Category: Age Categories

Alene Schrader

Photo of an older woman with short auburn hair, fair skin, and horn-rimmed glasses. She is smiling for the camera. She is wearing a black-and-white sweater.Name: Alene V. “Tudi” Schrader.
Died: January 8, 2022.
Age at death: 80.
Cause of death: Diabetic ketoacidosis.
Location: Wasau, Wisconsin, USA.
Disability: Diabetes, heart disease.

Details:
In the last days of her life, paramedics were called to Tudi’s home five times, and reported that her granddaughter refused to let them check her vitals. After she died of diabetic ketoacidosis and her granddaughter’s Facebook posts were found to include claims that she had been reducing her grandmother’s insulin and instead giving her vitamins that she had been selling, her granddaughter was arrested.

Tudi and her husband played Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus every Christmas.

Case Status:
Kandise Sheahen (AKA Kandise Sporer), granddaughter, charged with negligently subjecting an individual at risk to abuse causing death.

Sources:
Wausau nurse charged in grandmother’s death – Wausau Pilot & Review
Woman charged with failing to manage grandmother’s diabetes resulting in death

Ranjeev Kumar

No PhotoName: Ranjeev Kumar.
Died: January 6, 2022.
Age at death: 48.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Volivoli, Rakiraki, Fiji.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.

Details:
Ranjeev’s brother-in-law killed Ranjeev, his sister Ragni Narayan, and her son Ravinesh Deo, before killing himself. Police say he was out on bail after being charged with rape. Ranjeev’s niece, a Year 6 student, managed to hide and survive the attack.

Case Status:
David Narayan (Brother-in-law), deceased.

Sources:
Police interview a few people about alleged Rakiraki homicide
Family devastated after alleged homicide case in Volivoli
FIJI: Murders, Suicides, Rape Charge At The House Of Horrors
Investigation into alleged homicide continues
Alleged family murder-suicide
Family in shock over alleged homicide

Lacey Fletcher

Black and white photo of a young woman with fair skin and long dark hair, smiling.Name: Lacey Fletcher.
Died: January 3, 2022.
Age at death: 36.
Cause of death: Medical neglect; pressure sores.
Location: Slaughter, Louisiana, USA.
Disability: Autism; catatonia or locked-in syndrome.

Details:
Lacey’s body was found sitting on a filthy couch at home. She had multiple pressure sores and infections, and was underweight. According to the coroner who ruled her death a homicide, she had suffered “at least a decade of neglect”.

Case Status:
Sheila Fletcher (Mother), pleaded no contest to manslaughter, sentenced to 40 years with 20 years suspended.
Clay Fletcher (Father), pleaded no contest to manslaughter, sentenced to 40 years with 20 years suspended.

Sources:
Parents of Woman With Autism Found Dead and ‘Melted’ Into Sofa Sentenced
Parents of autistic woman found dead in own waste, sentenced to 20 years
Louisiana parents accused of letting autistic daughter die plead no contest to manslaughter
Parents expected to plea to manslaughter after daughter died on couch
Parents re-indicted for murder of daughter found ‘melted’ to couch.
Charges against parents accused of letting daughter die on fetid couch thrown out — for now
Photos expose Lacey Ellen Fletcher’s AGONY, despite parents’ home stocked with cleaning products
Pictured: Parents of neglected daughter found dead and fused to family sofa
Parents to be hit with murder charges after daughter ‘melted into couch’
Grand jury to decide parents’ fate after coroner finds daughter’s body sitting on couch with feces around it
After ‘horrific’ death at home, parents of Louisiana woman may soon face murder charges
‘Worst case of neglect’: Parents face murder charges after neglect of disabled child
‘Something you make HORROR movies about’: Parents face murder charges after disabled daughter’s gruesome death
Autism Memorial: Lacey Fletcher
Woman, 36, with Locked-in Syndrome was found dead FUSED to a living room couch | Daily Mail Online
Neglected woman who died on parents’ sofa starved to death, had not seen doctor in 20 years

Natalie Ryan-Fraser

Photo of a middle-aged woman with fair skin, blue eyes, and pale-blonde hair; she is wearing dark mascara and smiling for the camera.Name: Natalie Ryan-Fraser.
Died: December 30, 2021.
Age at death: 55.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Caledonia, Mississippi, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.

Details:
Natalie’s husband fatally shot her.

Natalie was a senior instructor in English and Modern Languages at Angelo State University.

Case Status:
Wayne Fraser (Husband), found guilty of culpable negligent manslaughter, sentenced to 20 years.

Sources:
Scots killer who shot dead wheelchair-bound wife ‘appeals conviction’ in US
Exclusive: US court begins murder trial of Mintlaw man accused of shooting disabled wife dead
Scot goes on trial accused of murdering wheelchair bound wife in US
Wayne Fraser trial: Scottish man accused of murdering wife in the US
Bryan Rutherford: We’ll have no women left if men keep getting away with murder
Brother of disabled uni prof killed by ex-pat Scot reveals his anguish
Scot who moved to US for new life ‘murders disabled wife in horror shooting’
Scot ‘shoots wife dead’ in Mississippi after moving to US to start new life
Scots man accused of shooting wife dead in USA faces life in Mississippi jail

Terrance Adams

Photo of a young boy with pale skin and fine blond hair, wearing blue-rimmed glasses. His face is somewhat asymmetrical and his mouth pulls to one side; his ears stick out below the earpieces of his glasses.Name: Terrance “Terry” Adams.
Died: December 28, 2021.
Age at death: 6.
Cause of death: Drowning.
Location: Clinton township, Michigan, USA.
Disability: Charge syndrome.

Details:
Left alone to babysit, Terry’s mother’s boyfriend filled the bathtub with water and drowned him in it.

Case Status:
Hunter Locke-Huges (Mother’s boyfriend), convicted of first-degree child abuse and involuntary manslaughter; sentenced to 90 months to 30 years.

Sources:
Mich. man sentenced in bathtub drowning death of girlfriend’s disabled son
Man charged with drowning 6-year-old disabled child he was babysitting
Man accused of holding child underwater in Clinton Township death investigation
Terrance Adams “Terry” Obituary – Warren, MI
Fraser man convicted in 2021 drowning death of 6-year-old special needs boy
Mich. man convicted of drowning girlfriend’s special-needs 6-year-old son in bathtub
Mich. Man Convicted of Manslaughter in Drowning Death of Girlfriend’s 6-Year-Old Son with Special Needs

5-month-old girl

No PhotoName Unknown.
Died: December 27, 2021.
Age at death: 5 months.
Cause of death: Acute kidney failure.
Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Disability: Ventral septal defect.

Details:
This 5-month-old girl was left alone at home by her mother for two days with no one to care for her, even though her heart defect meant it was extremely important to keep her fed and give her medicine. When her mother returned, the baby girl had died from kidney failure.

Case Status:
Ms. Yang (Mother), convicted of abandonment resulting in death, sentenced to 7 years 6 months.

Sources:
Mother’s appeal rejected
Supreme Court upholds 7.5-year sentence given to mother of dead infant
Jail term extended for mother who abandoned child – Taipei Times
Mother receives 7.5 year sentence for death of infant left home alone

Daunya Fields

Photo of an African-American girl with medium-brown skin and brown eyes, wearing a black top. Her hair is done in small, neat braids and gathered into a scrunchie at the top of her head.Name: Daunya Fields.
Died: December 25, 2021.
Age at death: 13.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Disability: Physical and developmental disability due to abuse in infancy.

Details:
Daunya and her adoptive mother Elaine Fizer, 57, were shot to death by her adoptive father, who went on the run for several days before he was found and shot by police.

Case Status:
Dwayne McDonald (Adoptive father), deceased; shot by police.

Sources:
Woman, daughter found shot dead by relatives arriving for Christmas dinner
Family urge man to surrender after woman, disabled daughter found dead on Christmas Day
Dwayne McDonald Detroit man wanted in shooting deaths of wife & daughter
Suspect in Christmas Day double killing of wife, daughter shot dead by cops
Video: Detroit Police Search for Husband in Christmas Slaying of Wife and Daughter
Detroit Police shoot and kill suspect in Christmas Day murder of mom and 13-year-old disabled daughter

Janice Hunter

Photo of a fair-skinned woman with dark-brown hair cut in bangs and curled at the tip. She is smiling for the camera. She is wearing a white tank top.Name: Janice Hunter.
Died: December 18, 2021.
Age at death: 75.
Cause of death: Suffocation.
Location: Paphos, Cyprus.
Disability: Leukemia.

Details:
Janice’s husband allegedly suffocated her. He claimed he had been assisting suicide, but as there was no evidence that Janet had wanted to die other than his assertion that she did, the court rejected that charge and charged him with murder, though he was convicted only of manslaughter after the court could not prove premeditation.

Case Status:
David Hunter (Husband), convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to 2 years and released on time served.

Sources:
British man convicted of killing his ailing wife “out of love” is freed from prison in Cyprus
Expat whose wife ‘begged him’ to kill her found guilty of manslaughter in Cyprus
Birthday cards sent to Northumberland miner facing murder trial in Cyprus
Friend of man accused of killing terminally ill wife visits him in Cyprus prison
Former Northumberland miner denies murdering wife in Cyprus
Janice Hunter case: Cyprus murder-accused ‘was devoted husband’
Retired coal miner accused of killing wife is not a murderer, says ex-cellmate

Maura Flores

No PhotoName: Maura Nava Flores.
Died: December 18, 2021.
Age at death: 79.
Cause of death: Hypothermia.
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia.

Details:
Maura’s body was found by the side of the road where she had died from exposure. When police questioned her niece, she reportedly admitted to dropping Maura at the side of the road because she was having incontinence issues and the Salvation Army shelter looked full.

Case Status:
Rosamaria Moreno (Niece), charged with murder.

Sources:
Police: Woman caretaker faces murder charge, didn’t notice aunt was missing for 4 days
Nevada Woman Charged With Murder After Allegedly Dumping 79-Year-OId Aunt on the Road at Night and Not Noticing She Was Missing Until 4 Days Later
Las Vegas Woman Charged With Murder After Elderly Aunt Found Dead On Side Of Road
Las Vegas caretaker accused of dumping elderly aunt’s body on the side of the road

Bobby Laws

No PhotoName: Bobby Laws.
Died: December 15, 2021.
Age at death: 62.
Cause of death: Pressure ulcers, malnutrition.
Location: Augusta, Georgia, USA.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
Bobby was brought to the emergency room emaciated with severe pressure sores and lacerations. He died 10 days later in the hospital. After a coroner’s investigation, police arrested Bobby’s daughter on charges of having neglected him and denied him adequate food and medical care.

Case Status:
Dianna Laws (Daughter), charged with neglect and exploitation.

Sources:
Woman arrested for elder abuse, coroner investigating death of father
Death of disabled Augusta man being investigated by coroner’s office for neglect