Category: Type: Fatal Abuse

Fatal abuse.

Gabrielle Crawford

No PhotoName: Gabrielle Crawford.
Died: December 2, 2011.
Age at death: 8 months.
Cause of death: Traumatic injury.
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida, USA.
Disability: Hydrocephalus, prematurity, multiple birth defects.

Details:
Gabrielle was beaten to death by his mother. On the last day of his life, she broke his arm and leg and left him without medical care; the next morning she found him dead.

Gabrielle left behind a twin brother, Micha, who was placed into foster care.

Case status:
Rosalee Crawford (mother), charged with aggravated child abuse, sentenced to 10 years, paroled after 6 years.

Source:
Innocents lost Database: Children who will never grow up
Before Angela Dufrene, DCF left other kids with deadly parents
A dead baby was failed by many in the case of Gabrielle Crawford
GABRIELLE CRAWFORD – 8 Months/ Disabled (2/2011)
Death toll rises to nine on Hillsborough Kids’ watch
Tampa mother of 8-month-old baby who died in December charged with aggravated child abuse
CRAWFORD ROSIELEE Inmate T64303: Florida Prisons (DOC)

Cordero Webber Jr.

No PhotoName: Cordero Webber Jr.
Died: November 4, 2011.
Age at death: 5 months.
Cause of death: Fatal abuse.
Location: Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Disability: None diagnosed; his parents claimed he was autistic.

Details:
Cordero’s parents abused and neglected him and explained away his malnourishment as a sign that he was autistic. Eventually, he died of head injuries from the abuse.

Case status:
Cordero Anthony Webber (Father), convicted of manslaughter and child neglect, sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Kierra Monet Hayes Laird (Mother), sentenced to one year in prison.

Source:
Autism Memorial: Cordero Webber Jr.
acksonville parents charged after malnourished baby’s blunt-trauma death
“Primary caretaker” dad on trial for beating death of 5-month-old son (Jacksonville, Florida)
Parents Face Felony Neglect Charge; Baby Died of Head Trauma, Had Other Past Injuries and Was Malnourished
Jurors convict Jacksonville man in son’s death

Julian Pintar

Photo of Julian Pintar. He is a young boy with dark curly hair, olive skin, and large dark brown eyes.Name: Julian Pintar.
Died: October 1, 2011.
Age at death: 11.
Cause of death: Hypothermia.
Location: Kandos, New South Wales, Australia.
Disability: Autism, neurocutaneous melanosis.

Details:
Julian died of long-term abuse and neglect. He had been tied to a chair for long periods of time, expected to sleep upright, in a garden shed. He had also been sprayed with cold water and then left in the shed, causing hypothermia which was particularly dangerous to this already thin boy, weakened by malnutrition. By the time he was found unresponsive and taken to the hospital, he was dead. An autopsy also found blood poisoning and internal injuries.

Case status:
Rudolph Pintar (Stepfather), pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
KP (Mother), charged with manslaughter.

Source:
Autism Memorial: Julian Pintar
Murdered boy was autistic: police
Pair charged with autistic boy’s murder
Man and woman charged with child’s death
Boy with autism died after being bound to chair and showered in cold water: court
Boy with autism ‘was bound to chair and showered in cold water’ before dying
Magician pleads guilty to unlawful death of autistic boy left to freeze in shed
Julian Pintar 2000-2011

Evan Watkins

Photo of a young boy with sandy blond hair, fair skin, turned-up nose and brown eyes. He is smiling for the camera.Name: Evan Watkins.
Died: September 30, 2011.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Lakeland, Florida, USA.
Disability: Developmental delay, possible autism.

Details:
Evan was beaten to death by his mother’s boyfriend because he would not go to sleep.

Case status:
Marton Pal (Mother’s boyfriend); pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse and first-degree murder, sentenced to life in prison.

Source:
Autism Memorial: Evan Watkins
Man charged with beating child to death
Polk man gets life sentence for Lakeland boy’s death
Innocents Lost: Evan Hayden Watkins, 4

Tanilla Warrick-Deaves

Photo of Tanilla Warrick-Deaves. She is a toddler with tan skin and curly black hair. She is wearing a pink dress, and holding a ribbon in her hands.Name: Tanilla Warrick-Deaves.
Died: August 27, 2011.
Age at death: 2.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia.
Disability: Bowed legs.

Details:
Tanila was abused by her stepfather. After a beating, it was obvious that Tanila had a head injury, but her mother, seeing how badly hurt Tanila was, did not call the ambulance because she figured it would be better if Tanila died than if she lived as “a vegetable”. Instead, she put Tanila in a pram, where the little girl took three days to die.

Case status:
Donna Deaves (Mother), convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to 9-12 years in jail.
Warren Ross (Stepfather), convicted of murder, sentenced to 30-40 years prison.

Source:
Mum who watched daughter, 2, being whipped and tortured to death set to go free
How a monster was able to kill little Tanilla Warrick-Deaves
Mum felt it ‘a bit late’ to save beaten Tanilla
Agonising abuse of tiny Tanilla: NSW court

Isabella Leiper

No PhotoName: Isabella Leiper.
Died: July 17, 2011.
Age at death: 9.
Cause of death: Internal bleeding from abdominal injury.
Location: Clarence Town, New South Wales, Australia.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.

Details:
Isabella’s father allegedly killed her by punching her in the stomach, causing fatal internal injuries.

Case status:
David Leiper (Father); charged with manslaughter, out on bail as of February 2014.

Source:
Coroner suspends inquest into death of disabled girl
NSW dad charged over disabled daughter’s death
Nine-year-old’s death: Jury to determine what caused injuries
Man accused of killing cerebral palsy-suffering daughter faces court
NSW dad charged over disabled daughter’s death
Case delays in disabled girl’s death
Inquest into Clarence Town death hears triple-O call
Man charged over death of severely disabled girl

JaQuinn Brewton

Photo of a small boy with dark skin and short black hair, wearing a blue jacket. He is holding up both forefingers to the camera.Name: JaQuinn Brewton.
Died: July 12, 2011.
Age at death: 3.
Cause of death: Pancreatic laceration from blunt trauma.
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
JaQuinn was beaten and burned by his godmother and her boyfriend. His mother had turned him over to their care because she was staying in a homeless shelter. He died from internal injuries after two weeks at the hospital.

Case status:
Nadera Batson (Godmother), convicted of third-degree murder, sentenced to 28 1/2 to 57 years in prison.
Marcus King (Godmother’s boyfriend), pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, sentenced to 10-20 years in prison.

Source:
Godmother Sentenced in Blow Torch, Beating Death of 3-Year-Old Boy
Guilty verdict in torture death of boy, 3
Police: boy died from horrific abuse

Christina Meeks

Photo of a toddler girl with pale skin and strawberry-blond hair in pigtails, smiling; she is wearing a pink shirt.Name: Christina Noel Meeks.
Died: June 20, 2011.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Heart attack.
Location: Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.
Disability: Developmental delay; heart disease.

Details:
Christina died of a heart attack the day after an alleged violent sexual assault by her uncle. Nurses at the hospital reported extensive bruising.

Case status:
Robert Meeks Jr. (Uncle), child sexual abuse, charges dropped with the possibility of re-filing charges.
Betty Hall (Grandmother), neglect, charges dropped with the possibility of re-filing charges.

Source:
Child Neglect Charge Dismissed In Muskogee Girl’s 2011 Death
Affidavit Details Abuse Allegations In Muskogee Girl’s Death

Hana Williams

Photo of a brown-skinned teenage girl, smiling broadly.Name: Hana Grace-Rose Williams (Born Hana Alemu Befekadu).
Died: May 12, 2011.
Age at death: 13.
Cause of death: Hypothermia.
Location: Sedro-Woolley, Washington, USA.
Disability: Hepatitis B; special-needs adoptee.

Details:
Hana’s adoptive parents starved, beat, and abused her. She died of hypothermia and chronic starvation when she was left outside in the cold as punishment.

Hana enjoyed knitting and crocheting, reading, drawing and various crafts, playing soccer and riding her bicycle.

Case status:
Larry Williams (Adoptive father), convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to 28 years.
Carri Williams (Adoptive mother), convicted of homicide by abuse, sentenced to 37 years.

Source:
Death of Hana Grace-Rose Williams
Hana Grace-Rose Williams (Hana Alemu Befekadu) and Immanuel Williams

Christina Harms

Photo of Christina Harms, a young blonde woman wearing glasses and smiling broadly.Name: Christina “Nina” Harms.
Died: March 25, 2011.
Age at death: 22.
Cause of death: Dehydration.
Location: Kearns, Utah, USA.
Disability: Fetal alcohol syndrome.

Details:
Christina’s abusive caregivers routinely beat her and tied her to a metal rod in a closet. She died of dehydration combined with an overdose of Benadryl.

Christina wanted to go to college.

Case status:
Cassandra Sheppard (Legal guardian), pleaded guilty to abuse and manslaughter, sentenced to 5 years to life.
Sherrie Beckering (Sheppard’s mother), convicted of aggravated abuse, sentenced to 5 years to life.
Dale Beckering (Sheppard’s stepfather), convicted of second-degree aggravated abuse, sentenced to 1-15 years.

Source:
Kearns man sent to prison for ignoring fatal abuse
Caretaker of abused Utah woman gets prison for her death
Guardian of abused woman kept in closet sent to prison for her death