family ‘reclusive’
Emaciated son was ‘pale and drawn’
The teenager left to waste away
Women jailed after teen ‘rotted to death’
Shocking pictures show teenager left to ‘rot to death’ by his mother and gran
Women jailed after teen ‘rotted to death’