Type: Homicide-Suicide – Page 7 – Disability Day of Mourning

Shanthi

No Photo Name: Shanthi.
Died: September 2, 2020.
Age at death: 48.
Cause of death: Poisoning.
Location: Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
Shanthi’s father allegedly poisoned her and himself. Neighbors heard Shanthi screaming and rushed her to the hospital, but it was too late and she died. Police said he was worried about providing for her.

Case status:
Chellaiya (Father), deceased. Ruled murder-suicide.

Source:
Pudukkottai man poisons intellectually disabled daughter, kills himself later

Angela Ng

Young girl, smiling broadly, with her hands folded in front of her. She has long brown hair and tan skin, and is wearing a white headband and white dress. Name: Angela Ng.
Died: August 10, 2020.
Age at death: 11.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
Disability: Bone cancer.

Details:
Angela’s father shot her in a murder-suicide.

Angela performed in dance recitals and did martial arts.

Case Status:
Kenbian Ng (Father), deceased.

Sources:
11-year-old Florida girl allegedly shot by father in murder-suicide
Incident | Gun Violence Archive
Man shoots his terminally ill daughter dead, then kills himself, cops say
Kenbian Ng Davie Florida father shoots Angela Ng dead then self
‘Terminally ill’ girl, 11, ‘killed by dad’ was due to have leg amputated
New details emerge after father kills terminally ill daughter in ‘murder-suicide’
Name and Ng – Child Fatality Summary C-17 2020

Jack Crowell

Name: Jack Crowell.
Died: July 31, 2020.
Age at death: 22.
Cause of death: Drowning.
Location: Seymour, Connecticut, USA.
Disability: Special needs.

Details:
Jack Crowell’s mother put him in their car; then she drove it into the river, where they both drowned.

Jack was a Yankees fan who listened to their games on the radio. His family remembers him dancing at Wolf Park concerts.

Case Status:
Ruled homicide-suicide.
Connie Crowell (Mother), deceased.

Source:
Housatonic River fatalities of Monroe woman and son ruled a ‘homicide/suicide’
Connie Crowell: Connecticut mom drove SUV into river to kill herself and special needs son, refused help
Mom, 54, drove her SUV with special needs son, 22, into a river

Diana Rosaly

No Photo Name: Diana Rosaly.
Died: July 9, 2020.
Age at death: 51.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Youngstown, Ohio, USA.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.

Details:
Diana’s mother shot her in a murder-suicide.

Case status:
Suzanna Quinones Colon (Mother), deceased.

Source:
Youngstown police identify mother, daughter in reported murder-suicide
YPD releases names of those involved in murder-suicide

Pauline Brown

Name: Pauline Brown.
Died: July 8, 2020.
Age at death: 73.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Monk Bretton, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Pauline’s husband strangled her, then killed himself. Police say that he had told family members that there was “only one cure–murder and suicide.”

Case Status:
Malcolm Brown (Husband), deceased.

Sources:
Retired barber, 74, took his own life after suffocating wife, 73, to death because she was suffering hallucinations due to dementia, inquest hears
Barnsley dementia patient killed before husband took own life

Esteban, Penelope, Avielle, and Apollo Harless

No Photo Name: Esteban Lorenzo Harless.
Age at death: 4.

Name: Penelope Arcadia Harless.
Age at death: 3.

Name: Avielle Magdalena Harless.
Age at death: 1.

Name: Apollo Harless.
Age at death: 11 months.

Died: June 4, 2020.
Cause of death: Carbon monoxide poisoning.
Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Disability: Special needs.

Details:
Esteban, Penelope, Avielle, and Apollo’s parents gassed them with carbon monoxide before committing suicide. They also killed the family’s two cats.

Case status:
Jared Esquibel Harless (Father), deceased.
Sheryll Ann Harless (Mother), deceased.

Source:
San Antonio Murder-Suicide: Army Officer’s Wife Helped Husband Kill Children with Special Needs
Police: Wife helped husband kill kids before double suicide
Army identifies Fort Sam Houston soldier found dead in apparent murder-suicide

6-year-old girl

No Photo
Name Unknown.
Died: May 31, 2020.
Age at death: 6.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Orange, New Jersey, USA.
Disability: Unspecified special needs.

Details:
This little girl was killed by her mother in a murder-suicide. Neighbors said that she had said she was overwhelmed by caring for a special-needs child.

Case status:
Sushmiba Bardhan (Mother), deceased.

Source:
Sources: Mother, 6-year-old daughter dead in murder-suicide in West Orange
New Jersey Murder-Suicide: Mother Kills 6-Year-Old With Special Needs Before Shooting Self

Unknown Elder Woman

No Photo Name Unknown.
Died: May 26, 2020.
Age at death: Elder.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Gold River, California, USA.
Disability: Elder nursing home resident.

Details:
This woman’s husband came to the nursing home where she lived, shot her, and then shot himself.

Case status:
Her husband, suspect, deceased.

Source:
Apparent murder-suicide under investigation at Gold River senior home
Deputies investigating murder-suicide shooting at Eskaton facility in Gold River
Retirement Home Murder-Suicide

76-year-old woman

No Photo Name Unknown.
Died: May 21, 2020.
Age at death: 76.
Cause of death: Gunshot
Location: Wilmot Township, Michigan, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
This 76-year-old woman was shot by her husband in a murder-suicide.

Case status:
Her husband, age 79; suspect deceased.

Source:
Michigan man, 79, called to report murder-suicide before he killed himself, police say
Man kills wife suffering dementia before turning gun on himself, police say
Michigan Murder-Suicide: 79-Year-Old Man Kills Wife Suffering From Dementia, Then Calls 911 Before Killing Self

Carolyn Walker

Name: Carolyn Moseley Walker.
Died: May 4, 2020.
Age at death: 86.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Madison, North Carolina, USA.
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease.

Details:
Carolyn’s husband shot her in a murder-suicide.

Before her retirement, she worked as head of human resources for ExxonMobil. She had no children of her own, so she became a second grandmother to her great-nieces and great-nephew. Every Christmas she would go to visit her extended family, bringing gifts, teaching them card games, and making cheese crackers and homemade fudge.

Case status:
J. William “Bill” Walker (Husband), deceased.

Source:
Prominent Madison dentist kills ailing wife, self in small town’s first murder-suicide
Before murder-suicide, Walker had planned to seek assisted living facility