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Kyoji Hattori

No PhotoName: Kyoji Hattori.
Died: September 7, 2017.
Age at death: 88.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Otaki, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Disability: Mobility impaired.

Details:
Police received a call from Mr. Hattori’s son, claiming that he had just killed his father. They arrived at Mr. Hattori’s house to find him strangled with a cord still around his neck, and arrested his son. His son allegedly admitted to strangling him because he “felt an uncertain future”.

Case status:
Kazuo Hattori (Son), arrested.

Source:
Man arrested over murder of 88-year-old father – Japan Today
Chiba man strangles father, 88, with electrical cord due to ‘uncertain future’

Dominique

No PhotoName: Dominique (last name unknown).
Died: August 30, 2017.
Age at death: 8.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Elda, Alicante, Spain.
Disability: Autism, epilepsy.

Details:
Dominique lived with his foster father and his foster father’s girlfriend. While the foster father was at work, his girlfriend strangled Dominique with a T-shirt; then she staged a home invasion and claimed she and the boy had been assaulted.

Inconsistencies in her story made the truth come out, and she was convicted of murder.

Case status:
Alejandra G. P. (foster father’s girlfriend), convicted of murder, sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

Source:
Prisión permanente revisable para la mujer que asesinó al hijo de acogida de su pareja
Las tres muertes de Dominique
«El niño de Elda murió estrangulado y la acusada sabía lo que hacía»
SHOCK CRIME: Woman on trial over autistic boy killing on the Costa Blanca
Pregnant woman raped while her 8-year-old boy murdered
8-year-old autistic boy murdered in Alicante as the killers raped his father’s pregnant partner
Child found dead, woman beaten, inside home in Spanish coastal town
Child’s murder and beating of pregnant woman shocks inland Spanish town
Investigan la muerte de un niño de 8 años y la agresión a la novia del padre de acogida
Investigan en Elda la muerte de un niño de 8 años y la agresión a la novia del padre de acogida
Elda despide con gran dolor al niño fallecido en el asalto a su piso
La Fiscalía pide prisión permanente revisable para la acusada de matar al hijo de su pareja en Elda
La fiscalía pide prisión permanente revisable para la acusada de asesinar en Elda al hijo de su pareja
Fiscalía pide prisión permanente revisable para la acusada de matar al hijo de su pareja en Elda
Piden la prisión permanente a la mujer que mató al hijo de su pareja en Elda
La fiscal reclama prisión permanente para la acusada de matar al hijo de su pareja en Elda
Piden prisión permanente revisable a la acusada de asesinar a un niño autista
Fiscalía pide prisión permanente revisable para la acusada de asesinar en Elda (Alicante) al hijo de su pareja

Hideko Mizutani

No PhotoName: Hideko Mizutani.
Died: August 28, 2017.
Age at death: 90.
Cause of death: Stabbing.
Location: Yokohama, Japan.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.

Details:
Ms. Mizutani’s grandson allegedly admitted to police that he had killed her by stabbing her in the neck.

Case status:
Taisuke Mikami (Grandson), arrested on suspicion of murder.

Source:
34-year-old man arrested over murder of 90-year-old grandmother

Aishika Sarkar

No PhotoName: Aishika “Shreya” Sarkar.
Died: August 27, 2017.
Age at death: 7.
Cause of death: Fall injuries.
Location: J. P. Nagar, Bengaluru, India.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Shreya was “screaming and being stubborn”, so her mother allegedly decided to kill her. Shreya’s mother allegedly threw her off the third-floor balcony. Neighbors say that when she saw that Shreya was still breathing, she carried Shreya back up the stairs and threw her off the balcony again. This time, the impact killed Shreya.

Shreya’s neighbors chased down and captured Shreya’s mother and tied her to a telephone pole, then called the authorities.

When she died, Shreya had just begun to learn how to talk.

Case status:
Swathi Sarkar (Mother), charged with murder.

Source:
Autism Memorial: Aishika Sarkar
‘We shouldn’t say Swati killed her child… hers was cry of desperation’
7-Year-Old B’Luru Girl Dies After Being Thrown Off Building Twice
7-year-old girl dies after her mother throws her off a terrace twice in Bengaluru
Bengaluru 9-Year-Old Survived First Fall; Mother Threw Her Off Roof Again
Bengaluru: Depressed woman flings daughter from third floor building, twice
Bengaluru: Mentally unstable mother throws 7-year-old girl off a building, twice!
Bengaluru: Mother throws differently-abled daughter off terrace twice, kills her
Evil mum killed her little girl, 7, by throwing her off a roof terrace… so an angry mob strung her up to telephone post and beat her GE
Flung twice from terrace by mother, seven-year-old child dies in Bengaluru
Here is why this mother threw 7-year-old daughter from fourth floor, killed her
Mother kills her 7-year-old daughter by flinging her from the terrace of a 4-storey building twice
Nine-year-old girl dies after mother throws her from terrace
Bengaluru horror: Woman killed seven-year-old child to ‘teach’ husband a lesson, say the police

Howard Quick

No PhotoName: Howard Quick.
Died: August 27, 2017.
Age at death: 66.
Cause of death: Malnutrition, sepsis.
Location: Gaylord, Michigan, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.

Details:
Howard’s caregivers, who were living with him and using his disability payments as their own money, neglected him; he died of malnutrition and sepsis from infected pressure sores.

Case status:
Shawn Winkelman (Non-professional caregiver), charged with involuntary manslaughter, vulnerable adult abuse, and embezzlement, sentenced to 10 years 5 months to 22 years 6 months.
Ashley Robinson (Caregiver’s girlfriend), convicted of embezzlement of less than $200 from a vulnerable adult; sentenced to 183 days probation and $895 fine.

Source:
Lewiston man sentenced on involuntary manslaughter of vulnerable adult
Otsego County couple charged in connection with death of ‘vulnerable adult’
Caregiver, girlfriend charged after man dies while in their care

Rookiya

No PhotoName: Rookiya.
Died: August 25, 2017.
Age at death: 5 months.
Cause of death: Drowning.
Location: Amruthanagar, Andhra, India.
Disability: Hydrocephalus.

Details:
Rookiya’s mother had no money for big-city medical treatment, and Rookiya’s neighbors had started referring to her as a “demon child” because of her large head. When her father came home to find Rookiya drowned in the washtub, police arrested and questioned her mother, who, they say, confessed to killing her daughter.

Authorities noted that the area has a district hospital and four children’s homes that are meant to help children like Rookiya.

Case status:
Shaik Fatima (Mother), charged with murder.

Source:
Too poor to afford her medical care, Andhra mother kills her own baby girl

Ann Marie Boardman

No PhotoName: Ann Marie Lawlor Boardman.
Died: August 10, 2017.
Age at death: 70.
Cause of death: Sepsis.
Location: Bellows Falls, Vermont, USA.
Disability: Stroke; mobility impaired.

Details:
Ann Marie’s daughter neglected her; she died from infected bedsores for which her daughter made no attempt to seek medical care.

She worked many jobs over her lifetime, including being co-owner of a laundromat and ice cream shop.

Case status:
Nancy Boardman (Daughter), pleaded guilty to neglect of a vulnerable adult resulting in serious bodily injury; given an 8-year suspended sentence.

Source:
Obituary for Ann Marie (Lawlor) Boardman
Woman pleads guilty to neglect, abuse charge in mother’s death

5-year-old girl

No PhotoName Unknown.
Died: August 6, 2017.
Age at death: 5.
Cause of death: Fatal abuse.
Location: Jahra, Kuwait.
Disability: Special needs.

Details:
For two months, this five-year-old girl was beaten and burned by her mother and her mother’s boyfriend because they “wanted to get rid of her” and resented her for the attention she needed. She died from a particularly vicious beating, and only then did her mother finally call the police, claiming that her daughter had fallen from a window.

Case status:
Mother and mother’s boyfriend, both convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death.

Source:
Boyfriend, woman hearing adjourned in disabled girl’s killing
Woman, boyfriend sentenced to death in disabled girl’s murder
Mother, boyfriend sentenced to death for killing special-needs daughter
Kuwaiti mother sentenced to death for murdering her disabled daughter
Kuwaiti mother and boyfriend kill 5-year-old daughter, get death sentence
Kuwait Sentences Mother, Boyfriend to Death for Killing Daughter with Special Needs
Five year old girl murdered by mother and her boyfriend

Dadirai Mashonga

No PhotoName: Dadirai Mashonga.
Died: July 13, 2017.
Age at death: 40.
Cause of death: Traumatic injury.
Location: Magunje, Zimbabwe.
Disability: Deaf.

Details:
When a local businessman offered him $4000 for a human head to use for a ritual, Dadirai’s brother allegedly waited until she was alone, killed her with an axe, and decapitated her.

Case status:
Robert Tazvireva, charged with murder.
Samuel Mashonga (Brother), charged with murder.

Source:
Beheading haunts family
Tempers flare at Karoi ritual murder funeral
Hurungwe man beheads sister
Man beheads sister, two bodies decompose in huts
Villagers burn ritual murder suspect’s business complex
Zimbabwe: Man offered $4,000 for human head, beheads sister
20-year-old offered $4,000 for human head, beheads his 40-year-old sister
Man who beheaded sister for $4000 and businessman appear in court
HORROR RITUAL MURDER: Court Told How Man Stabbed, Beheaded Sister For Local Businessman

James Walker

No PhotoName: James Walker.
Died: July 11, 2017.
Age at death: 72.
Cause of death: Traumatic injury.
Location: Glendale, Arizona, USA.
Disability: Disabled veteran; wheelchair user.

Details:
James was murdered by his stepson because he refused to get out of bed.

Case status:
Heath Allen McConkey (Stepson), convicted of second-degree murder, sentenced to 13 years.

Source:
Glendale man accused of beating disabled stepfather to death
Glendale police: Man beat disabled stepfather to death
Glendale man allegedly beat disabled stepdad to death
Final release order and order regarding counsel
Glendale man accused of fatally beating disabled stepfather
Arizona Man Allegedly Beat Disabled Stepdad to Death for Not Getting Out of Bed
Glendale man accused of beating disabled stepfather to death pleads not guilty
Glendale Man Pleads Not Guilty to Fatally Beating Stepfather