Type: Homicide – Page 58 – Disability Day of Mourning

Nadia Schaible

Somewhat indistinct photograph of Nadia Schaible, an elderly woman with short curly hair and fair skin. Name: Nadia Evanowicz Schaible.
Died: July 12, 2016.
Age at death: 91.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: Parkville, Maryland, USA.
Disability: Mobility impaired; used a walker.

Details:
Nadia’s cousin allegedly bludgeoned her to death, then broke a glass door panel to stage a fake burglary; police doubt his story because the cobwebs outside the door through which the burglars were supposed to have entered were intact. Nadia’s cousin reportedly hoped to collect an inheritance from Nadia when she died.

Nadia was an independent woman who was known and loved by her neighbors.

Case status:
John Malko (Cousin), charged with first-degree murder.

Source:
Man charged with murder of 91-year-old cousin
Man, 72, charged in Parkville woman’s death
Cousin Charged With Parkville Woman’s Murder
Police say cousin killed elderly Parkville woman in staged burglary
Utah man charged with murder of elderly Baltimore woman

Elizabeth Wilms

No Photo Name: Elizabeth Wilms.
Died: July 5, 2016.
Age at death: 29.
Cause of death: Murder.
Location: Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
Elizabeth’s boyfriend was abusive and took advantage of her mild intellectual disability. He beat her fatally and left her to die alone on the floor. At autopsy, she had GHB, often used as a date-rape drug, in her body.

Case status:
Alexander Freeburn (Boyfriend), convicted of murder, sentenced to 25 years; murder conviction overturned, found guilty of manslaughter, resentenced to 9-12 years.

Source:
Remorseful killer who left girlfriend to die has sentence cut in half
Vic killer apologises over victim’s death
Melbourne woman ‘petrified’ of killer boyfriend

12-year-old boy

No Photo Name Unknown.
Died: Unknown; suspects arrested June 28, 2016.
Age at death: 12.
Cause of death: Homicide.
Location: Gujranwala, Pakistan.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
This twelve-year-old boy lived in Pakistan and was a sixth-form student at People’s Colony, a special education school.

His body was found dumped in the fields; he had been raped and murdered. His cousins went on the run, but were caught by police and confessed to the crime.

Case status:
His cousins; arrested.

Source:
Police arrest ‘cousins’ for alleged rape of child with special needs in Gujranwala

Yuki Kawashima

No Photo
Name: Yuki Kawashima.
Died: June 25, 2016.
Age at death: 85.
Cause of death: Asphyxiation.
Location: Saitama, Japan.
Disability: “Leg problems”; “Bedridden”.

Details:
Yuki was found dead, suffocated, in her home. Police who interviewed her husband said he told them that he had grown tired from caring for her, and had smothered her.

Case status:
Taro Kawashima (Husband), arrested.

Source:
87-year-old man arrested for killing bedridden wife
Saitama cops: Elderly man suffocated bedridden wife

Cedric Page

Photo of Cedric Page, an African-American man wearing a cowboy hat, brown jacket, sunglasses, and a small gold cross necklace. Name: Cedric Page.
Died: June 25, 2016.
Age at death: 53.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Disability: Mobility impairment; wheelchair user, disabled veteran.

Details:
Cedric was allegedly stabbed to death by his girlfriend, who was angry that he wanted her to get help for her drinking problem.

Case status:
Elena Khanberg (Girlfriend), charged with murder.

Source:
Neighbors feared for safety of murdered handicapped Durham man
Durham woman charged with murder in death of handicapped roommate
Durham woman charged with murder was covered in blood of handicapped victim, warrant shows
Durham woman indicted on murder charge in man’s death
Elena Khanberg
NC woman indicted in death of handicapped roommate

Margaret Sinclair

Photo of Peggy Sinclair. She is an elderly woman with light skin and gray hair; she is wearing glasses, which are slipping down her nose, and a polka-dotted beige headscarf. Name: Margaret “Peggy” Sinclair.
Died: June 18, 2016; body found June 21, 2016.
Age at death: 85.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: Lake Frederick, Virginia, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Peggy was beaten to death with a hammer and dismembered by her caregiver.

Case status:
Frances Charlene Moss Hopkins (Unlicensed caregiver, unrelated), pleaded no contest to second-degree murder, sentenced to 20 years.

Source:
Police say 85 year old Peg Sinclair’s caregiver has been arrested for murder
Berryville woman charged with first-degree murder
BREAKING: Elderly woman found dead,caregiver arrested for murder
Search ongoing for missing elderly woman
Sentencing for caregiver who killed, dismembered 85-year-old delayed to Tuesday
Moss-Hopkins to serve 20 years in prison for murder of elderly woman

Charlene Norris

Photo of Charlene Norris. She is a middle-aged woman with short permed blond hair and fair skin, wearing a black and white track suit. Name: Charlene Norris.
Died: June 9, 2016.
Age at death: 79.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Disability: Dementia, rectal cancer, chronic pain due to hip replacement.

Details:
Charlene was shot by her husband.

She was a retired special education teacher.

Case status:
Jim Norris (Husband), charged with murder; diagnosed with dementia while awaiting trial, declared incompetent to stand trial.

Source:
84-year-old North Carolina man cleared in wife’s death
Two suicide notes, one body. Now an elderly Charlotte man is charged with murder.
They had a suicide pact, he said. But he wasn’t ready to die. He murdered her, prosecutors say

Noemi Villarreal

Name: Noemi Villarreal.
Died: June 8, 2016.
Age at death: 45.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas, USA.
Disability: Depression, epilepsy.

Details:
Noemi had epilepsy and could not drive, so her boyfriend drove when she needed to go somewhere. Unfortunately, her boyfriend was abusive, leaving her dependent on her abuser for her transportation. He would engage the child lock on the car, trapping her inside so that he could hit her. On one occasion she broke the car window to get away from him.

After one assault in which he beat and choked her, Noemi tried to escape by reporting her boyfriend to the authorities. Six days after she did so, her boyfriend strangled her, burned her body, and dumped it into a trash can.

Case status:
Lance Taylor (Boyfriend), convicted of murder, sentenced to 30 years to life.

Source:
Lance Taylor sentenced to life in killing of Noemi Villarreal
Six days after reporting domestic violence, Noemi Villarreal was dead
Sister grieves loss of her ‘Wonder Woman’
Corpus Christi man strangled girlfriend, burned body in trash can because she reported abuse, police say

Jose Castillo-Cisneros

Photo of Pepe Castillo-Cisneros. He is a toddler boy with tan skin and dark brown hair, and is smiling widely with his mouth open. Name: Jose “Pepe” Castillo-Cisneros.
Died: May 23, 2016.
Age at death: 3.
Cause of death: Traumatic injury.
Location: Battle Ground, Oregon, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Pepe was beaten and stabbed to death by his mother’s boyfriend because he cried about a movie he didn’t want to watch.

He liked Mickey Mouse.

Case status:
Ricardo Gutierrez (Mother’s boyfriend), convicted of murder, sentenced to 45 years to life.

Source:
Man sentenced to 45 years in prison in toddler’s murder
Man faces murder allegation in Battle Ground boy’s death
GoFundMe account started for family of toddler allegedly killed by mom’s boyfriend
Washington man charged with murder of girlfriend’s autistic three-year-old son
Three-year-old BG boy allegedly murdered by mother’s boyfriend
Man faces murder allegation in Battle Ground boy’s death
Murder trial begins in fatal beating of Battle Ground toddler
Murder trial looks at special needs of toddler who was killed
Testimony describes murder suspect’s dislike of 3-year-old

Venkatesh

No Photo Name: Venkatesh.
Died: May 22, 2016.
Age at death: 45.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Disability: Leg amputee, alcoholism.

Details:
Venkatesh worked as a stone-cutter until he suffered a leg injury, which got infected so badly that he had to have the leg amputated.

During a domestic dispute, his wife allegedly became so angry that she hit him over the head with a metal rod, killing him.

Case status:
Suguna (Wife), also called Sugunamma, charged with murder.

Source:
Wife smashes husband’s head for selling mobile phone to buy toddy
Drunk housewife kills handicapped husband in frustration
Hyderabad: Drunk wife murders handicapped husband
Pregnant woman killed in accident