Category: Type: Homicide-Suicide

Homicide followed by completed suicide.

Amanda Zriny

No PhotoName: 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:
Officials: Former Councilman Strangles Special-Needs Daughter, Commits Suicide
Collin County investigators: Dad strangled daughter before hanging himself
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

Nichol Widger

Photo of a smiling young woman in glasses and T-shirt. She is heavyset, with fair skin and short dark-brown hair.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

Samvith

Photo of Samvith, a small boy with olive-toned skin and dark-brown hair, wearing a printed tank top. He has his mouth open and is looking at the camera happily.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
Bengaluru: Cop kills differently abled son, hangs self
KSRP head constable kills autistic son, hangs self
Autism Memorial: Samvith

Aurelia Castillo

Photo of Aurelia Castillo, a teenage girl with dark curly hair and olive-toned skin. She is sitting in a wheelchair, and wearing a polka-dotted neck brace. 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

Motomu Nomaguchi

Photo UnavailableName: 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

Daniel Stuart

Photo of DanielStuart, a man with fair skin and dark hair mixed with gray. He has a mustache and beard, and is wearing a turtleneck.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?

Barbara Wilmes

Photo of Barbara Wilmes, a light-skinned, white-haired elderly woman wearing a white shirt and dark pants, smiling as she sits on a bench in front of a flower bush.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

14-year-old girl and 11-year-old girl

Flowers and candles left by neighbors as a memorial.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:
Morden i Bjärred – Elisabet Höglund söker svar i ny bok
Döttrarna i Bjärred hade fått diagnosen ME – föräldrarna valde att avsluta deras liv
Morden i Bjärred – Elisabet Höglund söker svar i ny bok
Nu berättar polisen: Här är vad som hände familjen i Bjärred
Faktafel i boken morden i Bjärred.
Polisen: Fynd i villan kan förklara vad som hänt
Barnen i Bjärred led av ME – föräldrarna tog beslut att avsluta familjens liv
Barnen i Bjärred ströps/kvävdes till döds av sina föräldrar. Föräldrarna hade planerat morden i flera månader utan att barnen anat något!

40-year-old woman

No PhotoName Unknown.
Died: January 4, 2018.
Age at death: 40.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Be’er Sheva, Israel.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.

Details:
This 40-year-old woman was shot in the head by her father, who then committed suicide.

Case status:
Her father, deceased.

Source:
Man and daughter found dead in home in what cops say is a murder-suicide
Israeli Man, disabled daughter found dead is suspected murder-suicide
חשד: אב רצח את בתו הנכה בבאר שבע והתאבד
Israeli man, disabled daughter found dead in suspected murder-suicide
Israeli man and disabled daughter found dead in suspected murder-suicide

Luke and Aubrey Dawson

Photo of Luke and Bree Dawson, two small children. Bree is a girl with blond hair and fair skin; Luke has dark hair and fair skin. They are wearing Christmas-themed gingerbread cookie sweaters and have their arms around each other.Name: Luke Dawson.
Age at death: 9.
Disability: Anxiety.

Name: Aubrey “Bree” Dawson.
Age at death: 5.
Disability: None; killer believed she would inherit depression.

Died: December 9, 2017.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: North Richland Hills, Texas, USA.

Details:
Luke was an adventurous boy who liked sports and played basketball, baseball, and soccer.

Bree wanted to be a NICU nurse like her mother. She liked learning about neonatal medicine and playing with her toy kitchen.

Luke and Bree were both shot to death by their father, who decided to end their lives before he committed suicide because he believed they would inherit his mental illness.

Case status:
Christopher Dawson (Father), deceased.

Source:
Dad kills his two kids ‘because he feared they would get his depression’
Surgeon shot dead children then himself ‘fearing they would inherit depression’
Surgeon battling depression kills himself and his two kids
Surgeon battling depression kills himself and his two kids, 5 and 9
Aubrey Dawson’s Obituary
Luke Dawson’s Obituary
Christopher Chad Dawson’s Obituary