Remembering the Disabled Murdered by Caregivers
Name: Pamela Gordon.
Died: July 4, 2022.
Age at death: 67.
Cause of death: Throat cut.
Location: Lionel Town, Clarendon, Jamaica.
Disability: Unspecified; bedridden.
Details:
Pamela’s grandson found her with her throat cut. She was taken to the hospital, but pronounced dead on arrival.
Case Status:
Her husband, arrested.
Name: Pamelia Gregory.
Died: July 4, 2022.
Age at death: 67.
Cause of death: Throat cut.
Location: Clarendon, Jamaica.
Disability: Unspecified; bedridden.
Details:
Pamelia’s grandson found her dead with a knife wound to her neck. Pamelia’s husband, who allegedly also attacked her grandson when he found her, was arrested and charged with her murder.
Case Status:
Thadius Gregory (Husband), charged with murder.
Sources:
Husband charged with murder after 67-y-o bedridden wife found dead
Husband charged for murder of bedridden wife in Clarendon
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Name: Violet Walcott.
Died: October 17, 2021.
Age at death: 76.
Cause of death: Stabbing.
Location: Wait-a-Bit, Trelawny, Cornwall, Jamaica.
Disability: Mobility impaired after stroke.
Details:
Violet was discovered in her bed at home, dead from major wounds inflicted with a large knife.
She was a hardworking woman who had built her own house without help from anyone.
Case Status:
Jermaine “Man” Powell (Grandson), charged with murder.
Sources:
Young farmer charged with his elderly grandmother’s murder in Trelawny
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Elderly female farmer chopped to death
Name: Dalbert Edwards.
Died: March 15, 2021.
Age at death: 52.
Cause of death: Stabbing.
Location: Portmore, Saint Catherine, Jamaica.
Disability: Stroke; mobility impaired.
Details:
Dalbert was found stabbed to death on his kitchen floor. Police arrested his son.
Dalbert was known as “Uncle Lance” by the neighbors.
Case Status:
Shamar Edwards (Son), charged with murder.
Source:
Portmore man’s son charged with murder
Disabled man killed in Portmore, son in custody
Name: Peter Abrahams.
Died: January 18, 2017.
Age at death: 97.
Cause of death: Blunt head trauma.
Location: Red Hills, St. Andrew, Jamaica.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.
Details:
After Peter objected to the way his aide’s husband had used his credit card, the man became angry, threw him out of his wheelchair, and bashed his head against the floor until he died.
Peter was a novelist, journalist, and political commentator who was born in South Africa, lived in the UK, and finally moved to Jamaica. His work focused on political and social issues, especially racism.
Case status:
Norman Tomlinson (Husband of Peter’s aide; lover?), pleaded guilty to manslaughter, sentenced to 7 years.
Source:
Wikipedia: Peter Abrahams
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