Remembering the Disabled Murdered by Caregivers
Homicide followed by completed suicide.
Name: Harish.
Age at death: 28.
Name: Santosh.
Age at death: 25.
Died: March 16, 2019.
Cause of death: Poisoning.
Location: Doddathoguru, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Disability: Unspecified; bedridden.
Details:
Harish and Santosh’s mother fed them poisoned food and killed them; she also ate some herself and died.
Case status:
Radhamma (Mother), deceased.
Source:
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Name: Gina Riccò.
Died: October 25, 2018.
Age at death: 84.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Langhirano, Parma, Italy.
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease.
Details:
Gina’s husband shot her, then jumped out a fourth-story window to his death.
Case status:
Gino Ziveri (Husband), deceased.
Source:
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Name: Samantha Tache.
Died: October 18, 2018.
Age at death: 36.
Cause of death: Unspecified homicide.
Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.
Details:
Samantha’s father killed her, then hung himself.
Case status:
Scott Tache (Father), deceased.
Source:
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Name: “Miss He” (Pseudonym).
Died: October 11, 2018.
Age at death: 3.
Cause of death: Drowning.
Location: Evening Village, Hunan Province, China.
Disability: Epilepsy.
Details:
Miss He’s father was worried about having taken out loans to pay for her medical care, so he decided to buy life insurance and fake his own death. Not telling his wife what he was doing, he drove his car into a river. Three weeks later, thinking him dead, Miss He’s mother took her and her four-year-old brother to the river and drowned herself and both children.
Case status:
“Dai Guihua” (Mother–pseudonym), deceased.
Source:
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湖南一男子假死骗保 反致妻子带着一双儿女自杀_
Name: Jonathan “JJ” Schmoyer.
Died: September 29, 2018.
Age at death: 2.
Cause of death: Explosion.
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA.
Disability: Suspected autism.
Details:
JJ’s father rigged his car to explode. He put JJ in the car seat, lured 66-year-old family friend David Hallman into the car, and set off the explosives. All three were killed.
In suicide letters left behind, the killer mentioned that he “had something against autism, which he suspected JJ had.”
From JJ’s obituary:
“JJ was a loving, intelligent and inquisitive child who loved to explore, laugh, take walks, roller skate and play patty-cake. JJ also loved to eat Subway meatball sandwiches and he adored Thomas the Tank [Engine] and his Spider-Man and SpongeBob t-shirts.”
Case status:
Jacob Schmoyer (Father), deceased.
Source:
Autism Memorial: Jonathan Schmoyer
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Name: Evelyn Bailey.
Died: September 22, 2018.
Age at death: 93.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Erwin, Tennessee, USA.
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease.
Details:
Evelyn’s son-in-law shot her dead from behind; then he killed himself.
Before retiring, Evelyn worked as a shirt inspector in a garment factory. She liked flowers and sewing by hand. She had two children, six grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Case status:
Grady Hughes (Son-in-law), deceased.
Sources:
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Name: Mary Kathleen Black Terry.
Died: September 21, 2018.
Age at death: 79.
Cause of death: Shooting.
Location: Catonsville, Maryland, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; recent injury requiring wheelchair use.
Details:
Mary and her husband were living in a retirement community when she was injured and had to start using a wheelchair. Mary’s husband fatally shot her, then killed himself.
Case status:
Clifford Wilson Terry (Husband), deceased.
Source:
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Name: Ann DeLucia.
Died: August 8, 2018.
Age at death: 70.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Valhalla, New York, USA.
Disability: Stroke, mobility impaired.
Details:
Ann was in the hospital when her husband walked into her room, shot her, and then killed himself.
Case status:
Richard DeLucia (Husband), deceased.
Source:
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Name: Ernest Starry.
Died: July 28, 2018.
Age at death: 85.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Robstown, Texas, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; elder nursing home resident.
Other victims: Roel Mireles (41), Thelma Montalvo (60), and Isaiah Starry (13).
Details:
Ernest Starry was the oldest of four people killed by his son in a shooting spree that took the lives of his wife Thelma, his stepson Roel, and his grandson Isaiah. After fatally shooting Ernest and his wife, who was visiting him at his nursing home, the killer committed suicide. His motive is still unknown.
Ernest owned a pawn shop.
Case status:
Richard Starry (Son), deceased.
Source:
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Name: Laurel Doreen Bentley-Bearham.
Died: July 25, 2018.
Age at death: 91.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Terra Linda, San Rafael, California, USA.
Disability: Dementia, frail elder.
Details:
Laurel was shot by her husband in a murder-suicide.
Case status:
James Leonard Bearham (Husband), deceased.
Source:
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