Remembering the Disabled Murdered by Caregivers
Name Unknown.
Died: July 15, 2021.
Age at death: 60s.
Cause of death: Beating.
Location: Draubuta Village, Navosa, Fiji.
Disability: Unspecified; bedridden.
Details:
This man’s son allegedly got drunk and beat him to death.
Case Status:
Korotolu Tasere (Son), charged with murder.
Source:
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Police hunt for man alleged to have assaulted bedridden dad to his death
Draubuta Villager Dead: Police Search For Suspect
Name: Shuji Sugisawa.
Died: July 7, 2021.
Age at death: 93.
Cause of death: Broken neck.
Location: Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Disability: Wheelchair user.
Details:
Mr. Sugisawa died of a broken neck. Police say his son admitted to them that he had grabbed his father and shaken him violently, and that he had abused his father before by deliberately burning him.
Case Status:
Tatsuya Sugisawa (Son), arrested.
Sources:
Man arrested over death of 93-year-old father in 2021
Name: Ekadashi Swain.
Died: July 4, 2021.
Age at death: 38.
Cause of death: Beaten.
Location: Khasadi village, Kendrapara, Odisha, India.
Disability: Unspecified; physically challenged.
Details:
Ekadashi was on his way home from the field when his cousin and some accomplices allegedly ambushed him and bludgeoned him to death with a plank. Police say the motive was a property dispute.
Case Status:
Santosh Swain (Cousin), wanted for murder.
Nidhiram Swain (Relative), wanted for murder.
Unnamed woman, wanted for murder.
Source:
Disabled Person Beaten To Death By ‘Cousin’ In Kendrapada | Odisha (Caution: Censored graphic image.)
Differently-abled man stoned to death over land dispute
Name: Deborah Diamond.
Died: June 30, 2021.
Age at death: 73.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Sheffield, Ohio, USA.
Disability: Chronic illness, chronic pain.
Details:
Deborah’s husband shot her. She was hospitalized, but died 23 days later from her injuries.
Case Status:
Ronald Diamond (Husband), pleaded no contest to aggravated murder, murder, and felonious assault; sentenced to life without parole.
Sources:
Court rejects Sheffield man’s appeal in wife’s 2021 murder
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Name: Winifred Grover.
Died: June 21, 2021.
Age at death: 89.
Cause of death: Smothered.
Location: Grays, Essex, England, UK.
Disability: Dementia.
Details:
Winifred’s daughter killed her mother by smothering her. In court, she admitted to the killing, but claimed that she was so depressed from the stress of caregiving that she should not be blamed for her actions.
Case Status:
Cheryl Banks (Daughter), charged with murder; cleared of murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility, sentenced to 2 years in prison, suspended for 2 years, and a 90 day rehabilitation order.
Sources:
Daughter sentenced for killing dementia-stricken mother in ‘truly tragic case’
Daughter killed mum over false fears she was going to prison, court hears
Essex woman smothered dementia-stricken mum to death, court hears
Woman, 60, ‘smothered mother, 89, to death’, court hears
Court told how daughter killed her dementia-stricken mother at their Grays home and then tried to kill herself
Woman, 60, cleared of murder after smothering dementia-stricken mother, 89
Name: Ayan Shaikh.
Died: June 15, 2021.
Age at death: 8.
Cause of death: Homicide.
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Disability: Global developmental delay.
Details:
Ayan and his mother Aliya were killed by his father, who then committed suicide. According to police, the couple often argued about Ayan’s disability.
Case Status:
Abid Shaikh (Father), deceased.
Source:
Woman, her son found murdered in different areas of Pune; police look for missing husband
India News | Woman-child Murder: Husband Still Missing, Multiple Probe Teams Formed
Pune woman-son murder case: Husband’s body found, suicide suspected
Pune Man’s Body Found After ‘Murder’ of Wife, 8-year-old Autistic Child
Pune: Missing man found dead days after his wife and son were murdered, cops suspect suicide
Name: Rahim Gulab Sahikh.
Died: June 8, 2021.
Age at death: 67.
Cause of death: Strangled; throat cut.
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Disability: Unspecified chronic illness.
Details:
Rahim was found in his home, having been killed two days earlier by strangulation and having his throat cut. Police, who arrested his son, say Rahim’s son said he had done it to “rid him of his suffering”. Rahim’s son had a history of violence; his wife had left him after he attacked her with a knife.
Case Status:
Nayeem Rahim Shaikh (Son), accused of murder.
Source:
Pune: Man Kills Bedridden Father After COVID-19 Test, Keeps Body At Home For Two Days
Name Unknown.
Died: June 7, 2021.
Age at death: 72.
Cause of death: Suffocation.
Location: Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, USA.
Disability: Parkinson’s disease, diabetes.
Details:
The 72-year-old woman was found in her burning house; she had been dead for several days. Her granddaughter was arrested on suspicion of smothering her and setting the house on fire.
She enjoyed listening to music from the 1950’s; on TV she watched the evening news, the Price is Right, Law and Order, Forensic Files and Jeopardy.
Case Status:
Elizabeth M. Durkee (granddaughter), pleaded guilty to first-degree intentional homicide and arson; sentenced to 22 years to life.
Source:
Fort Atkinson woman sentenced to life in prison for killing grandmother, setting fire to house
Homicide defendant alleges grandmother’s death was mercy killing
Homicide charges filed against Fort woman accused of killing grandmother in fatal house fire
Homicide charges filed against Fort Atkinson woman after fatal house fire
Woman facing murder, arson charges in connection to fatal Fort Atkinson fire
Fort Atkinson woman charged with arson and homicide in grandmother’s death, discovered after fire
Name: Eileen Pearce.
Died: June 5, 2021.
Age at death: 89.
Cause of death: Smothered.
Location: Bexleyheath, London, England, UK.
Disability: Dementia.
Details:
Eileen’s son smothered her.
Case Status:
Kevin Pearce (Son), pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility, sentenced to “240 days of unpaid work and a 30-day rehabilitation requirement”.
Sources:
Bexleyheath son who smothered mum with dementia to death is spared jail
Son Spared Jail for “Mercy Killing” of Dementia-Suffering Mother
Carer admits smothering his dementia-suffering mum, 89, in her own bed
Bexleyheath carer admits to killing his dementia-suffering bedbound mum at home
Tam (Family name unknown).
Died: April 24, 2021.
Age at death: 85.
Cause of death: Murder-suicide.
Location: North Point, Hong Kong.
Disability: Parkinson’s disease.
Details:
Tam, age 85, was killed by her husband, who then killed himself. The case was initially thought to be a double suicide before evidence came to light that Tam had been murdered.
Case status:
Yung (Husband); deceased. Ruled murder-suicide.
Source:
Hong Kong police reclassify case to murder-suicide after evidence suggests elderly man might have killed his chronically ill wife before hanging himself
Tragic couple end struggle in death pact