Remembering the Disabled Murdered by Caregivers
Name: Asma Akter.
Died: April 26, 2020.
Age at death: 30.
Cause of death: Burns and/or smoke inhalation.
Location: Gazipur, Bangladesh.
Disability: Developmental disability.
Details:
Asma’s family chained her up, then left her alone at home. An electrical fire destroyed the home, killing Asma.
Case status:
Abdul Kader (Family), unknown status.
Source:
Mentally challenged woman burn to death in Gazipur house fire
Bangladesh: Mentally challenged woman charred to death
Name: Damian B. Scott.
Died: April 26, 2020.
Age at death: 43.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Bloomingdale, Illinois, USA.
Disability: Blind, unable to walk, unspecified mental disability.
Details:
Scott’s uncle strangled him to death. An autopsy found that Scott had survived at least one previous strangulation attempt.
Case status:
Dominick Taylor (Uncle), convicted of first-degree murder, sentenced to 50 years and must serve all of his sentence.
Source:
Man sentenced to 50 years for killing disabled nephew
Bloomingdale man accused of killing disabled nephew back in Illinois
Bond Set At $2M For Bloomingdale Man Charged With First Degree Murder
Name: Ramdas Ishwar Dahikar.
Died: April 21, 2020.
Age at death: 47.
Cause of death: Poisoning.
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India.
Disability: Unspecified.
Details:
Ramdas’s wife and her boyfriend reported his death as a natural one, but police say that when they were questioned, the two admitted to poisoning him.
Case status:
Kanchan (Wife), charged with murder.
Ajay Shankar Chitalwar, charged with murder.
Name: Sirshendu Mallick.
Died: April 18, 2020.
Age at death: 45.
Cause of death: Strangulation.
Location: Kolkata, India.
Disability: Physical disability.
Details:
Sirshendu’s father went to the police station and reported that he had strangled Sirshendu because he would not put on a face mask when he left the house.
Case status:
Banshidhar Mallick (Father), charged with murder.
Source:
Kolkata: Man strangulates son with disability for ‘not wearing mask’ while stepping out
Name: James Samuels.
Age at death: 69.
Disability: Leg amputee.
Name: Janet Samuels.
Age at death: 67.
Disability: Unspecified disability.
Name: Lachesta “Shasta” Childs.
Age at death: 47.
Disability: Autism.
Died: March 31, 2020.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Macon, Georgia, USA.
Details:
After Janet’s sister’s boyfriend assaulted her sister and Janet tried to intervene, James, Janet, and Shasta were shot by the boyfriend of Janet’s sister, who then proceeded to kidnap his two-year-old son. Janet’s sister escaped to safety; the toddler was rescued unhurt after a police standoff ended in the killer’s arrest.
Janet leaves behind a twin sister; her sister remembers that the two were inseparable until Janet’s death.
Case Status:
Caesar Crockett (Sister’s boyfriend), convicted of three counts of murder and kidnapping, sentenced to life without parole.
Sources:
‘You need to die in the penitentiary’: Macon man convicted of triple murder and kidnapping
Autism Memorial: Lachesta Childs
Name: Vanita Nowell.
Died: March 8, 2020.
Age at death: 68.
Cause of death: TBI, fractured ribs and spine.
Location: Peckham, London, England, UK.
Disability: Dementia.
Details:
Vanita’s son beat her so severely she died from her injuries, which included dozens of fractures and bleeding into her brain. He claimed her injuries were due to falls related to her dementia, but was convicted of murder.
Case Status:
Steffon Hewitt (Son), convicted of murder, sentenced to 21 years to life.
Sources:
Peckham man who beat own mum to death and said fractured ribs were ‘from CPR’ sentenced to 21 years
Man who said mother’s rib and spine fractures were from dementia-related falls guilty of murder
Murderer claimed mother’s fatal injuries were due to her dementia
Name: Mitsuo Oshima.
Died: March 7, 2020.
Age at death: 72.
Cause of death: Unspecified homicide.
Location: Saitama, Japan.
Disability: Unspecified; required caregiver.
Details:
Mitsuo’s wife was arrested on suspicion of killing him. Reportedly, she was tired of being his caregiver.
Case status:
Hitomi Oshima (Wife), arrested.
Source:
71-year-old woman arrested over murder of ailing husband
Name: Shoko Takahashi.
Died: March 4, 2020.
Age at death: 82.
Cause of death: Fatal beating.
Location: Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Disability: Unspecified; bedridden.
Details:
Shoko’s son allegedly beat her to death because she wouldn’t take her medicine. He said he was “tired of being her caregiver”.
Case status:
Noboru Takahashi (Son), arrested on suspicion of murder.
Source:
52-year-old man charged with killing 82-year-old mother
Name: Michiko Hayashi.
Died: March 3, 2020.
Age at death: 72.
Cause of death: Stabbing.
Location: Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
Disability: Dementia.
Details:
Michiko’s son stabbed her to death before committing suicide.
Case status:
Shingo Hayashi (Son), deceased.
Source:
Woman, 41-year-old son dead in apparent murder-suicide
Name: Marvat Gerges.
Died: February 22, 2020.
Age at death: 58.
Cause of death: Strangulation.
Location: Merrick, New York, USA.
Disability: Rheumatoid arthritis.
Details:
Marvat and her husband got into an argument over sink repairs, which her husband escalated by strangling her to death.
Case status:
John Gerges (Husband), pled guilty to first-degree manslaughter; sentenced to 21 years and five years post-release supervision.
Source:
Merrick man sentenced to 21 years for wife’s strangulation
Police: Man arrested for allegedly strangling his wife to death in their Merrick home
Merrick man charged in wife’s killing pleads not guilty