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Frances King

No Photo Name: Frances King.
Died: December 5, 2018.
Age at death: 85.
Cause of death: Malnutrition and untreated bladder infection.
Location: Palm Coast, Florida, USA.
Disability: Dementia, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis.

Details:
Soon after Frances’s daughter called emergency services to report that her mother was unresponsive, medics arrived to find her dead in filthy conditions. Medical examiners established that Frances was badly malnourished and neglected, and declared her death a homicide. The Sheriff’s office reports that despite her disability, she had not been to the doctor in 13 months.

Case Status:
Kim Zaheer (Daughter), charged with manslaughter.

Source:
Sheriff: Palm Coast woman arrested in death of elderly, malnourished mother
Manslaughter Charge for Daughter Accused of Leaving Mom to Die Like a ‘Prisoner in a Concentration Camp’
Woman arrested for manslaughter in her disabled mother’s death by starvation, neglect
Florida woman accused of killing elderly mother who was found wearing garbage bag as diaper
Cold Case Unit solves manslaughter case from 2018
Palm Coast woman charged in 2018 death of elderly mother found to be malnourished in deplorable living conditions

Michael Keene

Name: Michael Keene.
Died: November 30, 2018.
Age at death: 51.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; work-related injury.

Details:
Michael was stabbed to death and his body stashed in a container for some days before he was found.

He was a retired construction worker who had lived in Florida, and was known for helping people put up storm shutters before hurricanes.

Case status:
Jessica Keene (Daughter), charged with first-degree murder.
Quahzier Bouie (Daughter’s boyfriend), charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with evidence.

Source:
Man rejects plea deal in Windsor Locks murder case
Daughter charged with Windsor Locks man’s murder
Windsor Locks woman, seven-months pregnant, said fatal stabbing of father was self-defense – Hartford Courant
New details emerge in alleged Windsor Locks murder

Gabrielle Michaelis

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 Photo Name: 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 Photo Name: 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

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

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

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