Category: Type: Homicide

Death due to the actions of another human being.

Louise Brown

No PhotoName: Louise Brown.
Died: May 28, 1984.
Age at death: 14 days.
Cause of death: Homicide.
Location: London, England, UK.
Disability: Down syndrome.

Details:
Louise’s father told police that Louise had been in the family car when it was stolen. When the truth emerged, it was found that Louise had been killed by her father because he could not accept her disability, and her uncle had helped get rid of the body.

Case status:
Paul Brown (Father), convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to 5 years, served less than 2.
Ian Brown (Uncle), served 9 months in jail for helping dispose of Louise’s body.

Source:
Killer Dad Jailed for Murder of Brother; Daughter was first victim.

(Baby) McKay

No PhotoName: Baby McKay (Never named).
Died: June 18, 1983.
Age at death: Newborn.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Harvey, Illinois, USA.
Disability: Trisomy 13 (Possibly).

Details:
When Baby McKay’s father saw his son’s cleft palate and webbed fingers and had it explained that the baby might have Trisomy 13, he bashed the infant’s head against the delivery room floor, killing him.

Case status:
Daniel McKay (Father). Charged with murder. Case dismissed after two hung juries.

Source:
Case Dismissed in Slaying of Deformed Baby

James Lloyd

Photo of James Allen Lloyd's tombstone, reading "James Allen, son of Thomas Jay Lloyd. April 25, 1977 to November 25, 1981."Name: James Allen Lloyd.
Died: November 23, 1981.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Shadow Creek, Kentucky, USA.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
After hearing that James might not be able to go to kindergarten because he was “slow”, James’s mother put him in the bathtub and shot him dead.

Case status:
Caroline Lloyd (Mother), convicted of murder.

Source:
The Loss of Innocents
James Allen Lloyd

Matthew Robles

No Photo.Name: Matthew Robles.
Died: September 1, 1980.
Age at death: 4 months.
Cause of death: Smothered.
Location: El Cajon, California, USA.
Disability: Hydrocephalus.

Details:
Matthew was smothered by his mother. His death was presumed natural until five years later, when his mother killed his brother, John Robles, and confessed to both killings.

Case status:
Debra Sue Robles (Mother), pled guilty to murder, sentenced to 30 years to life.

Source:
An American Tragedy: Mother Kills 2 Children as System Fails
Woman Held in Deaths of Her Disabled Sons

Alice Anene

No PhotoName: Alice Anene.
Died: January 26, 2025.
Age at death: 74.
Cause of death: Burned.
Location: Amene Village, Abagana, Nigeria.
Disability: Wheelchair user; mobility impaired/disabled elder.

Details:
Alice was burned to death. Police found an alleged group of conspirators with her body in a wheelbarrow, and a casket in which they intended to bury her before investigations could be made.

Case Status:
Obinna Anene, arrested on suspicion of murder.
Ikenna Anene (Cousin), arrested on suspicion of murder.
Chinenye Ekwenugo, arrested.
Uzochukwu Okeke (Cousin), arrested on suspicion of murder.
Ifeanyi Igwe, at large and wanted for murder.
Fidel Anayo (Stepson), arrested on suspicion of murder.

Sources:
‘Crippled Woman’ in a Wheelchair Burnt to Death in Anambra, Police Arrest Suspects, Recover Casket
Police Arrest Four In Anambra For Setting Woman Ablaze In Wheelbarrow
Four arrested for burning 74-year-old Anambra woman
Anambra police arrests man over physically challenged woman’s murder