Remembering the Disabled Murdered by Caregivers
Intentional killing with multiple victims in one incident.
Name: Vishal Gaikwad.
Died: October 27, 2015.
Age at death: 19.
Cause of death: Traumatic injury.
Location: Pashan, Pune, India.
Disability: Unspecified physical disability.
Details:
Vishal’s father killed him and his mother (Arati Gaikwad, age 35) with an axe before hanging himself.
Case status:
Raju Laxman Gaikwad (Father), deceased.
Name: Sze-ming Chan.
Died: September 5, 2015.
Age at death: 10.
Cause of death: Poisoning.
Location: Hong Kong, China.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
Sze-ming’s father killed him and kept the body in his apartment. About five or six days later, he killed himself and Sze-ming’s eight-year-old brother Sze-ho by filling the apartment with charcoal smoke.
Case status:
Chun-hing Chan (Father), deceased.
Source:
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Autism Memorial: Sze-ming Chan
Name: Meredith Jessie.
Died: July 18, 2015.
Age at death: 6.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Lakeland, Florida, USA.
Disability: Diagnosed (possibly incorrectly) with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Details:
Meredith’s mother was afraid that her fiancé was going to leave her. She saw Meredith as an impediment to her relationship with her fiance. Twice she had Meredith hospitalized for psychiatric issues, though it’s unknown whether Meredith actually had a mental illness or whether her mother was just obsessed with the idea that she did.
Meredith’s mother stabbed Meredith to death; she also killed her father.
Case status:
Cheyanne Jessie (Mother), convicted of two counts of murder, sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Source:
Cheyanne Jessie sentenced to life in prison for murder of father and daughter
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Name: Thenmozhi.
Age at death: 18.
Disability: Malaikan (night blindness).
Name: Vasanthi.
Age at death: 16.
Disability: Mental illness; unspecified physical disability.
Name: Vasantha Kumar.
Age at death: 14.
Disability: Unspecified physical disability.
Died: May 27, 2015.
Cause of death: Poisoning.
Location: Markandeyapuram, Dindigul, India.
Details:
Sisters Thenmozhi and Vasanthi, and their brother Vasantha, were poisoned by their parents in a murder-suicide.
Case status:
Murugesan (Father), deceased.
Krishnaveni (Mother), deceased.
Source:
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Name: Emily Janzen.
Died: May 7, 2015.
Age at death: 19.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Rosedale, British Columbia, Canada.
Disability: Migraines, depression.
Details:
Emily and her family were shot by her father, who said he could not “watch his little girl hurt for one more second” before he killed Emily, then killed her mother Laurel and aunt to spare them the pain of hearing that Emily was dead, and then killed himself.
Emily was a music student who aspired to be an opera singer.
Case status:
Randy Janzen (Father), deceased.
Source:
Emily Janzen Remembered As ‘Amazing’ Singer After B.C. Triple Murder, Suicide
Name: Elhassan Elmezayen.
Age at death: 13.
Died: April 9, 2015.
Name: Abdelkarim Elmezayen.
Age at death: 8.
Died: April 10, 2015.
Cause of death: Drowning.
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
Elhassan and Abdelkarim’s father took out life insurance policies on them; then he put them and his wife in the car and drove off a bridge. Their father easily swam to safety through a window he had left open for the purpose; their mother was rescued by a fisherman. But the boys, who could not swim and were strapped into their child seats, went down with the car. Elhassan died shortly after being transported to the hospital; Abdelkarim died the next day.
The family were immigrants from Egypt. A third brother, also autistic, was not in the car that day and survived.
Case status:
Ali Elmezayen (Father), convicted of murder, mail and wire fraud, identity theft and money laundering; sentenced to 212 years in prison.
Source:
California Man Sentenced To 212 Years In Prison For ‘Premeditated Murder’ Of Two Autistic Sons To Claim Life Insurance
Man convicted of intentionally drowning his 2 autistic children to collect insurance money
Man Found Guilty of Killing His Disabled Sons by Driving Off Port of L.A. Dock to Collect Life Insurance
Dad Accused of Drowning His 2 Boys With Severe Autism for Insurance Money Cries in Court
Man charged with fraud after driving off pier, killing sons
Autism Memorial: Elhassan and Abdelkarim Elmezayen
A man drove his severely autistic kids off a pier to their death. Prosecutors say he did it for the insurance money.
Father ‘drowned autistic sons to claim insurance money’
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Man Charged Alleging Scheme to Collect Insurance Proceeds by Intentionally Killing His Two Autistic Children
1 dead, 3 injured after car plunges into water at Port of Los Angeles
Name: Mark Anthony Green.
Died: March 19, 2015.
Age at death: 56.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Knoxville, Maryland, USA.
Disability: Intellectual disability.
Details:
Mark was shot by his father in a double homicide-suicide. Mark’s mother, 86-year-old Mary Green, was the other victim.
Mark was an avid cyclist who could usually be found riding his bicycle around the neighborhood.
Case status:
Johnnie Green (Father), deceased.
Source:
3 dead after Knoxville, Md. double murder-suicide
Mark Anthony Green
Name: Angela Rios.
Died: February 5, 2015.
Age at death: 55.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: New Port Richey, Florida, USA.
Disability: Diabetes, resulting in two leg amputations and visual impairment.
Details:
Angela was killed by her son, who beat her to death with a tire iron. He also killed his niece, nine-year-old Jenica Randazzo.
Case status:
Jason Rios (Son), convicted of murder, sentenced to 39-50 years.
Source:
For killing his mother and niece, a half-century in prison for Pasco man
Agency: No signs Pasco girl faced danger before fatal attack
Name: Liam Milne.
Age at death: 11.
Disability: Fragile X.
Died: February 1, 2015.
Cause of death: Car crash.
Location: Sydney, Australia.
Details:
Liam and his brother Ben both had Fragile X, and their mother Susana was six months pregnant with another boy. Their father, who feared that the boys would not be able to cope with their disabilities, bundled his whole family into the car and crashed it into a tree at 90 miles an hour.
Only seven-year-old Ben survived the crash, though he was severely injured. Ben is now living with his aunt, who says he is doing well.
Case status:
Darren John Milne (Father), deceased.
Source:
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Name: Daryne Gailey.
Age at death: 29.
Disability: Epilepsy, intellectual disability.
Name: Charley Hendrick.
Age at death: 7 months.
Disability: None; she was the child of a disabled parent.
Died: November 23, 2014.
Cause of death: Homicidal violence.
Location: Oxford, Michigan, USA.
Details:
Daryne and his seven month old daughter, Charley, were killed by his mother. She slashed Daryne’s throat and then beat Charley to death. She believed Daryne and Charley would be “better off dead”.
Case status:
Sylvia Majewska; convicted of second-degree murder, sentenced to 25-50 years.
Source:
Records show darker side to grandma accused of murder
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