Remembering the Disabled Murdered by Caregivers
Intentional killing with multiple victims in one incident.
Name: Perry Edward Jones.
Died: April 19, 2012.
Age at death: 51.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Matoaca, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA.
Disability: “Severely disabled”.
Details:
Perry was strangled by his mother, who also killed his father.
Case status:
Estelle Virginia Jones (Mother); sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Source:
Estelle Virginia JONES
Name: Tina Green Hall.
Died: February 24, 2012.
Age at death: 47.
Cause of death: Multiple murder.
Location: Columbus, Georgia, USA.
Disability: A “chronic hip ailment”.
Details:
Tina and her six-year-old son Jeremy were murdered by her boyfriend. He tried to disguise it as a murder-suicide, telling police that she must have committed suicide because of financial difficulties from having to quit her job because of her disability. However, crime scene investigators gathered evidence that proved that Tina and her son had both been murdered by her boyfriend.
Case status:
Vince Harris (Boyfriend), convicted of murder, sentenced to life without parole.
Source:
Tina Louise Green Hall Obituary (2012)
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Name: Jeshiah DeJesus.
Died: February 9, 2012.
Age at death: 9.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Deerfield Park, Florida, USA.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
Jeshiah was stabbed to death by his father after his father took their family hostage. After wounding his family and killing Jeshiah and 76-year-old Oliva DePlante, a bystander, his father committed suicide.
Case status:
William De Jesus (Father), deceased.
Deanna DeJesus (Mother), pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter, sentenced to 10 years in prison and 5 years probation.
Source:
Autism Memorial: Jeshiah DeJesus
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Age at death: 7.
Age at death: 6.
Names Unknown.
Died: November 12, 2011.
Cause of death: Murder-suicide.
Location: Martiguez, France.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
These two siblings were killed by their mother in a murder-suicide.
Case status:
Their mother, deceased.
Source:
Autism Memorial: 6-year-old male, 7-year-old Female, Name Unknown
Name: Joseph Conant.
Age at death: 11.
Disability: Autism.
Name: Nacuma Conant.
Age at death: 33.
Disability: Mentally disabled.
Died: July 7, 2011.
Cause of death: Multiple murder.
Location: Wheatland, Wyoming, USA.
Details:
Joseph and Nacuma were both killed by Joseph’s father, Nacuma’s brother, in a mass shooting that also claimed the lives of Everett Conant, 18, and Charles Conant, 13, both Joseph’s brothers.
Nacuma was extremely talented in art, and could draw anything anyone asked him to draw. He was working on a post-apocalyptic novel.
Joseph loved animals. As a toddler, he used to ride on his grandmother’s guide dog.
Case status:
Everett E. Conant III; pleaded no contest to murder; sentenced to five consecutive life sentences without parole.
Source:
Autism Memorial: Joseph Conant and family
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Name: Maurice Vanhaverbeke.
Died: 1978.
Age at death: 79.
Name: Leo Vanhaverbeke.
Died: May 17, 1986.
Age at death: 81.
Name: Gerard Vercamer.
Died: 2004.
Age at death: 80.
Name: Ivonna Vanhaverbeke.
Died: January 27, 2011.
Age at death: 90.
Cause of death: Air embolism.
Location: Menen, Belgium.
Disability: Unspecified; frail elders.
Details:
Maurice, Leo, Gerard, and Ivonna were family members of a serial killer who worked as a nurse and killed patients who were elderly or had terminal illnesses, usually by smothering them or injecting air bubbles into their bloodstreams. He is thought to have committed at least ten murders, including those of four family members. He called them “mercy killings”, but there is no evidence any of his victims wanted to die.
Case status:
Ivo Poppe (Family member). Ivonna was his mother; Leo and Gerard were great-uncles; Maurice was his father-in-law. Convicted of 5 counts of murder, sentenced to 9-27 years.
Source:
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Name: Chase Ogden.
Died: October 4, 2010.
Age at death: 13.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
Chase and his twin sister Olivia were killed by their mother, who then shot herself.
Case status:
Rene Ogden (Mother), deceased.
Source:
Autism Memorial: Chase Ogden
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Name: Zain Syed Akhter.
Died: July 19, 2010.
Age at death: 5.
Disability: Autism.
Name: Faryaal Rashid Akhter.
Died: July 20, 2010.
Age at death: 2.
Disability: Developmental delay; her mother thought she also had autism.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Dallas, Texas, USA.
Details:
Zain and Faryaal’s mother tried to make them drink bathroom cleaner; when they wouldn’t do it, she strangled them.
Case status:
Saiqa Akhter (Mother), found not guilty by reason of insanity; hospitalized.
Source:
Autism Memorial: Zain and Faryaal Akhter
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Name: Manuel Reyes.
Age at death: 85.
Disability: Double amputee (Legs).
Name: Rita Morales.
Age at death: 87.
Disability: Elderly disabled.
Location: Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Died: April 30, 2010.
Cause of death: Traumatic injury.
Details:
Manuel and Rita were both killed by their caregiver, who was Rita’s son and Manuel’s nephew. They were bludgeoned to death with a hammer; Rita was also stabbed.
Case status:
Arthur Reyes Morales (Son, Nephew), pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder, sentenced to 30 years to life and must serve at least 17 years.
Source:
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Name: Aja Danielle Johnson.
Died: March 29, 2010.
Age at death: 7.
Cause of death: Homicide.
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Disability: ADHD, sleep disorder.
Details:
Aja’s abusive stepfather, after losing custody, killed her mother and kidnapped her. Two months later, he killed her and then himself.
Aja’s father called her “Punky.” She wanted to be a cheerleader.
Case status:
Lester Hobbs (Stepfather), deceased.
Source:
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