Remembering the Disabled Murdered by Caregivers
Homicide followed by completed suicide.
Name: Nicholas Richett.
Died: June 12, 2015.
Age at death: 20.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Melvindale, Michigan, USA.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
Nicholas’s father shot him and then killed himself.
Case status:
John Richett Jr. (Father), deceased.
Source:
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Name: Thenmozhi.
Age at death: 18.
Disability: Malaikan (night blindness).
Name: Vasanthi.
Age at death: 16.
Disability: Mental illness; unspecified physical disability.
Name: Vasantha Kumar.
Age at death: 14.
Disability: Unspecified physical disability.
Died: May 27, 2015.
Cause of death: Poisoning.
Location: Markandeyapuram, Dindigul, India.
Details:
Sisters Thenmozhi and Vasanthi, and their brother Vasantha, were poisoned by their parents in a murder-suicide.
Case status:
Murugesan (Father), deceased.
Krishnaveni (Mother), deceased.
Source:
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Name: Emily Janzen.
Died: May 7, 2015.
Age at death: 19.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Rosedale, British Columbia, Canada.
Disability: Migraines, depression.
Details:
Emily and her family were shot by her father, who said he could not “watch his little girl hurt for one more second” before he killed Emily, then killed her mother Laurel and aunt to spare them the pain of hearing that Emily was dead, and then killed himself.
Emily was a music student who aspired to be an opera singer.
Case status:
Randy Janzen (Father), deceased.
Source:
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Name: Mark Anthony Green.
Died: March 19, 2015.
Age at death: 56.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Knoxville, Maryland, USA.
Disability: Intellectual disability.
Details:
Mark was shot by his father in a double homicide-suicide. Mark’s mother, 86-year-old Mary Green, was the other victim.
Mark was an avid cyclist who could usually be found riding his bicycle around the neighborhood.
Case status:
Johnnie Green (Father), deceased.
Source:
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Name: Patricia Spencer.
Died: March 17, 2015.
Age at death: 76.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Disability: Dementia.
Details:
Patricia’s husband shot her before taking his own life.
Case status:
Bryce Spencer (Husband), deceased.
Name: Julieanne Cieslikowski.
Died: February 27, 2015.
Age at death: 16.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Bonney Lake, Washington, USA.
Disability: Autism spectrum.
Details:
Julieanne was shot by her mother in a murder-suicide.
Case status:
Sarahlynne Ciesilowski (Mother), deceased.
Source:
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Name: Liam Milne.
Age at death: 11.
Disability: Fragile X.
Died: February 1, 2015.
Cause of death: Car crash.
Location: Sydney, Australia.
Details:
Liam and his brother Ben both had Fragile X, and their mother Susana was six months pregnant with another boy. Their father, who feared that the boys would not be able to cope with their disabilities, bundled his whole family into the car and crashed it into a tree at 90 miles an hour.
Only seven-year-old Ben survived the crash, though he was severely injured. Ben is now living with his aunt, who says he is doing well.
Case status:
Darren John Milne (Father), deceased.
Source:
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Name: Katherine Lavoie.
Died: December 30, 2014.
Age at death: 49.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: New Hampshire, USA.
Disability: Bipolar disorder.
Details:
Katherine had attempted suicide, but survived and was hospitalized in critical condition. Her husband then walked into the hospital, shot her in the head, and killed himself.
Case status:
Mark Lavoie (Husband), deceased.
Source:
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Name: Georgianne Woolum.
Died: December 3, 2014.
Age at death: 90.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Keller, Texas, USA.
Disability: Stroke, congestive heart failure, colectomy.
Details:
Georgianne’s husband shot her in a murder-suicide.
Case status:
Joe Woolum (Husband), deceased.
Name Unknown.
Died: November 10, 2014.
Age at death: 21.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Udon Thaini, Muang district, Thailand.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
This 21-year-old man lived with his parents and ten-year-old sister. His father came in from his rice field, had dinner, and then, at 2 o’clock at night, shot his son and then killed himself. The young man’s grandfather-in-law found them the next morning.
Case status:
His father, deceased.
Source:
Autism Memorial: 21-year-old male, Name unknown
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