Remembering the Disabled Murdered by Caregivers
Spouse or romantic partner.
Name: Cynthia Lynn Cline.
Died: November 14, 2010.
Age at death: 51.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: East Liverpool, Ohio, USA.
Disability: “Mentally disabled”.
Details:
Cynthia’s boyfriend allegedly stabbed her to death.
Case status:
Clyde Harris (Boyfriend), charged with felonious assault.
Source:
Details emerge in death investigation
Record of the Dead for November 2010
Cynthia Lynn Cline
Name: Wieslawa Zofia Pytlinski.
Died: October 4, 2010
Age at death: 57.
Cause of death: Multiple blunt force trauma to the upper body.
Location: Knox County, Tennessee, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; confidential.
Details:
Wieslawa was allegedly beaten to death by her boyfriend.
Case status:
Michael Dunn (Boyfriend), charged with second-degree murder.
Name: Jorene White.
Died: July 23, 2010.
Age at death: 46.
Cause of death: Sepsis.
Location: Madisonville, Ohio, USA.
Disability: Severe arthritis.
Details:
Jorene’s husband neglected her. She died of infected bedsores.
Case status:
Darrel White (Husband), convicted of neglect; 5 years of probation.
Source:
Darrel White Allowed Bed-Ridden Wife Jorene White to Be Eaten Alive by Maggots
Name: Louis “Nap” Lockett.
Died: July 16, 2010.
Age at death: 73.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: St. Louis, Illinois, USA.
Disability: Cancer.
Details:
Louis’s wife shot him in the chest and killed him. She claims that she had intended only to hit him in the head with the gun, and it went off while she was hitting him.
Case status:
Josephine Lockett (Wife), convicted of involuntary manslaughter of a family member, sentenced to 3 years in prison.
Source:
Josephine Lockett kills husband during argument over $87
People vs. Josephine Lockett
Name: Diane Stewart.
Died: June 25, 2010.
Age at death: 47.
Cause of death: Suffocation.
Location: Bassingbourn, England, UK.
Disability: Epilepsy.
Details:
Diane’s husband killed her and claimed she had died of epilepsy. He was not suspected of murder until he also killed his non-disabled second wife, Helen Bailey, and was convicted of her murder. Diane’s body had been cremated, but luckily she had left her brain to medical research, and when it was examined, it showed signs of suffocation.
Case status:
Ian Stewart (Husband), convicted of murder, sentenced to 35 years to life.
Source:
Killer who murdered wife and fiancee has sentence reduced
Doctor explains how killer Ian Stewart nearly got away with murder
Ian Stewart: Man who killed author guilty of murdering wife
Diane Stewart: How a donated brain helped convict a double killer
Ian Stewart: Murder accused’s 999 call played to trial jury
Ian Stewart murder trial hears oxygen starvation evidence
Ian Stewart: Helen Bailey’s killer on trial over Diane Stewart’s murder
Boyfriend convicted of murdering Helen Bailey charged with new murder
Boyfriend convicted of murdering Helen Bailey charged with first wife’s murder
Man arrested on suspicion of murder over death of convicted killer’s wife
Killer of author Helen Bailey ‘held over death of first wife’
Police quiz man over death of his wife who died suddenly in 2010
Killer Of Author Helen Bailey ‘Arrested Over Death Of Wife In 2010’
Killer of children’s author Helen Bailey ‘quizzed over death of first wife’
Man who murdered children’s author, Helen Bailey, is charged with killing his wife six years earlier
Name: Beryl Webb.
Died: May 14, 2010.
Age at death: 75.
Cause of death: Smothered.
Location: Wadsley, Sheffield, UK.
Disability: Fibromyalgia, arthritis, histrionic personality disorder, cancer survivor.
Details:
Beryl’s husband smothered her.
Case status:
George Webb (Husband), convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to 2 years; sentenced to 12 months, suspended, on appeal.
Source:
Man killed disabled wife
Pensioner who smothered wife in ‘mercy killing’ is freed from jail by appeal judges | Daily Mail Online
Name: Elizabeth Joy Knowles.
Died: April 22, 2010.
Age at death: 48.
Cause of death: Smoke inhalation.
Location: Kallangur, Queensland, Australia.
Disability: Chronic illness, mobility impairment (Wheelchair user).
Details:
Elizabeth died in a house fire that had been deliberately set, with the smoke detectors disabled. Less than a day later, her husband put in an insurance claim on the house.
Case status:
David Maxwell Knowles (Husband), charged with murder, arson, and fraud; found dead on the day he was set to go to court.
Source:
Man charged over wife’s death in fire found dead
ELIZABETH JOY KNOWLES (#54-2010)
Man charged with murdering disabled wife in fire to claim insurance
ELIZABETH JOY KNOWLES (#54-2010)
Motive sought for ‘suspicious’ fatal house fire
Husband charged six years later
Man charged with murdering disabled wife in fire to claim insurance
Name: Marie-Nicole Rainville.
Died: November 12, 2009.
Age at death: 71.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Quebec City, Canada.
Disability: Stroke.
Details:
Marie-Nicole was shot by her husband.
Case status:
Jacques Delisle (Husband), first-degree murder, sentenced to 25 years to life.
Source:
Jacques Delisle | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers
‘Destroyed, but not guilty,’ says judge accused of murdering his wife
Bail denied for ex-judge waiting for ministerial review of murder conviction
Name: Helena Weinstein.
Died: September 23, 2009.
Age at death: 71.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: New Rochelle, New York, USA.
Disability: Dementia, chronic illness.
Details:
Helena’s husband tried to suffocate her with a pillow; when that didn’t work, he shot her instead.
Case status:
Paul Weinstein (Husband), pleaded guilty to manslaughter, sentenced to 7-8 years in prison. Died while incarcerated.
Source:
Husband kills ailing wife in mercy murder in New Rochelle, police say | ABC7 New York
Mercy killings: After Westchester Medical Center deaths, a look at similar deaths
78-Year-Old New Rochelle Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Wife
Westchester Man Gets Prison For Killing Wife
Westchester Man Gets Prison For Killing Wife
Name: Phyllis Fish.
Died: September 20, 2009.
Age at death: 88.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Laguna Woods, California, USA.
Disability: Stroke, recent cancer diagnosis, dementia.
Details:
Phyllis’s husband drugged her with morphine, then shot her and himself in the head.
Case status:
James Fish (Husband); charged with manslaughter, but died before he could be tried.
Source:
Doctor, 90, kills wife, tries to commit suicide
“Mercy Killing”: When Love & Law Conflict
DA dismisses mercy killing case after husband dies
Retired doctor suspected of killing wife, shooting self, dies