Sarah-Jane Gatt

Tilted photo of a young woman with messy brown hair, wearing a denim jacket and smiling at the camera.Name: Sarah-Jane Gatt.
Died: January 3, 2018 (Body found; died April 20-24, 2017).
Age at death: 40.
Cause of death: Unspecified homicide.
Location: Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.
Disability: Unspecified; on disability pension; bulimia, drug addiction.

Details:
Sarah-Jane’s body was found in her bathtub, where it had been for months after her death. In the interim, her partner continued to collect her disability pension.

Sarah wanted to become a model when she was younger and went to school for it, but the diet pills she took to stay thin were the beginning of her problems with eating disorders and drugs. She became the mother of four children, but was unable to care for them because of her addiction. She wanted to become a counselor to help others.

Case status:
Andrew Baker (Partner), charged with murder and social security fraud.

Source:
Murder-accused boyfriend admits seeing body in bath
Lover’s grim bathtub discovery
Man charged with murder of Melbourne woman found in bathtub
No-show in Vic death welfare fraud case
Kensington dead body: Mum Sarah Gatt died months before bathtub find
What happened to Sarah?
Man charged with murder of Melbourne woman Sarah Gatt after body found in bathtub

56-year-old man

No PhotoName Unknown.
Died: December 31, 2017.
Age at death: 56.
Cause of death: Fire.
Location: Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece.
Disability: Paraplegic.

Details:
This 56-year-old man was allegedly drenched in gasoline and burned alive by his son. His wife reported also being attacked, but escaping before the killer was able to light the fire.

Case status:
His 35-year-old son (arrested, charged with attempted murder and arson).

Source:
Son kills disabled father by setting him on fire in Mani
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Suneel Kotele

No PhotoName: Suneel Kotele.
Died: December 27, 2017.
Age at death: 40.
Cause of death: Fire.
Location: Goreagon, Maharashtra, India.
Disability: Unspecified physical disability.

Details:
Suneel owned a housing unit and an apartment. His younger brother felt entitled to have them because Suneel was disabled. But Suneel refused to give his brother the property; so his brother allegedly doused Suneel with kerosene and set him on fire. Neighbors tried to save Suneel’s life, but by the time the fire could be extinguished, he had already burned to death.

Case status:
Raju Kotele (Brother), charged with murder.

Source:
27-year-old immolates handicapped brother
Mumbai Crime: 27-year-old man kills physically challenged brother by setting him ablaze

Mariah Woods

Photo of Mariah Woods, a toddler girl with fair skin and blonde hair in two ponytails. She is wearing a pink formal dress and has a big pink gift ribbon glued to her hair; she is pretending to feed a baby doll.Name: Mariah Kay Woods.
Died: December 2, 2017.
Age at death: 3.
Cause of death: Chloroform poisoning.
Location: Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA.
Disability: Mobility impaired; wore leg braces.

Details:
When Mariah disappeared from her bed, her community searched for her for six days before her body was found. Authorities suspect that she was kidnapped, probably sexually assaulted, and murdered by her mother’s boyfriend.

Case status:
Earl Kimrey (Mother’s boyfriend), charged with first-degree murder and felony child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury.

Source:
Date set in 3-year-old Mariah Woods murder trial
Earl Kimrey arrested in case of missing 3-year-old Mariah Woods
Where is Mariah Woods? FBI joins hunt for missing 3-year-old North Carolina girl
Officials say body of 3-year-old Mariah Woods recovered in Pender County
Warrants explain charges against Kimrey in Mariah Woods case
Toddler Mariah Woods’ Body Found at the Bottom of a Creek!
Explosive documents detail 3-year-old Mariah Woods alleged sex abuse before tot found dead in creek, CLAIMS mommy knew
Child’s remains found in creek probably those of 3-year-old who vanished in the night, feds say

Ruby Wilson

Photo of Ruby Williams, a very elderly woman with pale skin and wispy, curly white hair. She is wearing a peach sweater, and has been photographed in the middle of laughing at something off-camera.Name: Ruby Wilson.
Died: November 29, 2017.
Age at death: 94.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Buckhurst Hill, Essex, England, UK.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Ruby’s grandson went to the care home where she and her husband lived; he stabbed her in the neck, killing her.

She was a great-great-grandmother who had just celebrated her 70th wedding anniversary with her husband. Her family remembers her “creativity and love for crocheting, dressmaking and bingo” and says she “always had a song to sing for every occasion”. She had lived in a nursing home for seven months and enjoyed visits from family.

Case status:
Antony Jennings (Grandson), convicted of murder, sentenced to 22 years to life.

Source:
Police arrest man over care home murder
Man arrested on suspicion of murdering pensioner in a care home
Man arrested on suspicion of murder after elderly woman dies at care home
Arrest over woman’s nursing home death
Man arrested for grandmother’s murder in nursing home
Man charged after fatal stabbing of pensioner at a nursing home
OAP, 94, has ‘throat slit’ at nursing home as cops arrest man, 32, over murder
Ilford man charged with murder after elderly woman dies in care home
Buckhurst Hill murder: Man charged with death of 94-year-old woman at care home
Tributes paid to 94-year-old ‘stabbed in the throat’ at Essex nursing home
Grandson charged with murder after grandma, 94, ‘stabbed in neck’ in care home
Tributes paid to nan, 94, stabbed at care home after grandson charged with murder
Inquest opens after 94-year-old allegedly had throat slit by her own grandson
Great-great grandmother ‘stabbed to death in nursing home by own grandson’
Grandson denies nursing home murder
Man, 33, guilty of murdering his dementia-suffering gran, 94, by slitting her throat with a bread knife in her care home
Man who murdered his grandmother jailed

William Brownlee Sr.

Photo of William Brownlee, an older African-American man, wearing a gray shirt. Someone off to the left of the photo has their arm around him.Name: William “Earl” Brownlee Sr.
Died: November 23, 2017.
Age at death: 62.
Cause of death: Burns.
Location: West Point, Mississippi, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; unable to leave his bed.

Details:
Earl’s daughter-in-law set his bed on fire. He burned to death.

He had seven brothers and sisters. He liked to eat candy and loved the outdoors.

Case status:
Latoria Brownlee (Daughter-in-law), pleaded guilty to murder, sentenced to life in prison.

Source:
Woman pleads guilty to killing her father-in-law
Woman Accused of Setting Fire That Killed Father-In-Law
West Point woman charged with setting fire that killed her disabled father-in-law
Name released of man who dies in Thanksgiving holiday fire
Clay Woman Indicted for Capital Murder
West Point woman jailed on capital murder charge
Deadly Thanksgiving Day fire being investigated as homicide
West Point woman charged in death of her father-in-law

Marcia Neigebauer

Photo of Marcia Neigebauer, a woman with fair skin, blonde hair, and glasses.Name: Marcia Neigebauer.
Died: November 19, 2017.
Age at death: 63.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Pittsfield Township, Michigan, USA.
Disability: ALS.

Details:
Marcia’s husband strangled her with her own breathing tube.

She was a retired banker who opened a bed-and-breakfast, volunteered as a girl scout leader and youth leader, and enjoyed sewing and crafts.

Case status:
Kent Neigebauer (Husband), pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, sentenced to 12-18 years in prison.

Source:
Ex-cop sentenced after pleading guilty to wife’s murder
Retired police officer accused of killing wife found incompetent for trial
Husband of murdered former Delano Inn owner not competent yet for trial
Marcia Neigebauer Obituary – Ann Arbor, MI

Katie Kearns

Close-up photo of a blonde woman with fair skin; her hair is tied back, her eyes lined with eyeliner. She is wearing a pendant on a thin chain and smiling, mouth closed.Name: Katie Kearns.
Died: November 17, 2017.
Age at death: 24.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Coal City, Illinois, USA.
Disability: Depression.

Details:
Katie was a bartender who “lived every day like it was her last”. When Katie turned up missing, friends worried it had something to do with her work, because the bar where she worked was in a high-crime area. When her phone was traced, it led police to her body; she had been shot. Katie’s boyfriend was arrested, at first for concealing her death, and then for first-degree murder.

She was one of four children.

Case Status:
Jeremy Boshears (Boyfriend), charged with first-degree murder and concealing a homicide.

Source:
Jury trial begins in Joliet Outlaws murder case
Will County Murder Trial Postponed
Outlaws Murder Defendant Shouldn’t Call Expert Witness: Glasgow
Joliet Outlaw Jeremy Boshears Charged In Bartender’s Death
Katie Kearns Memorial Fund, organized by Lou Panos
Katie Kearns May Have Killed Herself: Bretz Law Firm

Kayla Hensley

Photo of Kayla Hensley, a teen girl with long, straight blond hair, fair skin, and braces on her teeth. Behind her is a green lawn and a fence. She is wearing a dark blue top and smiling.Name: Kayla Dezaray Hensley.
Died: November 11, 2017.
Age at death: 18.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Weaverville, North Carolina, USA.
Disability: Cerebral palsy, deaf.

Details:
Kayla was stabbed to death by her brother.

Staff at American Eagle Outfitters, where she worked, remember her as “a ray of sunshine”.

Case status:
Claude Henderson II (Brother), charged with first-degree murder; pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, sentenced to 16 to 25 years.

Source:
Kayla Dezaray Hensley: Disabled teen’s brother who slit her throat and left body by dumpster gets 16 years
Teenager, 17, sentenced to at least 16 years in jail for killing disabled sister three years ago
Teen, 17, sentenced to at least 16 years in jail for killing sister
Kayla Dezaray Hensley: Disabled teen’s brother who slit her throat and left body by dumpster gets 16 years
Boy, 14, admits slitting throat of sister, 18, & throwing body in dumpster
Kid slashes his disabled 18-year-old sister to death: Investigators
Boy arrested for ‘stabbing girl to death before dumping body near skip’
Kayla Hensley Weaverville brother murders hearing impaired sister

Carol Croucher

No PhotoName: Carol Croucher.
Died: November 10, 2017.
Age at death: 70.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: Mobile, Alabama, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; “bedridden and in hospice care”.

Details:
Carol’s son beat her to death with her own oxygen tank because she “wouldn’t stop crying”.

Case status:
Joseph Wayland Wood (Son), convicted of murder, sentenced to 5 years.

Source:
DA: Alabama man beat mother to death with oxygen tank when she ‘wouldn’t stop crying’
Son brutally beat his mother to death with an oxygen tank because ‘she wouldn’t stop crying’: Prosecutor
ADA: Man beat bedridden mother to death with her own oxygen tank