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3-year-old girl

No PhotoName Unknown.
Died: September 20, 2020.
Age at death: 3.
Cause of death: Homicide.
Location: Cherus Village, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya.
Disability: Paralysis.

Details:
When this 3-year-old girl vanished, police questioned her parents. Police say her parents admitted to killing her because she was “a nuisance” and “to save their love”, and that they led police to her body, which was buried in the woods. Neighbors said that they usually locked the little girl in the house alone while they went to work as day laborers.

Case status:
Charity Cheruto (Mother), charged with murder.
Timoth Lihanya (Father), charged with murder.

Source:
Couple admits killing and burying disabled daughter
What Is The World Turning Into, A Couple Admits Killing Their Disabled Child
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Pauline Lankford

No PhotoName: Pauline Lankford.
Died: September 15, 2020.
Age at death: 87.
Cause of death: Dehydration, malnutrition, infection.
Location: Blythe, Georgia, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Pauline’s family allegedly left her sitting on a chair in the living room. When she died from dehydration, malnutrition, and multiple infected pressure sores, she had not been fed, bathed, or given medication for a significant length of time.

Case status
Clifton Brady (Son-in-law), charged with murder, elder neglect, and neglect of a disabled adult.
Cynthia Brady (Daughter), charged with murder and elder neglect.

Source:
Murder indictment returned against couple in elderly Blythe woman’s death
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Warrant: Man withheld food, medication from 87-year-old Blythe woman found dead

Unknown Elder Woman

No PhotoName Unknown.
Died: September 10, 2020.
Age at death: Elder.
Cause of death: Hypoxia.
Location: Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
Disability: Stroke, paralysis.

Details:
This woman was in the hospital for a urinary tract infection when her husband allegedly smothered her. She died five days after the incident from hypoxic encephalopathy (lack of oxygen to the brain), kidney infection, and pneumonia.

Case status:
Tsai Wan-liang (Husband), charged with domestic homicide.

Source:
Elderly man in Taiwan kills bedridden wife, tells nurses she is ‘finally free’ from her pain
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Jonathan Lambert

No PhotoName: Jonathan Lambert.
Died: September 9, 2020.
Age at death: 19.
Cause of death: Malnutrition.
Location: Pearl River, Louisiana, USA.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
When they found Jonathan unresponsive, his family members called emergency services. Responders arrived to find that he had died; he appeared “severely malnourished and neglected”. Investigating further, they found Jonathan’s adoptive father and two of his adopted siblings alive, but suffering from dehydration, starvation, and neglect. Jonathan’s adoptive mother was arrested; another caregiver, whom authorities said was equally responsible, died before trial.

Case Status:
Sharon Lambert (Adoptive mother), charged with manslaughter and three charges of cruelty to the infirm.
Dianne Hester (Caregiver), deceased.

Sources:
Slidell woman indicted, accused of neglecting disabled people
Pearl River Woman Arrested on Warrants Stemming from Son’s 2020 Death

63-year-old man

No PhotoName Unknown.
Died: September 7, 2020.
Age at death: 63.
Cause of death: Traumatic injury.
Location: Sabot, Lopburi, Thailand.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
This 63-year-old man’s body was found on the side of the road with severe injuries to his skull, ribs, and shoulders. When police searched his house, they found bloody laundry that someone had been trying to wash. They arrested his daughter on suspicion of murder.

Case status:
His daughter was arrested on suspicion of murder. Police are still searching for a possible accomplice.

Source:
Woman held on suspicion of murdering disabled father
Woman suspected of murdering disabled father

Nancy Arnold

No PhotoName: Nancy Arnold.
Died: September 5, 2020.
Age at death: 78.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.

Details:
Police say that Nancy’s brother fatally shot her, then tried to kill himself. Her brother recovered from his injuries and was arrested, but Nancy died at the scene.

Case status:
William Lokay (Brother), charged with first-degree murder; died in 2022.

Source:
PD: 73-year-old Valley man accused of shooting, killing sister
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Fat-lun Wong

No PhotoName: Fat-lun Wong.
Died: September 5, 2020.
Age at death: 21.
Cause of death: Suffocation.
Location: Hong Kong, China.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
Investigators believe that Fat-lun’s mother strangled him with a plastic tablecloth.

Fat-lun was a student at Tsui Tsin Tong School, a residential care home for children with intellectual disabilities. At age 21, he had just grown too old to stay there.

Case status:
Xueping Chen (Mother), pleaded guilty to manslaughter; sentenced to 1 year, to be served in a psychiatric hospital to treat her depression.

Source:
Hong Kong mother sent to psychiatric ward for killing mentally disabled son
Hong Kong police arrest mother after son dies in suspected murder-suicide bid
Mom held at hospital over death of handicapped son
Mother charged over handicapped son’s death

Yoko Shinya

No PhotoName: Yoko Shinya.
Died: September 4, 2020.
Age at death: 76.
Cause of death: Suffocation.
Location: Saitama, Japan.
Disability: A chronic diease.

Details:
Ms. Shinya’s son allegedly strangled her as she lay in her hospital bed. Hospital staff reported that they saw him trying to kill her and intervened, but she had been badly hurt and died hours later. Police say her son told them he “couldn’t bear watching” and wanted to “make her comfortable”.

Case status:
Akira Shinya (Son), arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

Source:
Man arrested over murder of ailing mother in hospital
Saitama: Man, 50, strangles ill mother in hospital

Shanthi

No PhotoName: Shanthi.
Died: September 2, 2020.
Age at death: 48.
Cause of death: Poisoning.
Location: Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
Shanthi’s father allegedly poisoned her and himself. Neighbors heard Shanthi screaming and rushed her to the hospital, but it was too late and she died. Police said he was worried about providing for her.

Case status:
Chellaiya (Father), deceased. Ruled murder-suicide.

Source:
Pudukkottai man poisons intellectually disabled daughter, kills himself later

Abhijit Rajak

No PhotoName: Abhijit Rajak.
Died: September 1, 2020.
Age at death: 30.
Cause of death: Head trauma.
Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
Abhijeet’s uncle and sister-in-law allegedly murdered him by beating him to death with a shovel. Police say they tried to make it look like someone had robbed the family and killed Abhijeet by throwing two of the family’s bicycles into a pond; but some days later, a neighbor hooked a bicycle on their fishhook and revealed the fraud.

Case status:
Chandan Rajak (Uncle), charged with murder, voluntarily causing hurt for robbery, and conspiracy to commit a crime.
Priyanka Rajak (Sister-in-law), charged with murder, voluntarily causing hurt for robbery, and conspiracy to commit a crime.

Source:
Murder arrests from within family
Kin held for murder of 30-year-old in Kolkata’s Topsia