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Nubia Barahona

Name: Nubia Barahona.
Died: February 14, 2012.
Age at death: 10.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
Disability: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

Details:
Nubia was allegedly abused by her foster, later adoptive, parents. When she showed up at school thin and ravenously hungry, her parents blamed her condition on her CAH, and the abuse was not investigated. Eventually Nubia was found beaten to death in her adoptive father’s truck.

Nubia is survived by her twin brother, Ivan, who was found in poor condition but recovered.

Case status:
Jorge Barahona (Adoptive father), charged with murder.
Carmen Barahona (Adoptive mother), pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and multiple counts of aggravated child abuse.

Source:
Child Murder Case Still Hasn’t Gone to Trial After More Than a Decade, Here’s Why
Murder of Nubia Barahona
‘Murderer who melted disabled daughter’s body in acid’ is attacked in jail
Before the torture, Nubia Barahona dreamed as a child

Jeshiah DeJesus

Photo: A small boy with olive-toned skin and stringy brown hair, smiling. Name: Jeshiah DeJesus.
Died: February 9, 2012.
Age at death: 9.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Deerfield Park, Florida, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Jeshiah was stabbed to death by his father after his father took their family hostage. After wounding his family and killing Jeshiah and 76-year-old Oliva DePlante, a bystander, his father committed suicide.

Case status:
William De Jesus (Father), deceased.
Deanna DeJesus (Mother), pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter, sentenced to 10 years in prison and 5 years probation.

Source:
Autism Memorial: Jeshiah DeJesus
Deanna De Jesus, Wife of Man Who Stabbed Sons, Gets 10-Year Sentence
Report: Broward County RV park killer kept sons despite molestation allegations
Boy describes father’s killing spree, mother’s inaction
‘Which one do you want me to do first?’ Psychotic father’s chilling question to his wife before he stabbed to death his older son, nine
More Weird Details Emerge in Deerfield Park RV Park Murder-Suicide

Thomas Hayden

Name: Thomas Hayden.
Died: January 18, 2012.
Age at death: 62.
Cause of death: Gunshot likely (Body not found).
Location: Dover Township, Pennsylvania, USA.
Disability: ALS.

Details:
Thomas disappeared and his wife tried to make it look like he was still alive. Years later, some of his blood and tissue was found, enough to make it clear that he was dead. His wife was arrested for murdering him.

Case status:
Virginia Hayden (Wife), pleaded no contest to third-degree murder and tampering with evidence; sentenced to 20 years in prison and 7 years probation.
Connie Pender (Virginia’s daughter), pleaded guilty to tampering with public records and conspiracy, sentenced to 4 years probation.

Source:
Killed, mutilated and hidden: Woman sentenced to prison in husband’s 2011 death
Woman accused of killing husband, still missing, appears in York County court
Scalp, hair found in bag in 2011 leads to homicide charges against 67-year-old woman
Mystery starts to unravel 5+ years after bloody bag of skin and hair found in York County
A human scalp found in a FoodSaver bag baffled police. Now, a grandmother has been charged with murder.

Gloria Martin

No Photo Name: Gloria Martin.
Died: January 7, 2012.
Age at death: 55.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Northport, Alabama, USA.
Disability: Blindness.

Details:
Gloria was stabbed to death by her nephew.

Case status:
Kevin Demar Stines (Nephew), murder and robbery, life without parole.

Source:
Alabama man escapes death penalty after pleading guilty to 2012 murder of aunt

Logan Sherwin

No Photo Name: Logan Sherwin.
Died: December 29, 2011.
Age at death: 2.
Cause of death: Brain injury.
Location: Crestview, Florida, USA.
Disability: Developmental disability.

Details:
Logan was beaten to death by his father and his father’s girlfriend.

Case status:
Grant Sherwin (Father), murder and child neglect, 20 years.
Nichole Allen (Father’s girlfriend), murder and child neglect, 65 years.

Source:
Custodial dad, gal pal charged in death of his 2-year-old son (Crestview, Florida)

Angela Andrews

Name: Angela Andrews.
Died: December 6, 2011.
Age at death: 40.
Cause of death: Head trauma.
Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA.
Disability: Unspecified. “Disabled Army veteran”.

Details:
Angela was beaten to death by her boyfriend.

Case status:
Lorenzo Hull (Boyfriend), second-degree murder, sentenced to 33-35 years.

Source:
Hull gets identical sentence after appeal
Beating death conviction upheld, sentence tossed
Hull gets identical sentence after appeal
Warren County Man Charged In Girlfriend’s Death

Nalecia Hines

No Photo Name: Nalecia Hines.
Died: November 28, 2011.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Smothered, stabbed.
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Disability: Down syndrome.

Details:
Nalecia was smothered and stabbed to death by her mother.

Case status:
Carulus Hines (Mother). Shot by police.

Source:
Police shoot, kill mother stabbing child

7-year-old girl and 6-year-old boy

No Photo Age at death: 7.

Age at death: 6.

Names Unknown.
Died: November 12, 2011.
Cause of death: Murder-suicide.
Location: Martiguez, France.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
These two siblings were killed by their mother in a murder-suicide.

Case status:
Their mother, deceased.

Source:
Autism Memorial: 6-year-old male, 7-year-old Female, Name Unknown

Cordero Webber Jr.

No Photo Name: Cordero Webber Jr.
Died: November 4, 2011.
Age at death: 5 months.
Cause of death: Fatal abuse.
Location: Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Disability: None diagnosed; his parents claimed he was autistic.

Details:
Cordero’s parents abused and neglected him and explained away his malnourishment as a sign that he was autistic. Eventually, he died of head injuries from the abuse.

Case status:
Cordero Anthony Webber (Father), convicted of manslaughter and child neglect, sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Kierra Monet Hayes Laird (Mother), sentenced to one year in prison.

Source:
Autism Memorial: Cordero Webber Jr.
acksonville parents charged after malnourished baby’s blunt-trauma death
“Primary caretaker” dad on trial for beating death of 5-month-old son (Jacksonville, Florida)
Parents Face Felony Neglect Charge; Baby Died of Head Trauma, Had Other Past Injuries and Was Malnourished
Jurors convict Jacksonville man in son’s death

Julian Pintar

Photo of Julian Pintar. He is a young boy with dark curly hair, olive skin, and large dark brown eyes. Name: Julian Pintar.
Died: October 1, 2011.
Age at death: 11.
Cause of death: Hypothermia.
Location: Kandos, New South Wales, Australia.
Disability: Autism, neurocutaneous melanosis.

Details:
Julian died of long-term abuse and neglect. He had been tied to a chair for long periods of time, expected to sleep upright, in a garden shed. He had also been sprayed with cold water and then left in the shed, causing hypothermia which was particularly dangerous to this already thin boy, weakened by malnutrition. By the time he was found unresponsive and taken to the hospital, he was dead. An autopsy also found blood poisoning and internal injuries.

Case status:
Rudolph Pintar (Stepfather), pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
KP (Mother), charged with manslaughter.

Source:
Autism Memorial: Julian Pintar
Murdered boy was autistic: police
Pair charged with autistic boy’s murder
Man and woman charged with child’s death
Boy with autism died after being bound to chair and showered in cold water: court
Boy with autism ‘was bound to chair and showered in cold water’ before dying
Magician pleads guilty to unlawful death of autistic boy left to freeze in shed
Julian Pintar 2000-2011