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Maura Flores

No PhotoName: Maura Nava Flores.
Died: December 18, 2021.
Age at death: 79.
Cause of death: Hypothermia.
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia.

Details:
Maura’s body was found by the side of the road where she had died from exposure. When police questioned her niece, she reportedly admitted to dropping Maura at the side of the road because she was having incontinence issues and the Salvation Army shelter looked full.

Case Status:
Rosamaria Moreno (Niece), charged with murder.

Sources:
Police: Woman caretaker faces murder charge, didn’t notice aunt was missing for 4 days
Nevada Woman Charged With Murder After Allegedly Dumping 79-Year-OId Aunt on the Road at Night and Not Noticing She Was Missing Until 4 Days Later
Las Vegas Woman Charged With Murder After Elderly Aunt Found Dead On Side Of Road
Las Vegas caretaker accused of dumping elderly aunt’s body on the side of the road

Bobby Laws

No PhotoName: Bobby Laws.
Died: December 15, 2021.
Age at death: 62.
Cause of death: Pressure ulcers, malnutrition.
Location: Augusta, Georgia, USA.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
Bobby was brought to the emergency room emaciated with severe pressure sores and lacerations. He died 10 days later in the hospital. After a coroner’s investigation, police arrested Bobby’s daughter on charges of having neglected him and denied him adequate food and medical care.

Case Status:
Dianna Laws (Daughter), charged with neglect and exploitation.

Sources:
Woman arrested for elder abuse, coroner investigating death of father
Death of disabled Augusta man being investigated by coroner’s office for neglect

Svetlana Shiryaeva

No PhotoName: Svetlana Shiryaeva (Светлана Ширяева).
Died: December 13, 2021.
Age at death: 23.
Cause of death: Poisoning.
Location: Aleksandrovka, Saratov, Russia.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.

Details:
Svetlana lived with her mother and her young nieces and nephews. She and the three children, ages 3, 5, and 7, died from poisoning, and at first it was thought that they had all been poisoned with insecticide that was used on their house. But, months later, the young woman’s mother went to police and allegedly confessed that she had poisoned a meal she had made for all four.

Case Status:
Лидия Ширяева (Lidia Shiryaeva) (Mother), arrested on suspicion of murder.

Sources:
Gran kills her three grandchildren and disabled daughter with poison-laced meal
Женщина из Александровки убила трех внуков и родную дочь молочным супом | Живая Кубань
Принесла пакетик с отравой и разложила детям по тарелочкам: в Саратовской области задержали женщину, подозреваемую в отравлении дочери и троих внуков
Подсыпала отраву в суп: под Саратовом женщина отравила троих внуков и дочь-инвалида (ВИДЕО)

Uday Sai

No PhotoName: Uday Sai.
Died: December 13, 2021.
Age at death: 10.
Cause of death: Drowning.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Disability: Unspecified congenital condition.

Details:
Uday’s father pushed him into a water sump and closed the lid on him; then he hung himself. Uday’s mother, who had been asleep, woke up to find his body. She had recently quit her job to care for him.

Case Status:
Suresh (Father), deceased.

Sources:
Karnataka: Man kills son with special needs before ending his own life

Salisu Surakatu

No PhotoName: Salisu Surakatu.
Died: November 24, 2021.
Age at death: 94.
Cause of death: Machete injuries.
Location: Kara Ewumi Village, Mowe, Ogun, Nigeria.
Disability: Blind.

Details:
Salisu’s brother came to his house, and the two had an argument because Salisu had sold a piece of property and not given his brother some of the proceeds. Salisu was unable to defend himself, or even see that his brother was armed, when his brother allegedly killed him with a machete.

Case Status:
Moshood Habibu (Brother), charged with murder.

Sources:
78-year-old man kills blind brother over land dispute in Ogun

Yoshihito and Yoshio Ohashi

No PhotoName: Yoshihito Ohashi.
Age at death: 32.
Disability: Unspecified; bedridden.

Name: Yoshio Ohashi.
Age at death: 65.
Disability: Stroke.

Died: November 17, 2021.
Cause of death: Fire.
Location: Asahi, Chiba, Japan.

Details:
Yoshihito and Yoshio, father and son, died in a house fire. Police arrested their wife and mother, who they say confessed to setting the fire because she was tired of caring for them.

Case Status:
Toshiko Ohashi (Wife/Mother), arrested on suspicion of murder.

Sources:
Woman arrested over arson-murders of bedridden husband, son
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Idosa presa pelo incêndio criminoso e homicídio do marido e filho
Woman held over murders of husband, son to undergo psychiatric evaluation

Violet Walcott

No PhotoName: 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
Bedridden woman chopped to death
Bedridden 76-y-o woman brutally stabbed to death; grandson held | Loop Jamaica
Elderly female farmer chopped to death

Richard Wix Jr.

No PhotoName: Richard B. Wix Jr.
Died: September 23, 2021.
Age at death: 30.
Cause of death: Medical neglect.
Location: Glasgow, Kentucky, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Richard’s body was found in his home, where he lived with his father, about a week after his death. The home itself was in such bad shape that it was condemned; Richard’s father was arrested on suspicion of having fatally neglected or abused him. Officials say he “did not seek appropriate medical attention” for Richard.

Case Status:
Richard Len Wix (Father), convicted of abusing/neglecting an adult, sentenced to 5 years.

Sources:
Autism Memorial: Richard Wix Jr.
New details released in Glasgow reckless homicide case
Nonverbal, autistic man dies; father charged with reckless homicide
Father charged after death of son with autism
Police: Barren Co. father culpable in death of special needs son | K105

Unknown Boy

No PhotoUnknown Boy.
Died: September 15, 2021.
Age at death: Child.
Cause of death: Acetaminophen/dipenhydramine intoxication.
Location: Weston, Florida, USA.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.

Details:
This boy, whose name has not been released, was found emaciated, covered in bedsores, and unresponsive, and could not be revived. A post-mortem examination established that he had died from poisoning with over-the-counter medicines. Police believe the boy’s death was a deliberate act.

Case Status:
Lashawn Hampton (Caregiver), charged with first-degree murder.

Sources:
Woman Facing Murder Charge in Boy’s Death at Weston Home: BSO
Weston Woman Charged With First Degree Murder After Bedridden Neglected Juvenile Found Dead
Weston woman arrested months after child found dead in her home, deputies say
Florida Woman from Private Community Accused of Murdering ‘Bedridden’ Boy with Lethal Dose of Over-the-Counter Drugs
WESTON WOMAN ARRESTED FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER

78-year-old woman

No PhotoName Unknown.
Died: September 15, 2021.
Age at death: 78.
Cause of death: Unspecified homicide.
Location: Seoul, South Korea.
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease.

Details:
This 78-year-old was killed in a homicide-suicide by her husband, who left a note that said, “I am taking her with me.”

Case Status:
Her husband, deceased.

Source:
Murder-suicide attributed to Alzheimer’s fatigue