Category: Relationship: Offspring

Child by birth or adoption.

Leah Cohen

Photo of Leah Cohen, a middle-aged woman with fair skin and short, straight brown hair. She is wearing a turquoise blouse and small gold hoop earrings.Name: Leah Cohen.
Died: August 11, 2017.
Age at death: 66.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: London, England, UK.
Disability: Unspecified physical and mental disability; walked with a cane.

Details:
Leah Cohen and her daughter Hannah were stabbed to death by her son. Apparently, he was upset that he had been left out of his father’s will.

Leah and her family own Beigel Bake, their family business, a London bakery famous for its salt-beef bagels. Hannah and her sister ran a cake shop, which closed when Hannah was killed; Leah’s other two sons now run the bagel shop.

Case status:
Joshua Cohen (Son), pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility; received an indefinite hospital order.

Source:
Joshua Cohen, who killed his mother and sister, admits manslaughter
Brick Lane bagel tycoon’s son ‘murdered mother and sister at home’
Man charged in North London bagel dynasty murders
Golders Green murder – son, 27, charged with murder after his bagel millionaire mum and sister are stabbed to death’ in their North London home
Heir to famous London bagel shop ‘arrested over knife murder of mother and sister’
Bagel murder suspect had been cut out of family fortune weeks before killings, documents show
Tributes paid to mother and daughter ‘stabbed by schizophrenic son’
Son arrested after allegedly stabbing mum, 66, and daughter, 33, to death in North London

Ann Marie Boardman

No PhotoName: Ann Marie Lawlor Boardman.
Died: August 10, 2017.
Age at death: 70.
Cause of death: Sepsis.
Location: Bellows Falls, Vermont, USA.
Disability: Stroke; mobility impaired.

Details:
Ann Marie’s daughter neglected her; she died from infected bedsores for which her daughter made no attempt to seek medical care.

She worked many jobs over her lifetime, including being co-owner of a laundromat and ice cream shop.

Case status:
Nancy Boardman (Daughter), pleaded guilty to neglect of a vulnerable adult resulting in serious bodily injury; given an 8-year suspended sentence.

Source:
Obituary for Ann Marie (Lawlor) Boardman
Woman pleads guilty to neglect, abuse charge in mother’s death

James Walker

No PhotoName: James Walker.
Died: July 11, 2017.
Age at death: 72.
Cause of death: Traumatic injury.
Location: Glendale, Arizona, USA.
Disability: Disabled veteran; wheelchair user.

Details:
James was murdered by his stepson because he refused to get out of bed.

Case status:
Heath Allen McConkey (Stepson), convicted of second-degree murder, sentenced to 13 years.

Source:
Glendale man accused of beating disabled stepfather to death
Glendale police: Man beat disabled stepfather to death
Glendale man allegedly beat disabled stepdad to death
Final release order and order regarding counsel
Glendale man accused of fatally beating disabled stepfather
Arizona Man Allegedly Beat Disabled Stepdad to Death for Not Getting Out of Bed
Glendale man accused of beating disabled stepfather to death pleads not guilty
Glendale Man Pleads Not Guilty to Fatally Beating Stepfather

Peggy Schroeder

Photo of Peggy Schroeder, a middle-aged woman with wavy brown hair, fair skin, and glasses.Name: Peggy Schroeder.
Died: July 8, 2017.
Age at death: 53.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Morrison, Illinois, USA.
Disability: Deaf.

Details:
Peggy was shot to death by her teenage daughter. Her daughter and her friend then set the house on fire to hide the crime.

She was a faithful churchgoer and avid gardener.

Case status:
Anna Schroeder (Adopted daughter), pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, sentenced to 20 years.
Rachel Helm (daughter’s girlfriend), pleaded guilty to concealing a homicidal death and arson, sentenced to 11.5 years.

Source:
Rachel Helm gets over a decade in prison for helping Morrison teen hide mother’s death
‘I’m the child who shot and killed her own mom’: Morrison teen sentenced to 20 years in prison in mother’s 2017 death
“It’s kind of slap in the face”; Police upset with judge’s decision not to charge Anna Schroeder with 1st-degree murder
Neighbors react to fire, death investigation of Morrison resident
Community healing begins after Morrison murder
Teen girl asks DEAF mother to cover face before shooting her in the head, enlists friend to cover up murder by setting house on fire, hides gun in cemetery
Teenage girl posts ‘love you’ after allegedly killing mom
Fundraiser started for Morrison mom’s funeral expenses
Anna Schroeder: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Inside the prosecution debate: When kids kill

Johnnie and Shirley Ervin

No PhotoName: Johnnie Ervin.
Age at death: 67.
Disability: Mobility impairment (Used walker).

Name: Shirley Ervin.
Age at death: 69.
Disability: Dementia.

Died: June 18, 2017.
Cause of death: Stab wounds.
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Details:
Shirley and Johnnie’s son is charged with stabbing them to death.

Case status:
Dexter Barnes (Son), charged with first-degree murder.

Source:
Son charged in stabbing deaths of elderly parents held without bail
Son Stabbed Parents in ‘Unimaginable’ Double Murder: Court
Austin man charged with stabbing his elderly parents to death

Nancy Gleisinger

Old, sepia-tone portrait photo of Nancy Gleisinger. She is a young woman with fair skin and curly dark-brown hair, wearing a shirt with a broad white collar. Writing at the bottom of the photo says, "Best wishes, Nancy. '58."Name: Nancy Jo Gleisinger.
Died: May 16, 2017.
Age at death: 76.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Goodyear Heights, Ohio, USA.
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease.

Details:
Nancy’s son stabbed her to death in front of her husband Earl.

Case status:
Michael Gleisinger (Son), pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and failure to provide for a functionally impaired person, sentenced to 4 years in prison.

Source:
Nancy Gleisinger Obituary – Akron, OH
Akron man pleads guilty to stabbing mother to death
Akron man pleads guilty to charges stemming from elderly mother’s stabbing death
Akron man accused of stabbing, killing mother to be confined in mental health facility
Akron man pleads guilty in stabbing death of mother, prosecutors say
Man sentenced in stabbing death of mom with Alzheimer’s
Akron man sentenced in stabbing death of 78-year-old mother

83-year-old woman

No PhotoName Unknown.
Died: May 16, 2017.
Age at death: 83.
Cause of death: Dehydration/malnutrition.
Location: Milford, Connecticut, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
This 83-year-old woman’s grandmother visited her and saw her chapped, bleeding lips, and called the police to ask for a welfare check. When the police arrived, they found the woman dead, and a medical examiner determined that she had died from dehydration and malnutrition. She had also been drugged with antidepressants.

Case Status:
Michael O’Connell (Son), pleaded no contest to negligent cruelty; given a 9-month suspended jail sentence and 2 years probation.

Sources:
Milford man pleads no contest to negligent cruelty charge in mother’s 2017 death
Milford man pleads no contest to negligent cruelty charge in mother’s 2017 death

Murray Upshaw

Photo of Murray Upshaw, a man with light skin, wearing sunglasses and an orange shirt. He is balding and little of his dark hair is visible.Name: Murray Upshaw.
Died: May 6, 2017.
Age at death: 40.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Disability: Visually impaired.

Details:
Murray was shot to death by his son, along with Sharietta Jefferson, a 27-year-old acquaintance.

He had recently become a father.

Case status:
Dante Louis Coker aka Dante Binion (Son), pleaded no contest to murder, sentenced to 28 to 50 years.

Source:
Woman, blind man fatally shot on Detroit’s west side
Detroit Man Charged In Shooting Of Father
Murray Upshaw, age 39

Radhamani

No PhotoName: Radhamani.
Died: April 9, 2017.
Age at death: 47.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
Disability: Mental illness.

Details:
Radhamani’s son killed her by hitting her in the head.

Case Status:
Peringanath Prajith Kumar (Son), convicted of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, sentenced to 10 years and a fine of 1 lakh Rupees (about $13,500 or €11,500).

Source:
Kerala: Son gets 10-year rigorous imprisonment for mother’s …

Maria Stiles

No PhotoName: Maria L. Stiles.
Died: March 6, 2017.
Age at death: 90.
Cause of death: Sepsis.
Location: Godfrey, Illinois, USA.
Disability: Disabled elder.

Details:
Maria was left in a tarp hammock in filthy surroundings; she died of infected bedsores. She had been discharged back to her son by a nursing home that suspected she was being neglected.

Case status:
Larry D. Parker (Son), charged with abuse or neglect of an elder resulting in death.

Source:
Suit alleges nursing home’s negligence caused patient’s death
Suit: Woman found with infected sores in rigged tarp hammock went ignored, son faces criminal charges