Remembering the Disabled Murdered by Caregivers
Name: Jenhyla Simms.
Died: November 14, 2014.
Age at death: 6.
Cause of death: Drowning.
Location: Saginaw, Michigan, USA.
Disability: Developmental disability.
Details:
Jenhyla’s mother left her alone in the bathtub, where she drowned.
Case status:
Destiny T. Oglesby (Mother), pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, sentenced to 1 year in jail.
Source:
Saginaw woman gets 1 year in jail for drowning of 6-year-old daughter
Name Unknown.
Died: November 10, 2014.
Age at death: 21.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Udon Thaini, Muang district, Thailand.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
This 21-year-old man lived with his parents and ten-year-old sister. His father came in from his rice field, had dinner, and then, at 2 o’clock at night, shot his son and then killed himself. The young man’s grandfather-in-law found them the next morning.
Case status:
His father, deceased.
Source:
Autism Memorial: 21-year-old male, Name unknown
Father shoots son dead in suspected murder suicide
Music teacher kills autistic son, self
Name: Tyrael Emory Alexander McFall.
Died: November 8, 2014.
Age at death: 2.
Cause of death: Codeine poisoning.
Location: Austell, Georgia, USA.
Disability: TBI from previous abuse; blind.
Details:
Tyrael was disabled because his birth father beat him. After his birth father was imprisoned, his mother remarried.
His mother and stepfather poisoned him with an overdose of codeine through his feeding tube. They also used his social security number to sign up for credit cards, and cashed in on the little boy’s life insurance policy, which they had bought without telling the company about his disability.
Case status:
Erica White (Mother), convicted of murder and fraud, sentenced to life plus 83 years.
Michael Schullerman (Stepfather), charged with murder; pleaded guilty to fraud, sentenced to 30 years.
Source:
Cobb mom charged with murder in 2-year-old’s overdose death
New details emerge in poisoning death of 2-year-old disabled Cobb boy
MCFALL, Tyrael Emory Alexander
Gruesome details emerge after couple poisons disabled toddler boy to death, then opens credit cards in his name: DA
New details emerge in poisoning death of 2-year-old disabled Cobb boy
Cobb mom charged with murder in 2-year-old’s overdose death
Trial begins for Acworth mother accused of killing toddler son
Murder trial starts for Cobb mom who allegedly poisoned 2-year-old son
Parents Allegedly Poisoned Disabled Boy To Death, Took Out Credit Cards In Son’s Name
Cobb mom who allegedly killed disabled 2-year-old son will not testify
Both sides argue case of Cobb mom who allegedly killed disabled son
Jury deliberating fate of mom accused in toddler’s codeine death
This mom stole her 2-year-old son’s identity — after poisoning him, prosecutors say
Jury deliberates to decide fate of ‘poisoning for profit’ mom, accused of putting codeine in disabled toddler’s feeding tube
‘Poisoning for profit’ mom found guilty of killing disabled toddler, taking credit cards out in his name
Georgia Mom Found Guilty Of Killing 2-Year-Old Disabled Son
Austell mother convicted of killing her 2-year-old disabled child
Mother Found Guilty of Killing Disabled 2-Year-old Son, Using His Identity to Get Credit Cards
Cobb mom found guilty of murdering her 2-year-old disabled son
Mother accused of killing son, using his identity for credit cards found guilty
Cobb mom gets max sentence for fatally poisoning her disabled son
Mother Who Poisoned Disabled Son Gets Life Sentence
‘Codeine killer’ mom gets life in prison for poisoning blind disabled toddler boy, then maxing out credit cards in his name
Cobb mom gets max sentence for fatally poisoning her disabled son
Name: Jean Carol Adams, née Hoeldtke.
Died: November 3, 2014.
Age at death: 77.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Waco, Texas, USA.
Disability: Leukemia.
Details:
Jean was allegedly shot by her husband.
From Jean’s obituary: “She enjoyed spending time with her friends, crocheting, gardening, refinishing antique furniture and decorating her home… she was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.”
Case status:
Alvin Ray Adams Jr. (Husband), charged with murder; died before trial.
Source:
Texas husband shot, killed 77-year-old ill wife in possible mercy killing: police
Man charged with murder for “mercy killing” of elderly wife dies
Waco Tribune obituary: Adams, Jean Carol
Name: London McCabe.
Died: November 3, 2014.
Age at death: 6.
Cause of death: Drowning.
Location: Seal Rock, Oregon, USA.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
London’s mother threw him off a bridge to his death. She tried to cover up the premeditated murder as the act of an insane woman who “snapped” because her son had autism and her husband had MS, but her Internet history revealed that she had been researching how to plead insanity and how to get away with murder for some time.
London liked big hats and playing with his iPad.
Case status:
Jillian McCabe (Mother), convicted of murder; sentenced to 25 years to life.
Source:
Autism Memorial: London McCabe
‘Everyone will hate me’: Mother sentenced to life for throwing autistic son off bridge
Name: “Patrick” (Family name unknown).
Died: November 2014.
Age at death: 17.
Cause of death: Multiple organ failure.
Location: Bedford, England, UK.
Disability: Coffin-Lowry syndrome.
Details:
Patrick’s care was neglected by his grandmother. He was kept in a filthy room without a working light. By the time he was hospitalized, he weighed only 95 pounds, had bruises all over his body, and was in multiple organ failure. He died age 17.
Patrick was good at swimming and had just learned cycling. Despite his limited ability to speak, he had memorized all of his classmates’ names.
Case status:
His grandmother was interviewed for case review. Belford Borough Safeguarding Children Board concluded that the agency did not adequately support Patrick’s needs or ensure that his grandmother cared for him adequately.
Source:
Disabled teenager who died weighing just 6 stone was ‘invisible’ to social services
‘Neglected’ disabled Bedford teen ‘unsupported’ by social services before ‘shocking’ death
Tragic death of ‘invisible’ Bedford teen failed by system
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Name: Betty Rowland.
Died: October 31, 2014.
Age at death: 86.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Columbia, Missouri, USA.
Disability: Stroke; used a wheelchair.
Details:
Betty’s husband killed her because he “didn’t want them to be a burden on the family”.
Case status:
Donald M. Rowland (Husband); pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, sentenced to 5 years of probation and a 7-year suspended sentence.
Source:
88-year-old man gets suspended prison sentence, probation for wife’s death
88-year-old man receives probation for stabbing his wife
Name: Esihle Xoliswa Mosoeu.
Died: October 31, 2014.
Age at death: 2.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Pomeroy, South Africa.
Disability: “Disabled child who could not sit or stand on her own”.
Details:
Esihle’s mother strangled her because she didn’t have enough money to feed her. She was receiving child grant money for her Esihle, but she used the money to transport her to a hospital for treatment, instead of to buy food.
Case status:
(Mother); pleaded guilty to murder, sentenced to 5 years, suspended for 5 years.
Name: Joann Canfield.
Died: October 26, 2014.
Age at death: 72.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Alameda, California, USA.
Disability: Dementia.
Details:
Joann’s husband took her home from her nursing home and, after a failed attempt to poison her with sleeping pills, shot her in the head.
Case status:
Jerry “J.C.” Canfield (Husband), pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter, sentenced to 3 years.
Source:
He Shot His Wife and Confessed — Why Neighbors Are Coming to His Defense
3 years for Alameda man who claimed mercy in wife’s killing
Name: Debbie Holden.
Died: October 24, 2014.
Age at death: 58.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA.
Disability: Chronic pain.
Details:
Debbie’s fiance shot her; then he tried to claim that Debbie must have committed suicide because of her chronic pain. Police became suspicious when they couldn’t find the bullet that had killed Debbie until her fiance turned up at the hospital with a matching bullet in his thigh.
Case Status:
Tim Noble (Fiance), convicted of first-degree murder, sentenced to life without parole.
Sources:
Telltale Bullets, Exhumations, Staged Murders: Most Shocking ‘Accident, Suicide Or Murder’ Reveals
Man Passes Out, Urinates Himself After Being Questioned About Fiancée’s Murder