Remembering the Disabled Murdered by Caregivers
Parents, foster parents, stepparents, parents’ significant others.
Name: Ethan Scott Kirby.
Died: August 23, 2008.
Age at death: 3.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Conroe, Texas, USA.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
Ethan died of a head injury inflicted by his mother’s boyfriend during a beating.
Case status:
Chase Cannon (Mother’s boyfriend), murder, 50 years.
Source:
Autism Memorial: Ethan Scott Kirby
Conroe man receives 50 years for murder of autistic child
Child murderer sentenced
Name: Mason Scott.
Died: August 16, 2008.
Age at death: 6.
Cause of death: Burned.
Location: Russellville, Alabama, USA.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
Mason’s mother locked him in their house and set it on fire. Mason burned alive.
Case status:
Christie Scott (Mother), first-degree murder, death sentence.
Source:
Autism Memorial: Mason Scott
Murderpedia Article (Includes newspaper articles and court case.)
Christie Bray Scott’s Road to Death Row
A Mother’s Murder?
Name: James Many White Horses.
Died: Around July 21, 2008.
Age at death: 2.
Cause of death: Suspicious death.
Location: Great Falls, Montana, USA.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
James’s mother abused him, neglected him, and finally put him in her car trunk and left him there. He was found dead in the trunk over a month later.
Case status:
Summer Many White Horses (Mother), convicted of negligent homicide and tampering with evidence, sentenced to 13 years 9 months to 55 years in prison.
Source:
Mother gets 55 years for son’s death
Autism Memorial: James Many White Horses
Family gathers to remember toddler
James Many White Horses
Many White Horses sentenced on federal fraud charges
Summer Many White Horses’ 2-year-old has been found
Affidavit: Mom of Toddler Found Dead in Trunk Told Police Son Died Accidentally Months Before
Name: Kevin Johnson.
Died: July 20, 2008.
Age at death: 12.
Cause of death: Fatal abuse.
Location: Crete, Illinois, USA.
Disability: Intellectual disability.
Details:
Kevin’s foster father physically abused him, and eventually beat him so badly that he was taken to the hospital, unconscious, and died two days later.
His favorite hymn was the gospel song “I Need You To Survive.”
Case Status:
Fred D. Johnson II (Foster father), pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, sentenced to 5-17 years.
Source:
Man charged with beating disabled foster child
Crete murderer seeks reduced sentence
Kevin Johnson
Family mourns loss of Crete boy
Name: Jason Rimer.
Died: June 8, 2008.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Heat stroke.
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Disability: Myotonic dystrophy.
Details:
Jason’s parents left him in a hot car in June for more than seventeen hours. When they finally returned for him, he had died of heat stress.
Case status:
Stanley Rimer (Father), manslaughter and child neglect, 8-30 years; Colleen Rimer (Mother), manslaughter and child neglect, 5-20 years.
Source:
Trial of parents charged in Jason Rimer’s death concludes
Name: Jaylen Brown.
Died: May 13, 2008.
Age at death: 13.
Cause of death: Sepsis.
Location: Chicago, Illinios, USA.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.
Details:
Even though she had help from two nurses, Jaylen’s mother neglected him so badly that he died from blood poisoning due to severe, infected bedsores.
Case status:
Kesheia Phillips (Mother), convicted of misdemeanor child neglect.
Loren Brown (Nurse), acquitted.
Morris Brinkley (Nurse), sentenced to 2 years of probation and 60 days of community service, license suspended.
Source:
Mom, home care aide go on trial in neglect death
‘Severe’ neglect blamed in death
Severely Disabled 13-Year-Old Died From Neglect
Name: Aleksi Morgan Pressey Toledo.
Died: May 13, 2008.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Neglect.
Location: San Bernardino County, California, USA.
Disability: Autism, juvenile diabetes.
Details:
Aleksi’s diabetes treatment was withheld and he was starved and dehydrated. He died of diabetic ketoacidosis with no fat left on his body. It is alleged that his mother chose not to seek medical attention, even though she could have saved his life had she done so.
Case status:
Father, D. T., no charges
Mother, unnamed, charged with child endangerment.
Source:
Autism Memorial: Aleksi Toledo
D.T. v. Superior Court
Death Record
Name: Lavender Banks.
Died: May 2, 2008.
Age at death: 3.
Cause of death: Asphyxia, blunt trauma.
Location: Elk Grove, California, USA.
Disability: Cleft lip/palate.
Details:
Lavender was beaten and smothered by her adoptive mother.
She was an international adoptee from China.
Case status:
Sabrina Banks (Adoptive mother), pleaded no contest to second-degree murder, sentenced to 15 years to life.
Source:
Lavender Banks
Name: Madeline Kara Neumann.
Died: March 23, 2008.
Age at death: 11.
Cause of death: Untreated diabetes.
Location: Weston, Wisconsin, USA.
Disability: Juvenile diabetes.
Details:
Madeline’s parents, who believed that visiting a doctor was “idolatry”, refused to get Madeline medical treatment. Madeline died of untreated diabetes.
Case status:
Leilani Neumann (Mother), convicted of second-degree reckless homicide and sentenced to serve one month per year in jail for six years.
Dave Neumann (Father), convicted of second-degree reckless homicide and sentenced to serve one month per year in jail for six years.
Source:
Wisconsin Couple Sentenced in Death of Their Sick Child
Kara Neumann case
Homeschooling’s Invisible Children: Madeline Kara Neumann
Name: Nicolai Emelyantsev.
Died: March 7, 2008.
Age at death: 14 months.
Cause of death: Skull fracture.
Location: Tooele, Utah, USA.
Disability: Down syndrome.
Details:
Nicolai’s adoptive mother killed him by deliberately slamming him against the floor, causing a skull fracture.
Case status:
Kimberly Emelyantsev (Adoptive mother), pleaded guilty to child-abuse homicide, sentenced to 1-15 years.
Source:
Kimberly Emelyantsev | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers
Nicolai Emelyantsev