Type: Homicide – Page 13 – Disability Day of Mourning

Pamelia Gregory

No Photo Name: Pamelia Gregory.
Died: July 4, 2022.
Age at death: 67.
Cause of death: Throat cut.
Location: Clarendon, Jamaica.
Disability: Unspecified; bedridden.

Details:
Pamelia’s grandson found her dead with a knife wound to her neck. Pamelia’s husband, who allegedly also attacked her grandson when he found her, was arrested and charged with her murder.

Case Status:
Thadius Gregory (Husband), charged with murder.

Sources:
Husband charged with murder after 67-y-o bedridden wife found dead
Husband charged for murder of bedridden wife in Clarendon
Clarendon man charged after confessing to murdering bedridden wife

72-year-old man

No Photo Name Unknown.
Died: June 30, 2022.
Age at death: 72.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
This 72-year-old man was found dead from a head injury, allegedly after a fight with his 60-year-old cousin, with whom he lived.

Case Status:
His cousin, arrested.

Sources:
Man, 72, beaten to death by cousin during wild fight in their Brooklyn apartment

Name: Chase Allen; also spelled “Chayse”.
Died: June 24, 2022; last seen March 2022.
Age at death: 3.
Cause of death: Head trauma.
Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Disability: Blind, other unspecified disabilities.

Details:
Chase’s body was found in a freezer. His mother, who had a history with child protective services, was arrested on suspicion of having caused his death. Relatives, who called Chase “the sweetest”, said they had offered to take Chase off his mother’s hands if she couldn’t deal with his disabilities, but had been rebuffed.

Case Status:
Azuradee France (Mother), charged with felony murder, first-degree child abuse, torture, and concealing a death.

Sources:
Here’s what we learned during hearing about 3-year-old found in freezer in Detroit home
Detroit mom told police she kicked 3-year-old, put body in freezer when he wouldn’t wake up
Detroit neighbors say 3-year-old boy found dead in freezer was blind; family called CPS 13 times this year
Detroit mom charged after 3-year-old son found in freezer
Mum charged with murder and torture after blind son, 3, found dead in freezer
Family says mother charged with killing 3-year-old has history of abuse
Detroit mom arrested after 3-year-old boy found dead in basement freezer

Vaishnavi Pattyane

No Photo Name: Vaishnavi Suresh Pattyane.
Died: June 15, 2022.
Age at death: 19.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Andheri, Mumbai, India.
Disability: Intellectual disability, mobility impaired.

Details:
Vaishnavi’s mother reported her death as a natural death; however, authorities who examined the young woman’s body found ligature marks on her neck. After questioning Vaishnavi’s mother, police say she confessed to killing her daughter because she had become tired of caring for her.

Case Status:
Shraddha Pattyane (Mother), arrested on suspicion of murder.

Sources:
Mumbai: Woman booked for murder of daughter with intellectual disability, denied bail
Woman from Mumbai suburb ‘kills’ disabled teen daughter out of ‘frustration’
Mumbai: Mom held for mentally ill girl’s murder
Woman arrested for killing differently abled 19-year-old daughter
Mumbai: Mom held for killing mentally disabled daughter in Andheri

Jo Ann Harris

No Photo Name: Jo Ann Henry Harris.
Died: June 1, 2022.
Age at death: 82.
Cause of death: Beaten.
Location: Trussville, Alabama, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Jo Ann’s husband reportedly called his son and said that he was going to kill his wife and himself. The son called the police, and after a standoff that lasted a few hours, Jo Ann’s husband shot himself in the face, though superficially enough that he was able to walk out of the house, and was then hospitalized. Police found Jo Ann’s body in the house.

Case Status:
John B. Harris (Husband), charged with murder.

Sources:
81-year-old Trussville man indicted in wife’s strangulation/suffocation death
UPDATED: Trussville PD identifies 80-year-old man charged in killing of his wife
80-year-old Trussville man kills wife, shoots himself in face during standoff, police say
UPDATE: John B. Harris is charged with murder in the slaying of of wife Jo Ann Henry Harris, 82. Authorities believe both the victim and the suspect suffered from dementia. https://t.co/0sGtGDFgxK
82-year-old woman dead, 80-year-old husband hospitalized after Trussville incident

Joan Ffolkes

No Photo Name: Joan Patricia Ffolkes.
Died: May 30, 2022.
Age at death: 82.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Joan was allegedly stabbed by her daughter. She died after three days in the hospital. Police say that Joan’s daughter told them that she found it difficult to care for Joan and had been planning her murder for several months.

Joan was a legal secretary. After retirement, she grew a rose garden.

Case Status:
Brigette Ffolkes (Daughter), pleaded guilty to murder, sentenced to life.

Sources:
Tallahassee woman gets life sentence for killing mother with dementia
Tallahassee woman indicted for murder in death of her elderly mother
Woman stabbed by daughter dies from injuries on Memorial Day, charges upgraded to 1st degree murder
Joan Patricia Ffolkes Obituary (2022)
Correction: Mother of administrative law judge stabbed in her home, daughter arrested
Mother of Administrative Judge Killed by Daughter

Hena

Name: Hena.
Died: May 26, 2022.
Age at death: 42.
Cause of death: Strangulation, head injury.
Location: Alappuzha, Kerala, India.
Disability: Bipolar disorder.

Details:
Hena had recently married, and her husband, a traditional healer, was angry that her family was not providing him more dowry payments. During an argument, he became violent and choked her, slamming her head against a wall and killing her. Investigators discovered that her husband had been harassing her family for money because she had been mentally ill from childhood and he believed he deserved a higher dowry.

Demanding dowries for marriage is illegal in India, and doing so is often associated with domestic abuse, suicide, and sometimes, as in this case, murder.

Case Status:
Appukuttan (Husband), pleaded guilty to murder.

Sources:
Man arrested in suspected dowry killing in Kerala
Kollam woman’s death a case of murder, husband nabbed
Death of newly-wed in Cherthala; police says its murder, dowry abuse, husband arrested
Hena was not released, and neighbors only learned of the death shortly after the funeral

Kimberly Bridges

Name: Kimberly Bridges.
Died: May 25, 2022 (Body found).
Age at death: 65.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.
Disability: Depression.

Details:
When Kimberly went missing, her husband told police she had left him. Months later, when her body was found in the wilderness, having been shot in the head, her husband told police that she had depression and had asked him to kill her.

Case Status:
Robert Bridges (Husband), charged with murder.

Sources:
Man charged in wife’s death after body is found by tour group north of Fairbanks
Husband Arrested for Murder in Death of Kimberly Bridges of Fox
Tour group finds missing woman’s body in Alaska, officials say. Husband is charged

Pankaj

No Photo Name: Pankaj.
Died: May 23, 2022.
Age at death: 22.
Cause of death: Throat cut.
Location: Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
Pankaj’s brother allegedly cut his throat and tried to burn his body. Police say he confessed to the crime during interrogation.

Case Status:
Ashok (Brother), arrested on suspicion of murder.

Sources:
Man Kills Mentally Challenged Brother In Uttar Pradesh; Arrested: Police

Unknown Woman

No Photo Name Unknown.
Died: May 23, 2022.
Age at death: 30s.
Cause of death: Sleeping pill overdose.
Location: Incheon, South Korea.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.

Details:
This woman’s mother allegedly poisoned her with sleeping pills.

Case Status:
Her mother, charged with murder.

Sources:
Mother arrested on charge of killing disabled daughter
Mother charged with killing disabled daughter