Category: Relationship: Offspring

Child by birth or adoption.

James Chewning

Photo of an elderly man with neat gray hair and fair skin, wearing glasses and Methodist religious vestments.Name: James Chewning.
Died: November 1, 2017.
Age at death: 79.
Cause of death: Blunt force trauma, sepsis.
Location: Saluda, South Carolina, USA.
Disability: Stroke.

Details:
James’s stepson, who had financial power of attorney over him, took him out of the retirement home where he had lived since his stroke. To access his money, his stepson tied him to the bed and gagged him, refusing him medical care and beating him while he drained James’s bank account. James died from abuse and neglect.

James was a retired Methodist minister. He is remembered as “a man of God”, mentor to his community, kind and caring.

Case status:
Donald Chewning (Stepson), pleaded guilty to abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult resulting in death, sentenced to 22 years.
Kathy Laine Chewning (Daughter-in-law), convicted of neglect of a vulnerable adult resulting in death, sentenced to 14 years.
Amber Nicole Trent (Granddaughter), charged with abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult resulting in death.
Nicole Krystyn Chewning (Granddaughter), charged with abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult resulting in death.

Source:
Man gets 22 years for abusing elderly SC Methodist minister to death
Saluda man handed 22-year sentence after stepfather died of neglect
Fourth arrest made in case of former reverend found dead and bound to bed

William Dubois

No PhotoName: William Dubois.
Died: October 14, 2017.
Age at death: 91.
Cause of death: Blunt force trauma.
Location: Sun City West, Arizona, USA.
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease.

Details:
When William died from blunt-force trauma, he had twenty-six broken ribs in different stages of healing. His daughter was arrested on suspicion of beating him to death.

William was a retired accountant who had served in the US Navy during World War II. He lived to see ten great-grandchildren born.

Case status:
Susan Marcinko (Daughter), charged with manslaughter.

Source:
MCSO: Woman arrested in connection to death of her father in Sun City after fight
Find a Grave: William Melvin DuBois
Woman says 91-year-old father attacked her; his autopsy shows 26 broken ribs
Woman arrested in death of 91-year-old father at Sun City West home
Maricopa County Woman Charged In Father’s Death
Daughter charged with the murder of nonagenarian father claims he made sexual advances towards her

Yuk-Kwai Liu

No PhotoName: Yuk-Kwai Liu.
Died: October 8, 2017.
Age at death: 77.
Cause of death: Knife wounds.
Location: Kwai Chung, Hong Kong.
Disability: Chronic illness (heart and kidney disease; arthritis), wheelchair user.

Details:
Ms. Liu’s son decided it was “too tough” to take care of her, so he allegedly stabbed her to death.

Case status:
Mr. Lee (Son), charged with murder.

Source:
Woman, 77, found dead at home after son jumps from window
Suicide bid of son fails as mom found hacked dead
Man, 34, arrested in killing of ill mother

Jayashreeben Nathwani

Photo of Jayashreeben Nathwani, an elderly woman with light skin and brown hair, wearing a red nightshirt decorated with flowers. She is being supported by someone from behind. The image is indistinct and blurry.Name: Jayashreeben Nathwani.
Died: September 27, 2017.
Age at death: 64.
Cause of death: Fall injuries.
Location: Rajkot, Gujarat, India.
Disability: Mobility impaired due to stroke.

Details:
Jayashree had been bedbound for two months after a stroke. Her son, who cared for her, grew tired of doing so. He took her to the roof terrace of their building and threw her off, trying to pass it off as a suicide. But someone sent an anonymous letter to the police, urging them to investigate further. Police found a CCTV video which revealed that Jayashree did not have the mobility to get over the railing of the terrace herself, and her son was arrested for murder.

Case status:
Sandeep Nathwani (Son), convicted of murder, sentenced to life.

Source:
Gujarat: Rajkot professor gets life imprisonment for killing mother
Ghastly Murder of an Ailing Mother by Son Caught on Camera (VIDEO)
Shocking! Rajkot Professor Throws Sick Mother Off Terrace, Killing Her
Son allegedly murders mother, throws her off the terrace in Rajkot
ब्रेन हैमरेज के बाद बिस्तर पर थी मां, पीछा छुड़ाने के लिए प्रोफेसर बेटे ने छत से फेंक कर किया मर्डर

Swarna Kapoor

Photo of Swarna Kapoor. She has fair skin, a round face, and dark brown hair neatly pulled back. She is wearing glasses and has a dark-red bindi on her forehead. Her dress is red with a wide yellow collar.Name: Swarna Kapoor.
Died: September 26, 2017.
Age at death: 62.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: New Delhi, India.
Disability: Mobility impaired.

Details:
When Swarna saw her daughter-in-law hitting her grandchildren, she stepped in and tried to protect the children. Her daughter-in-law grew angry and allegedly bludgeoned her to death with her own walker.

Case status:
Kanchan Kapoor (Daughter-in-law), charged with murder.

Source:
Woman bludgeons handicapped mother-in-law to death, burns body
Delhi woman kills 62-year-old handicapped mother-in-law
Woman bumps off her disabled mother-in-law
Woman beats disabled mother-in-law to death, burns body

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’

Margaret Sims

Photo of Margaret Sims, an elderly woman with pale skin and dark-gray hair pulled back in a hair band. She is wearing a black shirt and a gold pendant necklace.Name: Margaret Rose Sims.
Died: August 20, 2017.
Age at death: 70.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Stanford-le-Hope, England, UK.
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease.

Details:
Margaret was strangled by her daughter.

Case status:
Keeley Barnard (Daughter), convicted of murder, sentenced to 18 years to life.

Source:
Daughter allegedly strangled mother, 70, to death
Daughter’s ‘rage’ behind mother murder
A Chelmsford woman has denied murdering her own mum
Woman appears at Crown Court after elderly woman “strangled”
Inquest opens into death of Margaret Sims, of Clacton, as murder probe continues
Daughter accused of mum’s murder tells court ‘I did not strangle her, I massaged her throat to revive her’
Daughter who strangled own mother jailed

Vivian Nelson

Photo of Vivian Nelson, an elderly woman with pale skin and short curly white hair. She is thin, wearing a floral blouse and blue slacks, and sitting in a big beige chair with one leg propped up on the chair.Name: Vivian Nelson.
Died: August 13, 2017.
Age at death: 94.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas, USA.
Disability: Dementia; frail elder.

Details:
Vivian’s son took her home from the nursing home where she lived. He made her a cup of coffee, then shot her in the head.

Case status:
Leslie Charles Nelson (Son), convicted of murder, sentenced to 15 years.

Source:
Texas Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Killing Mother
CCPD: Woman, 94, found shot dead in wheelchair; son arrested
Medical examiner identifies Corpus Christi woman allegedly killed by son
Vivian Nelson Obituary
Medical examiners release name of elderly woman shot in the head
Trial set for man accused of killing wheelchair-bound mother
Leslie Nelson convicted of murder in elderly mother’s death

Leah Cohen

Photo of Leah Cohen, a middle-aged woman with fair skin and short, straight brown hair. She is wearing a turquoise blouse and small gold hoop earrings.Name: Leah Cohen.
Died: August 11, 2017.
Age at death: 66.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: London, England, UK.
Disability: Unspecified physical and mental disability; walked with a cane.

Details:
Leah Cohen and her daughter Hannah were stabbed to death by her son. Apparently, he was upset that he had been left out of his father’s will.

Leah and her family own Beigel Bake, their family business, a London bakery famous for its salt-beef bagels. Hannah and her sister ran a cake shop, which closed when Hannah was killed; Leah’s other two sons now run the bagel shop.

Case status:
Joshua Cohen (Son), pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility; received an indefinite hospital order.

Source:
Joshua Cohen, who killed his mother and sister, admits manslaughter
Brick Lane bagel tycoon’s son ‘murdered mother and sister at home’
Man charged in North London bagel dynasty murders
Golders Green murder – son, 27, charged with murder after his bagel millionaire mum and sister are stabbed to death’ in their North London home
Heir to famous London bagel shop ‘arrested over knife murder of mother and sister’
Bagel murder suspect had been cut out of family fortune weeks before killings, documents show
Tributes paid to mother and daughter ‘stabbed by schizophrenic son’
Son arrested after allegedly stabbing mum, 66, and daughter, 33, to death in North London

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