Category: Relationship: Offspring

Child by birth or adoption.

Gabrielle Michaelis

Sepia-tone photo of a woman with an old-fashioned hairstyle, cut shoulder-length and curled up at the ends, wearing professional attire.Name: Gabrielle Michaelis-Cifoni.
Died: October 31, 2018.
Age at death: 58.
Cause of death: Stomach cancer.
Location: Sarasota, Florida, USA.
Disability: Stomach cancer.

Details:
When she became disabled, Gabrielle’s daughter allegedly kept Gabrielle sedated with high doses of sedatives and painkillers, which were found in dangerous levels in a blood sample drawn from her body after death.

Gabrielle was an altruistic woman, mother of two children and grandmother to seven. She was a well-loved professor of mathematics, repeatedly named Professor of the Year. She was a devout Catholic with a good sense of humor.

Case status:
Josephine Scheid (Daughter), charged with murder; pleaded guilty to stealing a valuable family Bible and sentenced to a year’s probation. Murder charges dropped; sufficient evidence could not be gathered because the body was immediately cremated without autopsy.

Source:
Woman gets probation after charges she killed her Cape mom are dropped
Murder charges dropped against Florida woman accused of killing her mother in 2018 in Dennis Township
Investigation Reveals Daughter Murdered Her Own Disabled Mother For $9000 Using Painkillers And Sedatives For Financial Gain
A year later, investigators charge daughter with using drug cocktail to kill her mother
A Sarasota Woman Arrested For Killing Her Disabled Mother By Using Combination Of Painkillers And Sedatives
Florida woman accused of using sedatives to kill disabled mother
Gabrielle Michaelis-Cifoni Obituary

Linda Sweat

No PhotoName: Linda Sweat.
Died: October 23, 2018.
Age at death: 77.
Cause of death: Starvation.
Location: Mansfield, Ohio, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; disabled elder, “bedridden”.

Details:
Linda starved to death while in the care of her daughter.

Case status:
Jennifer Sweat (Daughter), pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and abduction, sentenced to 14 years.

Source:
Woman who let mother starve to death sentenced to 14 years in prison
Woman whose mother starved to death charged with murder
Mansfield woman indicted for murder after her mother starves to death
Mansfield woman arrested in suspicious death of 77-year-old mother
Woman accused of starving her mom ‘lied from the beginning,’ detective says
Woman held on $500,000 cash bond in connection with mother’s death

Irma Reese

Photo of an older woman with very short gray hair, dark skin, and white shirt, photographed outdoors.Name: Irma Jean Reese.
Died: October 18, 2018.
Age at death: 84.
Cause of death: Carbon monoxide poisoning.
Location: Bailey, Mississippi, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.

Details:
Irma died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a house fire allegedly set by her son, who knew that she used a wheelchair and couldn’t get out of the house on her own.

Case status:
Michael Reese (Son), charged with capital murder and arson.

Source:
Son charged with capital murder, arson in fatal fire
Mississippi man charged with setting fire, killing mother
Bailey man charged with arson, murder in mother’s death

You Su Kim

No PhotoName: You Su Kim.
Died: October 9, 2018.
Age at death: 74.
Cause of death: Decapitation.
Location: Chemor, Perak, Malaysia.
Disability: Paralysis.

Details:
Mr. You scolded his son for getting high on meth in their house. His son allegedly responded by killing him and dismembering his body.

He was father to four children.

Case status:
You Poh Khoon (Son), charged with murder.

Source:
Son who allegedly chopped up dad charged with murder
Man arrested after disabled father found beheaded, dismembered
Son kills disabled father, chops body into 6 pieces in Malaysia
Man allegedly kills disabled father and dumps decapitated body into septic tank
Cops arrest man after disabled dad found dismembered in Chemor
Son arrested on suspicion of killing and chopping up dad’s body

Ecie Gabrielsen

Photo of Ecie Gabrielsen, an elderly woman. She has brown curly short hair and fair skin that is freckled and wrinkled. She is wearing pink lipstick and star-shaped dangle earrings, and smiling for the camera.Name: Ecie Gabrielsen.
Died: September 29, 2018.
Age at death: 79.
Cause of death: Neglect.
Location: Citrus Springs, Florida, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Ecie loved kids and her family. She had five grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren, and she would often go out to dinner with them and tell them stories of when she was a girl in Kentucky coal country.

Ecie’s grandson, who had moved in to help her out, gradually separated her from her family; then he neglected her until she died. He buried her in a shallow grave, told family he had put her in a nursing home, and tried to flee to Mexico. He and his girlfriend were arrested at the border.

Case status:
Arthur Miller (Grandson/Adoptive son), pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, neglecting an elderly person, and abusing a corpse, sentenced to 13-15 years.
Vivian Gutierrez (Grandson’s girlfriend), convicted of elder neglect, sentenced to 3-5 years.

Sources:
Man pleads guilty, agrees to serve 15 years for neglecting, burying grandmother
Family remembers Ecie Gabrielsen as loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother
Florida man allegedly neglected grandmother to point of death, buried her, tried to flee country
Family of Citrus Springs woman neglected until death speak out
Man allegedly neglected grandmother to point of death, buried her, tried to flee country
Deputies: Man neglected grandmother until she died, tried to flee U.S.

George Blair

Photo of a man with a full gray beard and mustache, ruddy skin, and neatly combed back gray hair. He is wearing a blue shirt; his expression is amused.Name: George Blair.
Died: September 11, 2018.
Age at death: 60.
Cause of death: Neglect.
Location: Varney, West Virginia, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; “bedridden”.

Details:
When George’s body was found, he had been dead for some time. His wife and son, also restricted to bed, were alive but had been badly neglected. They were taken to the hospital. Authorities arrested his daughter, who lived in the home and was supposed to be caring for the family.

George loved to garden and his family said that he could grow anything.  He also enjoyed watching football.

Case status:
Jessica Blair (Daughter), charged with felony neglect of an incapacitated adult resulting in death and two charges of misdemeanor neglect of an incapacitated adult.

Source:
State Police: Woman arrested on neglect charges in connection with father’s death
Police find man dead along with bedridden family members in need of medical attention
West Virginia State Police investigating death in Mingo County
Obituary

Mildred Heid

Photo: An older woman with fair skin and deep wrinkles, her dark hair drawn back from her face, wearing a white and pink shirt. She has a large nose.Name: Mildred “Millie” Heid.
Died: August 7, 2018.
Age at death: 82.
Cause of death: Infected bedsores, malnutrition.
Location: Augusta, Georgia, USA.
Disability: Disabled elder.

Details:
Mildred died from neglect, weighing only 75 pounds. She had deep bedsores.

Case Status:
Charles Heid Jr. (Son), pleaded guilty to neglect of an elderly or disabled adult, sentenced to 15 years probation.
Judy Lynne Brassell (Son’s girlfriend), pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and neglect of an elderly or disabled adult, sentenced to 5 years prison and 25 years probation.

Sources:
Augusta man accused of murder in mother’s death pleads guilty to lesser charge
Cops: Augusta Couple Left Bed-Ridden Mom to Die in Horrible Conditions!

Mary White

Photo of Mary White, an elderly woman with chin-length white hair, fair skin and blue eyes. She is photographed in profile and has a thoughtful expression on her face.Name: Dr. Mary E. White.
Died: August 5, 2018.
Age at death: 92.
Cause of death: Barbiturate overdose.
Location: Bundanoon, New South Wales, Australia.
Disability: Vascular dementia.

Details:
Mary White’s daughter went to the aged care home where she lived and poisoned her with an overdose of medication.

Dr. White was a scientist who studied environment, biodiversity and climate change. She wrote books on environmental sciences and created the Australian Museum’s fossil collection. She also created the Falls Forest Retreat, a rainforest sanctuary in New South Wales. Dr. White was named a Member of the Order of Australia for her services to botany.

Case status:
Barbara Eckersley (Daughter), convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to a 2-year community corrections order.

Source:
NSW woman avoids jail after poisoning elderly disabled mother
Woman denies intending to kill elderly mother with lethal dose of drugs
Daughter accused of mother’s nursing home murder to face trial
Dr Mary White – Paleobotanist
Woman, 92, ‘murdered by her daughter’ is an award-winning doctor
Woman, 67, charged with killing her 92-year-old mother in nursing home
Woman charged with murder over death of elderly mother
Former Canberra woman accused of killing her mother granted bail
Famed environmental scientist Mary White allegedly murdered by daughter
Dr Mary White’s daughter granted bail after being charged with her murder
Dr Mary White’s daughter charged with her murder
Nursing home murder: Woman charged with killing her elderly mother
Murder charge defendant granted bail variation in Goulburn Local Court

Ernest Starry

Photo of Ernest Starry, an elderly man wearing a peach dress shirt and suspenders. He has white hair, bushy eyebrows, and pale skin.Name: Ernest Starry.
Died: July 28, 2018.
Age at death: 85.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Robstown, Texas, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; elder nursing home resident.

Other victims: Roel Mireles (41), Thelma Montalvo (60), and Isaiah Starry (13).

Details:
Ernest Starry was the oldest of four people killed by his son in a shooting spree that took the lives of his wife Thelma, his stepson Roel, and his grandson Isaiah. After fatally shooting Ernest and his wife, who was visiting him at his nursing home, the killer committed suicide. His motive is still unknown.

Ernest owned a pawn shop.

Case status:
Richard Starry (Son), deceased.

Source:
5 members of same family dead in Texas shootings at home, nursing home in murder-suicide, police say
Teen Boy Among 5 Relatives Killed in Apparent Murder-Suicide That Ended in Nursing Home
Texas Nursing Home Shooting That Left 5 Dead Was Likely Murder-Suicide, Police Say
Family, friends, Scouts, police pay respects to Robstown shooting victims

Wendy Henson

Photo of an older woman with auburn hair and fair skin.Name: Wendy Jane Henson.
Died: July 19, 2018.
Age at death: 74.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon, USA.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
Wendy’s son killed her by hitting her in the head with a baseball bat; then he called emergency services and spent fifteen minutes complaining about her and refusing to help her.

Wendy was a published author who wrote plays and novellas. She taught college screenwriting classes and wrote a textbook on the subject. In her later years, she wrote a movie review column under the title “Now Playing”.

Case Status:
Garth Patrick Beans (Son), convicted of second-degree murder, sentenced to 25 years to life.

Sources:
Man convicted of murder after he ‘clobbered his mama’
Washington County man sentenced to life in prison for killing mother in 2018
Oregon Man Who ‘Clobbered His Mama’ with Baseball Bat and Complained About Her for 15 Minutes in 911 Call Is Sentenced to Prison