Age Categories – Page 130 – Disability Day of Mourning

Ellen Jackson

Name: Ellen Jackson.
Died: February 16, 2015.
Age at death: 66.
Cause of death: Hypothermia.
Location: Shamokin, Pennsylvania, USA.
Disability: Blindness, diabetes, heart disease.

Details:
Ellen’s daughter allegedly left her home unheated and left Ellen alone on the floor to freeze to death.

Ellen was a good baker; her family especially remembers her coconut cream and chocolate pudding pies. She listened to gospel music and loved her three grandchildren.

Case status:
Mary Ellen Collins (Daughter), pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter.

Source:
Daughter in mom’s fatal hypothermia case pleads no contest
Woman to trial in mom’s alleged neglect, hypothermia death
Family Reacts After Woman Charged with Mother’s Death in Shamokin
Shamokin woman seeks dismissal of charges linked to her mother’s death

Aja Dasa

Photo: A young man in a black-and-red hooded jacket; he has fair skin and bown hair and is looking off to the side and smiling awkwardly. Name: Aja Dasa.
Died: February 11, 2015.
Age at death: 16.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Aja was allegedly stabbed to death by his brother.

He was a fan of Doctor Who and Star Trek and wanted to study electrical and mechanical engineering in college.

Case status:
Amerendra Dasa (Brother), charged with murder, ruled incompetent to stand trial and hospitalized to restore competence. Died in jail in 2017.

Source:
Autism Memorial: Aja Dasa
Bond denied for Spartanburg man charged in teen brother’s stabbing death
Spartanburg District 7 mourning death of slain student
Aja Prema Dasa
Funeral fund for Aja Dasa
Mother struggling with death of her son by his brother
Man accused of killing his brother dies in Spartanburg jail
Inmate care scrutinized after another jail suicide

Angela Rios

Photo: A middle-aged woman with brown hair, pale skin, brown eyes, and a round face. Name: Angela Rios.
Died: February 5, 2015.
Age at death: 55.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: New Port Richey, Florida, USA.
Disability: Diabetes, resulting in two leg amputations and visual impairment.

Details:
Angela was killed by her son, who beat her to death with a tire iron. He also killed his niece, nine-year-old Jenica Randazzo.

Case status:
Jason Rios (Son), convicted of murder, sentenced to 39-50 years.

Source:
For killing his mother and niece, a half-century in prison for Pasco man
Agency: No signs Pasco girl faced danger before fatal attack

Kylee Forrest

Photo of Kylee Forrest. She is a toddler with blonde hair and fair skin. She is smiling broadly. Her shirt is pink and ruffled. Name: Kylee Forrest.
Died: February 1, 2015.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Traumatic injury.
Location: Lubbock, Texas, USA.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.

Details:
Kylee was viciously beaten to death by her father.

Her family called her “Kylie Bug”.

Case status:
Justin Chisum (Father), pleaded guilty to murder, sentenced to life without parole.

Source:
Chisum pleads guilty to capital murder, gets life in prison in 4-year-old-daughter’s slaying
Father pleads guilty to capital murder of his 4-year-old daughter
Father Pleads Guilty For Murder of 4 Year Old Daughter with Cerebral Palsy
Kylee Forrest’s Obituary on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
In Loving Memory Of Kylee Forrest

Liam Milne

Photo of Liam Milne and his mother Susana. Liam is a light-brown-skinned boy with curly black hair, wearing a baseball cap and pink shirt. His mother is a woman with brown hair and pale skin, wearing sunglasses and a straw hat. She has her arms around Liam. Name: Liam Milne.
Age at death: 11.
Disability: Fragile X.
Died: February 1, 2015.
Cause of death: Car crash.
Location: Sydney, Australia.

Details:
Liam and his brother Ben both had Fragile X, and their mother Susana was six months pregnant with another boy. Their father, who feared that the boys would not be able to cope with their disabilities, bundled his whole family into the car and crashed it into a tree at 90 miles an hour.

Only seven-year-old Ben survived the crash, though he was severely injured. Ben is now living with his aunt, who says he is doing well.

Case status:
Darren John Milne (Father), deceased.

Source:
Darren John Milne who killed his pregnant wife and son in a car crash had set up bombs
Double murder-suicide driver planted bombs in engine bay
Horror crash mum Susana Milne was pregnant with third child
NSW coroner criticises dead father after horror car crash

Lee Del Ratez

Photo of Lee Del Ratez, a man with dark hair and light tan skin. He is holding his hands in fists just below his chin, and wearing a black and blue T-shirt. Name: Lee W. Del Ratez.
Died: January 8, 2015.
Age at death: 40.
Cause of death: Neglect.
Location: North Adams, Massachusetts, USA.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
Lee died because of his siblings’ negligence when they did not take care of him properly.

Case status:
Heath Del Ratez (Brother), pleaded guilty to permitting abuse on a disabled person, sentenced to two years probation.
Jessica Kemp (Sister), charged with manslaughter by negligence and caretaker abuse of a disabled person.

Source:
North Adams pair charged with manslaughter in connection with death of disabled sibling
North Adams pair charged with manslaughter by negligence in death of disabled man
Lee W. Del Ratez, 40

Owen Collins

Name: Owen Collins.
Died: January 17, 2015.
Age at death: 3.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Bluffton, Indiana, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
When Owen died, his parents put him in a box, burned his body, and reported him missing. Initial reports implied Owen had been poisoned with meth, but autopsy results showed Owen had died from a blow to the head with no meth in his system.

Case status:
Zachary S. Barnes (Stepfather), pleaded guilty to murder, sentenced to 50 years.
Breanna J. Arnold (Mother), pleaded guilty to dealing methamphetamine, sentenced to 20 years in prison and two and a half years of probation.
Zachary Barker, pleaded guilty to abuse of a corpse and dealing methamphetamine, sentenced to 12 years.

Source:
Mother of slain Owen Collins sentenced for meth charge
Autism Memorial: Owen Collins
3 Year Old Owen Collins Missing Since 1/17/15 in Bluffton, IN
Bluffton, IN Police Searching for Missing Boy Owen Collins
Body Of Missing Toddler Found In Woods
Coroner: Cause of death could take up to two weeks
‘We put dope in their bottles and watched them have fun’
Owen Collins’ father reacts to homicide ruling

Ena Lai Dung

No Photo Name: En Lai Dung.
Died: January 16, 2015.
Age at death: 77.
Cause of death: Starvation.
Location: Manurewa, South Auckland, New Zealand.
Disability: Elderly disabled; possibly bulimia.

Details:
Ena Lai lived with her daughter in a rented house. Her daughter refused to take care of her or ask for help; she claimed that Ena Lai had bulimia and refused to eat.

Ena Lai died in her filthy bed, weighing only 29 kg (64 pounds), dehydrated, malnourished, and suffering from infected bedsores. She had fourteen half-healed broken ribs and a broken sternum.

Case status:
Cindy Taylor (Daughter), found guilty of manslaughter, sentenced to 13 years 3 months.
Brian Taylor (Housemate), found guilty of failure to protect a vulnerable adult, sentenced to 6 years.
Luana Taylor (Housemate), found guilty of failure to protect a vulnerable adult, sentenced to 6 years 6 months.

Source:
Woman who let her mother starve to death declined parole
Appeals thrown out over harrowing death of Ena Lai Dung
Daughter on trial for manslaughter of mother
Dead woman had been ‘nibbled’, manslaughter trial hears
Jury to view shocking pics of dead woman
Paramedic overwhelmed by smell when examining malnourished woman’s body
Pathologist details state of dead elderly woman found in own waste
Pathologist: I’ve never seen anything like it
Trial begins over elderly woman’s grim death
Woman found guilty of letting mother starve
Daughter’s ‘cruel’ neglect killed mother
Jail for letting mother starve to death
Daughter jailed for neglect and manslaughter of elderly woman

Iblah Pilo

No Photo Name: Iblah (Ibrahim) Pilo.
Died: January 16, 2015.
Age at death: 2.
Cause of death: Missing, presumed dead.
Location: Chimtanda village, Malawi.
Disability: Albinism.

Details:
Iblah’s mother was worried that he would be kidnapped and sold for his body parts, but her husband told her to stay with him, saying that he would protect the little boy.

Days later, Iblah’s mother woke in the night to hear him screaming; he was being kidnapped. She was unable to save him.

Iblah’s body was never found, but it is likely that he was indeed sold for his body parts, which are used in ritual magic. Police arrested his father and two other men.

Case status:
Iblah’s father and two others were charged with kidnapping and burglary, but released due to insufficient evidence.

Source:
Malawi: Killing spree of people with albinism fuelled by ritual practices and policing failures
Prejudice against people with albinism in Malawi

Cyrus Buskirk

Name: Cyrus Buskirk.
Died: January 12, 2015.
Age at death: 8.
Cause of death: Untreated diabetes.
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA.
Disability: Juvenile diabetes.

Details:
When Cyrus’s diabetes made him sick, his mother didn’t get him medical help. She called the doctor, but didn’t follow any of the doctor’s instructions. By the time she called 911, it was too late; Cyrus died of complications of juvenile diabetes.

Cyrus’s obituary says that he “loved school, baseball, the Iron Pigs, karate and being a ninja”.

Case status:
Ashleigh Buskirk (Mother), pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment, sentenced to 16 months to 10 years.

Source:
Cyrus T. Buskirk Obituary (2007 – 2015) Morning Call
Mother sentenced for letting diabetic child die
Allentown mother pleads guilty in death of diabetic son