Remembering the Disabled Murdered by Caregivers
Homicide followed by completed suicide.
Name: Betty Lyons.
Died: April 21, 2018.
Age at death: 85.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Rochester, England, UK.
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease.
Details:
Betty was strangled by her husband, who then hanged himself.
Case status:
George Lyons (Husband), deceased.
Source:
Wife’s Alzheimer’s ‘drove pensioner to murder-suicide’
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Pensioners found strangled and hanged
Name: Susan Gibson.
Age at death: 75.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.
Name: Daniel L. Gibson.
Age at death: 17.
Disability: Unspecified; special needs.
Died: April 9, 2018.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Reeds Spring, Missouri, USA.
Details:
Susan and her grandson Daniel were shot dead by Susan’s son, Daniel’s father, in a murder-suicide. Also killed was Cynthia Miller, 43, the girlfriend of the killer.
Case status:
Victor Gibson (Father of Daniel, son of Susan), deceased.
Source:
Daniel Gibson, age 17
Neighbor describes family who lived at Stone County home where 4 were found dead
One teen, three adults die in suspected murder-suicide in Missouri Ozarks
Four found shot to death in home near Branson West
Name: Amanda Zriny.
Died: April 8, 2018.
Age at death: 26.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Lucas, Texas, USA.
Disability: Intellectual disability; limited communication and mobility.
Details:
Amanda’s father strangled her before hanging himself.
She often attended city council meetings with her councilman father.
Case status:
Don Zriny (Father), deceased.
Source:
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Officials: Ex-councilman found hanged, wheelchair-bound daughter strangled in Collin Co. home
Former city councilman hangs self after strangling disabled daughter
Severely disabled Collin County woman relied on father who strangled her in murder-suicide
Former Texas city councilman, disabled daughter found dead in home
Name: Nichol “Nikki” Widger.
Died: April 1, 2018.
Age at death: 20.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Disability: Unspecified “special needs”.
Details:
Nikki and her mother, Melisa Widger, were shot and killed by her father on Easter Sunday before he committed suicide. Her 18-year-old brother survived to call police.
Case status:
Eric Widger Sr. (Father), deceased.
Source:
Man killed his wife and special needs daughter in murder-suicide on Easter, Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office says
Sheriff: Oklahoma Man Killed Wife, Daughter and Himself
Police: 3 dead, 1 hurt in shooting at Tulsa home
Father of 2 Kills His Wife and Daughter and Then Himself in Easter Sunday Murder-Suicide
Name: Samvith.
Died: March 28, 2018.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Poisoned, strangled.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
Samvith had been denied entrance to two schools because he was autistic, so his father poisoned and strangled him, then hung himself.
Case status:
M. Vishwanath (Father), deceased.
Source:
KSRP cop strangles 4-year-old son to death, hangs self
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KSRP head constable kills autistic son, hangs self
Autism Memorial: Samvith
Name: Aurelia “Rey Rey” Castillo.
Died: March 12, 2018.
Age at death: 14.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Shelbyville, Kentucky, USA.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.
Details:
Aurelia’s grandmother killed her and then shot herself.
Aurelia’s surviving brother, Julian, is autistic.
Case status:
Julia Cash-Owens (Grandmother), deceased.
Source:
Cerebral palsy shooting: Julia Cash-Owens spent years caring for her granddaughter, then killed her
Family of murder-suicide involving special needs girl ‘heartbroken’
Family: Woman kills herself after killing teen granddaughter with cerebral palsy
Family: Woman Kills Granddaughter With Cerebral Palsy Then Herself
Julia Cash-Owens shoots Aurelia Castillo Kentucky disabled granddaughter dead then self
Grandmother shot disabled granddaughter, 14, dead before killing herself
Family: Woman kills herself after killing teen granddaughter with cerebral palsy
Woman Shoots Granddaughter With Cerebral Palsy, Then Shoots Herself In Murder-Suicide
Name: Motomu Nomaguchi.
Died: February 25, 2018.
Age at death: 80.
Cause of death: Strangulation.
Location: Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Disability: Unspecified; bedbound.
Details:
Mr. Nomaguchi was strangled to death by his wife, who then killed herself.
Case status:
Yuriko Nomaguchi (Wife), deceased.
Source:
Elderly couple found dead in apparent murder-suicide
Kanagawa: Elderly man, wife found dead in residence in apparent murder-suicide
Name: Daniel Stuart.
Died: February 16, 2018.
Age at death: 45.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Keego Harbor, Michigan, USA.
Disability: Depression.
Details:
Daniel Stuart and his two children, 27-year-old Steven and 24-year-old Bethany, were shot by his wife in a murder-suicide.
Daniel worked with computers, processing data for a research center that focused on improving critical care. His son shared his father’s skill with computers, and his daughter was employed in art and graphic design. Years previously, the family had been expelled from their church after an argument over whether they should send their children to college.
Case status:
Lauren Stuart (Wife), deceased.
Source:
Mich. Model Fatally Shoots Her Husband and Adult Children Before Turning the Gun on Herself
Woman kills family after shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses: friend
UMich employee was killed in Keego Harbor triple murder-suicide
Mich. Model Fatally Shoots Her Husband and Adult Children Before Turning the Gun on Herself
Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses break silence on shunning: ‘My mother treats me like I’m dead’
Did shunning from Jehovah’s Witnesses drive mom to murder-suicide?
Name: Barbara J. Wilmes.
Died: February 3, 2018.
Age at death: 80.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: South Bend, Indiana, USA.
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease.
Details:
Barbara was shot by her husband in a murder-suicide.
Barbara was a paralegal, a private pilot, a skilled gardener, and a mother and grandmother.
Case status:
Phillip Wilmes (Husband), deceased.
Source:
Find a Grave: Barbara J Korpal Wilmes
Husband-wife deaths on Myrtle Road ruled murder-suicide
Support available for those suffering with Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Neighbors say senior couple found dead suffered from dementia
Friends and family remember elderly couple found dead in St. Joseph County
Name Unknown.
Age at death: 14.
Name Unknown.
Age at death: 11.
Died: January 9, 2018.
Cause of death: Strangled/suffocated.
Location: Bjärred, Lomma Municipality, Sweden.
Disability: Myalgic encephalopathy.
Details:
These two sisters lived with their parents. Both had chronic fatigue syndrome and were home-schooled. When the younger girl was diagnosed, her parents began planning to kill the whole family. Months later, they carried out a murder-suicide by strangling both girls and then killing themselves.
The 11-year-old girl took piano lessons. Her 14-year-old sister was intellectually curious and liked learning.
Case Status:
Inquest concluded; murder-suicide committed by their parents.
Source:
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