Age Categories – Page 107 – Disability Day of Mourning

12-year-old boy

No Photo Name Unknown.
Died: Unknown; suspects arrested June 28, 2016.
Age at death: 12.
Cause of death: Homicide.
Location: Gujranwala, Pakistan.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
This twelve-year-old boy lived in Pakistan and was a sixth-form student at People’s Colony, a special education school.

His body was found dumped in the fields; he had been raped and murdered. His cousins went on the run, but were caught by police and confessed to the crime.

Case status:
His cousins; arrested.

Source:
Police arrest ‘cousins’ for alleged rape of child with special needs in Gujranwala

Shaelynn Lehano-Stone

Name: Shaelynn Lehano-Stone.
Died: June 28, 2016.
Age at death: 9.
Cause of death: Starvation.
Location: Hilo, Hawaii, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Shaelynn was starved and deprived of water and medication by her parents and grandmother. She died of pneumonia caused by malnutrition.

Case status:
Kevin Lehano (Father), pleaded no contest to manslaughter, sentenced to 10 years probation.
Tiffany Stone (Mother), pleaded no contest to manslaughter, sentenced to 10 years probation.
Henrietta Stone (Grandmother), charged with second-degree murder.

Source:
Autism Memorial: Shaelynn Lehano-Stone
Father receives probation in child starvation death
Woman found guilty of manslaughter in death of 9-year-old daughter
Family of 9-year-old Big Island girl who starved to death is suing the state for wrongful death
Shaelynn Lehano-Stone
Hilo girl allegedly starved to death was once ward of state
CPS had been in contact with Hawaii girl starved to death since she was a toddler
Father faces mental exam in alleged child starvation
Suit alleges state’s to blame for starvation death of 9-year-old Hilo girl

Yuki Kawashima

No Photo
Name: Yuki Kawashima.
Died: June 25, 2016.
Age at death: 85.
Cause of death: Asphyxiation.
Location: Saitama, Japan.
Disability: “Leg problems”; “Bedridden”.

Details:
Yuki was found dead, suffocated, in her home. Police who interviewed her husband said he told them that he had grown tired from caring for her, and had smothered her.

Case status:
Taro Kawashima (Husband), arrested.

Source:
87-year-old man arrested for killing bedridden wife
Saitama cops: Elderly man suffocated bedridden wife

Cedric Page

Photo of Cedric Page, an African-American man wearing a cowboy hat, brown jacket, sunglasses, and a small gold cross necklace. Name: Cedric Page.
Died: June 25, 2016.
Age at death: 53.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Disability: Mobility impairment; wheelchair user, disabled veteran.

Details:
Cedric was allegedly stabbed to death by his girlfriend, who was angry that he wanted her to get help for her drinking problem.

Case status:
Elena Khanberg (Girlfriend), charged with murder.

Source:
Neighbors feared for safety of murdered handicapped Durham man
Durham woman charged with murder in death of handicapped roommate
Durham woman charged with murder was covered in blood of handicapped victim, warrant shows
Durham woman indicted on murder charge in man’s death
Elena Khanberg
NC woman indicted in death of handicapped roommate

Kathryn Ashe

Photo of Kathryn Ashe. She is a middle-aged African-American woman with dark brown skin and frizzy, graying black hair. She is wearing a bright orange T-shirt and looks like she was photographed while she was talking. Name: Kathryn Ashe.
Died: June 24, 2016.
Age at death: 66.
Cause of death: Starvation.
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida, USA.
Disability: Physical disability.

Details:
Kathryn, frail and not able to take care of herself, was abandoned by her roommates, who had been acting as caregivers to some extent. They moved out of the house they all lived in, leaving her behind. The house had no air conditioning and was uninhabitably filthy. Though the former roommates stopped in to “check on” her, they never called for medical help even though Kathryn’s condition was visibly getting worse. They never helped her or even gave her food or water. Eight to ten days after she was abandoned, Kathryn was dead.

Case status:
Jennifer Susan Poulos and Debra Germain Poulos were both charged with neglect of an elderly or disabled adult. The charges were dropped because the two women were determined not to have been legally responsible for Kathryn’s care.

Source:
Pinellas woman starves to death among roaches, rotting garbage
Gulfport Woman’s Death Under Investigation
2 arrested for elderly neglect resulting in death
Gulfport police: 66-year-old woman left to die in squalor and heat
Death of 66-year-old Gulfport woman highlights risks of senior citizens who choose to live alone

Mason Bryan

Photo of Mason Bryan, a toddler boy with curly brown hair, tan skin, and dark-brown eyes. He is smiling slightly. Name: Mason Bentlee Bryan.
Died: June 24, 2016.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: Aiken, South Carolina, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Mason liked jumping off the furniture. He watched Thomas the Tank Engine, The Lion King, and Cars, and he had a little brother named Wyatt.

Mason was beaten to death by his mother’s boyfriend.

case status:
Derek Matthew Roberson (Mother’s boyfriend), pleaded guilty to homicide by child abuse, sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Amanda Bryan (Mother), charged with child neglect.

Source:
Aiken man pleads guilty to abusing autistic child to death, gets 25 years
Couple charged in homicide of 4-year-old child
Mom and mom’s boyfriend formally charged in 4-year-old’s death
Mother, live-in boyfriend accused of killing 4-year-old in Aiken Co.
Mason Bentlee Bryan’s Obituary on The Aiken Standard

Tammara Killam

No Photo Name: Tammara Killam.
Died: June 21, 2016.
Age at death: 25.
Cause of death: Dehydration.
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Tammara and her twin sister Brooke, who was also autistic and intellectually disabled, were left alone in an RV by their father. The women had no power or water and had been given nothing but bread and water to eat for a week. They were left without air conditioning or access to water in the 122-degree desert heat. Their father had given them cell phones, but the phones no longer worked.

Tammara died of dehydration; Brooke survived.

Case status:
Roger Carter Killam (Father), convicted of neglect of a vulnerable person, sentenced to 6 years.

Source:
Roger Carter Killam | High Desert State Prison | Nevada Inmates & Offenders
Woman dies after father leaves her in Laughlin RV with no power
Father held in death of daughter left overnight in sweltering RV in Laughlin

Margaret Sinclair

Photo of Peggy Sinclair. She is an elderly woman with light skin and gray hair; she is wearing glasses, which are slipping down her nose, and a polka-dotted beige headscarf. Name: Margaret “Peggy” Sinclair.
Died: June 18, 2016; body found June 21, 2016.
Age at death: 85.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: Lake Frederick, Virginia, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Peggy was beaten to death with a hammer and dismembered by her caregiver.

Case status:
Frances Charlene Moss Hopkins (Unlicensed caregiver, unrelated), pleaded no contest to second-degree murder, sentenced to 20 years.

Source:
Police say 85 year old Peg Sinclair’s caregiver has been arrested for murder
Berryville woman charged with first-degree murder
BREAKING: Elderly woman found dead,caregiver arrested for murder
Search ongoing for missing elderly woman
Sentencing for caregiver who killed, dismembered 85-year-old delayed to Tuesday
Moss-Hopkins to serve 20 years in prison for murder of elderly woman

Jean Irwin

Flowers left at Jean Irwin's house. They are purple and white flowers, lying on a curb next to a brick wall and wrought-iron gate. Name: Jean Elizabeth Irwin.
Died: June 20, 2016.
Age at death: 83.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England, UK.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Jean’s husband killed her by bludgeoning her with a hammer, then strangling her, before taking his own life.

Case status:
John David Irwin (Husband), deceased.

Source:
Shanklin couple found strangled and hanged
Terminal cancer patient who killed dementia-suffering wife left note to say ‘sorry for nuisance’ then took own life
Shanklin deaths: Man strangled woman and killed himself
Police launch murder investigation into Shanklin death
Pensioner, 77, is found hanged alongside body of his wife, 83
Murder investigation after two elderly people found dead in home
Man with terminal cancer killed dementia patient wife, left note to say ‘sorry for the nuisance’ and took own life
Pensioner, 77, who killed his ill wife before taking his own life apologises
Pensioner’s heartbreaking suicide note after killing wife he couldn’t care for

Rietje Willms

Photo of Rietje Willms, an elder woman. She has short white hair and fair skin, and is wearing a black turtleneck and white jacket. Her expression is solemn, and she is squinting slightly into the sun. Name: Rietje Willms.
Died: June 12, 2016.
Age at death: 80.
Cause of death: Morphine overdose.
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Rietje was the widow of a successful plumber and real estate dealer. She had inherited his money, and one of her four sons wanted it. When he saw that Rietje was getting dementia, he manipulated her into making him her sole heir. Then he locked her away in his house and neglected her; another of her sons said that sometimes, when he walked by the house, he could hear her in the house, crying to be let out. Rietje was eventually found dead with dangerous levels of morphine in her body and a morphine tablet under her tongue. When police questioned her son, he confessed to having poisoned her.

Case status:
Hans W. (Son), convicted of murder, sentenced to 15 years 9 months in prison.

Source:
Zoon definitief de cel in voor moord op Rietje Willms
Son held in senile mother’s death; Fight over inheritance alleged
Demente Rietje Willms (80) overleden door verwaarlozing eigen zoon
Man verdacht van bizarre moord op zijn eigen moeder om de erfenis
Vermoorde moeder over verdachte zoon: ‘We kunnen goed opschieten hoor’
‘Bejaarde vrouw vermoord om de erfenis’ – AT5: de nieuwszender van Amsterdam en omgeving
Bizarre moord om erfenis
Moord om de erfenis
‘Zoon vast wegens betrokkenheid bij dood moeder’