Age Categories – Page 86 – Disability Day of Mourning

Summer Peace

Name: Summer Peace.
Died: September 9, 2017.
Age at death: 5 months.
Cause of death: Abusive head trauma.
Location: Dudley, England, UK.
Disability: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

Details:
Summer died because she was shaken by her father, something that she was especially vulnerable to because of her hypermobility. At the time she died, she was also suffering from untreated pneumonia.

Case status:
Philip Peace (Father), convicted of murder, sentence to life with a minimum of 14 years.

Source:
Dudley father who shook baby daughter to death jailed for life for her murder
Life sentence for Dudley man who murdered baby daughter
Dad Philip Peace is accused of shaking baby daughter to death
Dudley baby death trial told of girl’s ‘traumatic injury’
Father could have caused brain injuries to girl in panic after she collapsed, trial told
Man on trial over baby daughter’s death

Elizabeth and Frank Lackey

Black and white photo of Frank and Elizabeth Lackey. They have fair skin. She has dark hair and is wearing a sweater; he has light hair and is wearing a suit and glasses. Name: Elizabeth “Esu” Lackey.
Age at death: 85.

Name: Frank Danby “Dan” Lackey III.
Age at death: 89.

Died: September 8, 2017.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: Groton, Massachusetts, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; required caregiver.

Details:
Esu and Dan were both beaten to death by their grandson, along with their home-health worker Bertha Mae Parker, and their daughter, Elizabeth “Buffy” Krause.

The Lackeys were active in the Chewonki Foundation, a charitable organization that holds summer camps to teach kids about the environment and sustainability.

Case status:
Orion Krause (Grandson), pleaded guilty to four counts of murder, sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

Source:
Orion Krause pleads guilty to murdering kin, caretaker with baseball bat
Rockport man pleads guilty to 4 murders, including his mother and grandparents
Murder trial of Rockport man set for September
Orion Krause beat four people to death in Groton home
‘I murdered four people.’ A stranger at the door, a terrible crime
Mom slain in Groton described as ‘goodhearted person, always’
FRANK DANBY LACKEY III’s Obituary on Boston Globe
ELIZABETH CLEVELAND LACKEY’s Obituary on Boston Globe

Kyoji Hattori

No Photo Name: Kyoji Hattori.
Died: September 7, 2017.
Age at death: 88.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Otaki, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Disability: Mobility impaired.

Details:
Police received a call from Mr. Hattori’s son, claiming that he had just killed his father. They arrived at Mr. Hattori’s house to find him strangled with a cord still around his neck, and arrested his son. His son allegedly admitted to strangling him because he “felt an uncertain future”.

Case status:
Kazuo Hattori (Son), arrested.

Source:
Man arrested over murder of 88-year-old father – Japan Today
Chiba man strangles father, 88, with electrical cord due to ‘uncertain future’

Kaylie Lis-Lalande

Name: Kaylie Lis-Lalande.
Died: September 4, 2017.
Age at death: 9.
Cause of death: Starvation/dehydration.
Location: Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.

Details:
Kaylie’s mother neglected her, leaving her care and that of Kaylie’s little brother to her 12-year-old sibling. Kaylie was often left alone in the apartment for hours, and her mother canceled appointments with the children’s aid worker who was supposed to visit.

Summer came and Kaylie was home from school, and her mother refused all the resources she had access to. Kaylie lost weight rapidly. On the day Kaylie died, her mother left her body at a babysitter’s house, not realizing Kaylie had already died of the complications of starvation and dehydration, weighing 31 pounds.

Kaylie liked to ride the swings at the park. Her grandmother always got her a birthday cake and she loved the light from the candles. Her grandmother called her “our little butterfly”.

Case status:
Meredith Lis (Mother), pleaded guilty to failure to provide the necessities of life, sentenced to time served plus one day in jail.

Source:
HUNTER: Disabled girl’s death shrouded in shades of grey
Mom who starved disabled daughter gets a day in jail
Oakville woman who allowed 9-year-old daughter to starve to death sentenced to time served
‘Starved to death’: Oakville mother facing jail time after daughter, 9, dies of malnutrition
VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT: Ruth Lalande
VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT: Lisa Lynn and Phillip Lalande

Kiara LaSalle

Name: Kiara LaSalle.
Died: September 1, 2017.
Age at death: 17.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Sacramento, California, USA.
Disability: Developmental disability.

Details:
Kiara and her mother Erica Wallace were both shot by her mother’s boyfriend.

Kiara was a recent high school graduate who worked in retail, volunteered at an animal shelter, and planned to attend Sacramento City College. Her dance instructor remembers her as his most dedicated student.

Case status:
Eric Dawan Arnold (Mother’s boyfriend), killed by police after shooting two officers.

Source:
Her mother and sister were killed in their house. Now she wants to use it to help other women.
First, a mother and daughter died. Then two officers were shot
Neighbors relieved double murder suspect is dead
Woman Speaks Out After Man Suspected of Killing Her Mom, Sister is Shot, Killed by Police
Vigil held for mother, daughter killed in their South Sacramento home

Dominique

No Photo Name: Dominique (last name unknown).
Died: August 30, 2017.
Age at death: 8.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Elda, Alicante, Spain.
Disability: Autism, epilepsy.

Details:
Dominique lived with his foster father and his foster father’s girlfriend. While the foster father was at work, his girlfriend strangled Dominique with a T-shirt; then she staged a home invasion and claimed she and the boy had been assaulted.

Inconsistencies in her story made the truth come out, and she was convicted of murder.

Case status:
Alejandra G. P. (foster father’s girlfriend), convicted of murder, sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

Source:
Prisión permanente revisable para la mujer que asesinó al hijo de acogida de su pareja
Las tres muertes de Dominique
«El niño de Elda murió estrangulado y la acusada sabía lo que hacía»
SHOCK CRIME: Woman on trial over autistic boy killing on the Costa Blanca
Pregnant woman raped while her 8-year-old boy murdered
8-year-old autistic boy murdered in Alicante as the killers raped his father’s pregnant partner
Child found dead, woman beaten, inside home in Spanish coastal town
Child’s murder and beating of pregnant woman shocks inland Spanish town
Investigan la muerte de un niño de 8 años y la agresión a la novia del padre de acogida
Investigan en Elda la muerte de un niño de 8 años y la agresión a la novia del padre de acogida
Elda despide con gran dolor al niño fallecido en el asalto a su piso
La Fiscalía pide prisión permanente revisable para la acusada de matar al hijo de su pareja en Elda
La fiscalía pide prisión permanente revisable para la acusada de asesinar en Elda al hijo de su pareja
Fiscalía pide prisión permanente revisable para la acusada de matar al hijo de su pareja en Elda
Piden la prisión permanente a la mujer que mató al hijo de su pareja en Elda
La fiscal reclama prisión permanente para la acusada de matar al hijo de su pareja en Elda
Piden prisión permanente revisable a la acusada de asesinar a un niño autista
Fiscalía pide prisión permanente revisable para la acusada de asesinar en Elda (Alicante) al hijo de su pareja

Hideko Mizutani

No Photo Name: Hideko Mizutani.
Died: August 28, 2017.
Age at death: 90.
Cause of death: Stabbing.
Location: Yokohama, Japan.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.

Details:
Ms. Mizutani’s grandson allegedly admitted to police that he had killed her by stabbing her in the neck.

Case status:
Taisuke Mikami (Grandson), arrested on suspicion of murder.

Source:
34-year-old man arrested over murder of 90-year-old grandmother

Aishika Sarkar

No Photo Name: Aishika “Shreya” Sarkar.
Died: August 27, 2017.
Age at death: 7.
Cause of death: Fall injuries.
Location: J. P. Nagar, Bengaluru, India.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Shreya was “screaming and being stubborn”, so her mother allegedly decided to kill her. Shreya’s mother allegedly threw her off the third-floor balcony. Neighbors say that when she saw that Shreya was still breathing, she carried Shreya back up the stairs and threw her off the balcony again. This time, the impact killed Shreya.

Shreya’s neighbors chased down and captured Shreya’s mother and tied her to a telephone pole, then called the authorities.

When she died, Shreya had just begun to learn how to talk.

Case status:
Swathi Sarkar (Mother), charged with murder.

Source:
Autism Memorial: Aishika Sarkar
‘We shouldn’t say Swati killed her child… hers was cry of desperation’
7-Year-Old B’Luru Girl Dies After Being Thrown Off Building Twice
7-year-old girl dies after her mother throws her off a terrace twice in Bengaluru
Bengaluru 9-Year-Old Survived First Fall; Mother Threw Her Off Roof Again
Bengaluru: Depressed woman flings daughter from third floor building, twice
Bengaluru: Mentally unstable mother throws 7-year-old girl off a building, twice!
Bengaluru: Mother throws differently-abled daughter off terrace twice, kills her
Evil mum killed her little girl, 7, by throwing her off a roof terrace… so an angry mob strung her up to telephone post and beat her GE
Flung twice from terrace by mother, seven-year-old child dies in Bengaluru
Here is why this mother threw 7-year-old daughter from fourth floor, killed her
Mother kills her 7-year-old daughter by flinging her from the terrace of a 4-storey building twice
Nine-year-old girl dies after mother throws her from terrace
Bengaluru horror: Woman killed seven-year-old child to ‘teach’ husband a lesson, say the police

Marion Reynolds

Name: Marion Joyce Reynolds.
Died: August 27, 2017.
Age at death: 22.
Cause of death: Neglect, malnutrition.
Location: Galva, Illinois, USA.
Disability: Unspecified severe disability; mobility impaired, tube fed.

Details:
Marion was kept in a filthy house and not given enough to eat. Her 18-year-old sister was also neglected, and was rescued when Marion was found, near death, and taken to a hospice where she died of the effects of long-term neglect and starvation.

Marion attended church and liked music.

Case status:
Dean P. Simoneaux (Grandfather), convicted of neglect of a disabled person, sentenced to 5 years.
Barbara J. Simoneaux (Grandmother), convicted of neglect of a disabled person, sentenced to 90 days in jail.

Source:
Stark County neglect case ends in probation for mother, prison for stepfather
Couple charged with criminal neglect in death of woman’s daughter
Galva couple accused of disabled woman’s malnutrition death
Couple accused of malnutrition death might not have been neglectful, relative says
Obituary for Marion Joyce Reynolds
Stark County couple in neglect case allowed to visit children

Howard Quick

No Photo Name: Howard Quick.
Died: August 27, 2017.
Age at death: 66.
Cause of death: Malnutrition, sepsis.
Location: Gaylord, Michigan, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.

Details:
Howard’s caregivers, who were living with him and using his disability payments as their own money, neglected him; he died of malnutrition and sepsis from infected pressure sores.

Case status:
Shawn Winkelman (Non-professional caregiver), charged with involuntary manslaughter, vulnerable adult abuse, and embezzlement, sentenced to 10 years 5 months to 22 years 6 months.
Ashley Robinson (Caregiver’s girlfriend), convicted of embezzlement of less than $200 from a vulnerable adult; sentenced to 183 days probation and $895 fine.

Source:
Lewiston man sentenced on involuntary manslaughter of vulnerable adult
Otsego County couple charged in connection with death of ‘vulnerable adult’
Caregiver, girlfriend charged after man dies while in their care