Relationship: Partner – Page 2 – Disability Day of Mourning

Arshad Shaikh

Name: Arshad Shaikh.
Died: August 5, 2024.
Age at death: 33.
Cause of death: Bludgeoned, stabbed.
Location: Pydhonie, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Disability: Deaf, physically disabled.

Details:
Arshad’s friends allegedly murdered him with a hammer and broken beer bottles, then tried to cart his body away in a suitcase and abandon the suitcase on an express train; but railway police saw them and suspected foul play. Checking the suitcase, they found Arshad’s body inside.

After further investigation, authorities now suspect that Arshad’s wife had been having an affair with one of his friends, and that she, the two friends, and a third man planned and carried out the murder.

Case Status:
Ruksana Shaikh (Wife), arrested on suspicion of tampering with evidence.
Jay Chawda, charged with murder.
Shivjeet Singh, charged with murder.
Jagpalpreeth Singh, suspected of conspiracy to murder.

Sources:
Mumbai: Pydhonie police lose track of NRI accused in deaf-mute man’s murder
Pydhonie deaf-and-mute murder case: Silent Witnesses, 300-Page Charge Sheet Prepared by Police Without a Word Spoken
Mumbai deaf-mute murder: Victim’s wife deleted WhatsApp chats
Mumbai: NRI mastermind behind deaf-mute murder plot revealed
Suitcase murder: Wife of deaf-mute deceased arrested
Deaf-mute murder case: Victim’s wife arrested in Mumbai
Pydhonie Murder Case: Disabled Wife Arrested In Husband’s Brutal Killing By Speech-Impaired Friends Amid Affair Revelation
How a heavy bag helped railway cop detect murder of deaf-mute Kalyan man

Thierry Kerdraon

No Photo Name: Thierry Kerdraon.
Died: July 20, 2024.
Age at death: 47.
Cause of death: Head injury; bludgeoned.
Location: Brest, France.
Disability: Unspecified; under guardianship.

Details:
Police were called to Thierry’s home by his drunk and confused partner. They found Thierry dead, with injuries all over his body and fatal blows to the face and skull. Authorities arrested his partner and another highly intoxicated man who had been spending the evening at their home and still had blood on his clothes.

Case Status:
Two people, one of whom was his partner, were arrested; both were charged with murder of a vulnerable person.

Sources:
Brest : un homme handicapé tué, deux personnes mises en examen, dont sa conjointe
Meurtre d’un homme handicapé à Brest : deux personnes mises en examen
Meurtre à Brest. Un homme tué dans son appartement. Des tirs dans le quartier de Lambézellec
Meurtre dans le quartier de Bellevue : Deux proches de la victime mis en examen

Uma

No Photo Name: Uma.
Died: May 11, 2024.
Age at death: 38.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Poorandampalayam, Tamil Nadu, India.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
Uma’s husband, who had just been out to pay a bill, was angry that his wife had written down their phone number instead of their account number for him. So he went to a bar, got drunk, and allegedly went home and pushed his wife to the ground. As she fell she hit her head severely, and her intoxicated husband did not notice how badly she was hurt. In the morning he got up and found his wife dead.

Case Status:
Dharmaraj (Husband), charged with murder.

Sources:
Man murders disabled wife over family dispute, arrested
Labourer arrested for murdering wife

Sonia Parker

Name: Sonia Parker.
Died: May 5, 2024.
Age at death: 52.
Cause of death: Blunt-force head and torso injuries from assault.
Location: Edenbridge, Kent, England, UK.
Disability: Brain injury from perinatal hypoxia; brain cyst.

Details:
Sonia’s boyfriend was abusive and jealous. He had repeatedly assaulted her for doing things like using social media and talking to friends. The final assault caused multiple fractures and internal injuries, leaving Sonia unconscious. Paramedics were unable to revive her and she was declared dead.

Sonia worked as a cleaner and takeaway driver. Her friends remember her as generous, friendly, and kind.

Case Status:
Huseyin Kalyoncu (Partner), convicted of murder, sentenced to 19 years to life.

Sources:
Thug who killed disabled girlfriend told police ‘I know it’s not good’
‘I know it’s not good’: Moment takeaway driver arrested after ‘torturing and beating’ disabled girlfriend to death
Killer’s chilling six-word admission to police after beating disabled girlfriend to death
Takeaway worker accused of murdering disabled partner after ‘punching and stamping’ on her
Edenbridge man found guilty of beating woman to death
Man found guilty of beating woman to death in Edenbridge
Takeaway worker found guilty of murdering his girlfriend

Ellen Wiggs

No Photo Name: Ellen Alice Wiggs.
Died: May 4, 2024.
Age at death: 72.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Independence, Missouri, USA.
Disability: Kidney disease.

Details:
Ellen’s husband allegedly strangled her as she lay in her hospital bed, where she was staying because she needed a new dialysis port. A detective says he told them that he had done it because he was tired of taking care of his wife and he could not pay the medical bills they owed. He also allegedly confessed that he had already tried to kill his wife twice before.

Case Status:
Ronnie Wiggs (Husband), charged with second-degree murder.

Sources:
Ellen Alice Wiggs (Tippie) Obituary 2024
Missouri Man Allegedly Murders Wife In Hospital Over Depression, Cost Of Providing Care
Man Says He Killed His Wife Because He Couldn’t Pay Her Medical Bills
Husband Strangles Wife in Hospital Over Cost of Medical Bills: Police

Kathrikutty

No Photo Name: Kathrikutty.
Died: May 3, 2024.
Age at death: 82.
Cause of death: Throat cut.
Location: Muvattupuzha, Kerala, India.
Disability: Unspecified; bedridden.

Details:
Kathrikutty died from having her throat cut. Authorities say that her husband was angry that she was bedridden and needed care, so he attacked her with a knife and killed her.

She was the mother of five children.

Case Status:
Joseph (Husband), charged with murder.

Sources:
Elderly man slits bedridden wife’s throat, arrested
Frustated man murders his octogenarian, bedridden wife in Kerala
Murder: Elderly Man Kills Bedridden Wife by Slitting Her Throat
Invalid elderly woman murdered by husband in Muvattupuzha

Ali Abbas

No Photo Name: Ali Abbas.
Died: May 2, 2024.
Age at death: 30.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Disability: Wheelchair user.

Details:
Ali was allegedly fatally stabbed by his partner.

Case Status:
Tina Jackson (Partner), charged with murder.

Sources:
Ali Abbas
Woman charged in fatal stabbing Thursday inside St. Louis home
Charges filed in deadly stabbing in south St. Louis

Carolyn Key

No Photo Name: Carolyn Key.
Died: April 1, 2024.
Age at death: 57.
Cause of death: Shooting.
Location: Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
Disability: Kidney failure, chronic pain.

Details:
Carolyn’s husband allegedly shot her because he “wanted to end her pain.”

Case Status:
James Key (Husband), charged with homicide.

Sources:
‘I killed Carolyn’: Tallahassee man faces charges for allegedly shooting, killing wife
Carolyn Key Obituary

Edward Cheng

No Photo Name: Edward Cheng Kin-wong.
Died: March 27, 2024.
Age at death: 84.
Cause of death: Suffocation.
Location: Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Disability: Dementia, muscular dystrophy.

Details:
Mr. Cheng’s domestic help entered his bedroom to find him dead on his bed, and his wife hurt, apparently having tried to take her own life. Mr. Cheng had his nose and mouth covered with tape. Police suspect that his wife, worried about her ability to care for him, had smothered him.

Case Status:
Cheng Ying-lee (Wife), charged with murder.

Sources:
Hong Kong woman, 71, charged with murder after husband, 84, found dead in bed
Hong Kong woman, 71, charged with murder after dementia-suffering husband, 84, found dead in bed
Elderly woman charged with husband’s murder in Kowloon City tragedy to appear in court on 30th March
Elderly couple in grim murder-suicide case
April court date for woman charged with murder of husband, 84, in Hong Kong

Olayode Morenike

No Photo Name: Olayode Morenike.
Died: March 27, 2024.
Age at death: Adult.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Akure, Ondo, Nigeria.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
Olayode was stabbed to death with a pair of scissors. Police say her husband was angry at her for visiting her child from a previous marriage.

Case Status:
Fatai Abdullahai (Husband), arrested on suspicion of murder.

Sources:
Police take action as husband stabs disabled wife to death in Ondo
Husband stabs wife to death in Ondo