Category: Relationship: Partner

Spouse or romantic partner.

Uthra

Photo of a young woman with tan skin, her dark-brown hair pulled back from her face. She is wearing a golden necklace and golden earrings, and there is a bindi of red paint on her forehead. She is smiling for the camera.Name: Uthra (alternate spelling Uttara).
Died: May 7, 2020.
Age at death: 25.
Cause of death: Snakebite.
Location: Anchal, Kollam, Kerala, India.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
Uthra’s husband, having married her for the dowry, decided to kill her. He bought a viper from a snake catcher and induced it to bite his wife. She survived the bite, though she had to spend 52 days in bed and get plastic surgery. Not long after she returned from the hospital, Uthra’s husband bought a second snake, this time a cobra. He gave her sedatives to make her sleepy, and while she was asleep, he made the snake bite Uthra, who died the next day. Police say Uthra’s in-laws were involved in planning the attacks and covering up for Uthra’s husband.

Uthra was the mother of a one-year-old son.

Case Status:
Sooraj S. Kumar (Husband), convicted of murder, sentenced to life plus 17 years.
Renuka and Surya (Sooraj’s mother and sister), charged with conspiracy, domestic violence, and destruction of evidence.
Surendran Panicker (Father-in-law), charged with destroying evidence.
Chavarukavu Suresh Kumar (Snake catcher), unspecified charges, serving as witness.

Sources:
Uthra Case : 27 Circumstances Which Proved Murder Using Live Cobra
Man who used a cobra to murder his wife is jailed for life
Uttara Snakebite Murder: Suraj Gets 17 Years Plus Two Life Terms
Snake-bite Murder : Court Finds Suraj Guilty Of Killing Wife Uttara; Quantum Sentencing on Wednesday
Kerala snakebite murder
‘He killed his wife because I gave the cobra’: Snake-catcher breaks down in Kerala court
Uthra’s relatives depose in snakebite murder case

Ellie Price

Fashion photo of a young woman with light skin and a spray-tan, heavy make-up, and bleached-blond straight hair.Name: Ellie Price.
Died: May 4, 2020.
Age at death: 26.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Disability: Borderline personality disorder.

Details:
Ellie was stabbed in the chest by her boyfriend.

Case Status:
Ricardo Barbaro (Boyfriend), convicted of murder.

Sources:
‘Never the bride’ brothel owner complained after death
Brothel owner and benefactor complained after woman’s death
Slain woman was like a little sister, says man who helped fund luxury lifestyle

Carolyn Walker

Portrait photo of a woman with short, permed blonde hair, fair skin, and brown eyes.Name: Carolyn Moseley Walker.
Died: May 4, 2020.
Age at death: 86.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Madison, North Carolina, USA.
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease.

Details:
Carolyn’s husband shot her in a murder-suicide.

Before her retirement, she worked as head of human resources for ExxonMobil. She had no children of her own, so she became a second grandmother to her great-nieces and great-nephew. Every Christmas she would go to visit her extended family, bringing gifts, teaching them card games, and making cheese crackers and homemade fudge.

Case status:
J. William “Bill” Walker (Husband), deceased.

Source:
Prominent Madison dentist kills ailing wife, self in small town’s first murder-suicide
Before murder-suicide, Walker had planned to seek assisted living facility

Isabel Rosin

Photo of a young woman with dark hair and pale skin, smiling for the camera.Name: Isabel Rosin.
Died: April 28, 2020.
Age at death: 26.
Cause of death: Smothered.
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Disability: Schizoaffective disorder.

Details:
Isabel’s husband allegedly smothered her. He said he was trying to restrain her during a drug-induced psychotic episode, but at autopsy, she tested negative for drugs.

Isabel was an avid reader.

Case status:
Brian D. Rosin (Husband), charged with first-degree murder; died before trial.

Source:
Uptown man accused of smothering wife is found dead
Uptown man accused of smothering wife who had bad trip on magic mushrooms
Update: Woman injured in “domestic altercation” has died, authorities say
Isabel Gudanowski Rosin – View Obituary & Service Information

Ramdas Dahikar

No PhotoName: 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.

Source:
Disabled man murdered, wife & her paramour held

Ruth Brown

Photo of a woman with long, wispy blond hair and fair skin.Name: Ruth Brown.
Died: April 11, 2020.
Age at death: 52.
Cause of death: Bludgeoned.
Location: Bognor, England, UK.
Disability: COPD, chronic back pain.

Details:
Ruth died after being bludgeoned with a plastic tray. Her partner sent a text message to his brother reading, in part, “…I’ve killed Ruth,” and told police that he didn’t remember killing her because he had been drunk, but that he must have killed her, because “nobody else could have done it.”

Ruth was “the centre of [her] family”, an outgoing woman who could talk on the phone for hours. She volunteered for MIND and other mental health charities. Her family is raising money for a memorial plaque.

Case Status:
Wayne Morris (Partner), convicted of murder, sentenced to 17 years to life.

Source:
Man given life imprisonment for murder of Ruth Brown in Bognor
‘S***, what have I done, I panicked’ claims man accused over lockdown murder
‘Man bludgeoned partner to death with plastic tray after lockdown row’
Man accused claims he ‘panicked’ when he found partner’s body
Scots woman ‘killed by partner’ as he ‘couldn’t storm out house’ due to lockdown
Memorial plaque fundraiser launched for much-loved mother killed in Bognor Regis
Memorial garden for my mum, organized by Lauren Brown

Princess Chapman

Sepia portrait photo of a middle-aged African-American woman with a perm, wearing a suit jacket and scarf.Name: Princess “PC” Richards Chapman.
Died: March 27, 2020.
Age at death: 86.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Newport News, Virginia, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.

Details:
Princess, nicknamed PC, was shot by her husband.

She was an ordained minister, and worked as a dental assistant.

Case status:
Brian Keith Patterson (Husband), pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony; set to be released in 2039.

Source:
York County man pleads guilty to fatal domestic-related shooting
Virginia man jailed in killing of wheelchair-bound wife
Princess Chapman’s Obituary

Rajjan Kushwaha

Photo of a young Indian woman with a bindi on her forehead, her hair tied behind her head.Name: Rajjan Kushwaha.
Died: March 24, 2020.
Age at death: Adult.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
Rajjan had been married to her husband because he promised to care for her if he got a dowry. Reportedly, her husband liked to drink, and one day when he wanted drinking money, he became angry at her that he wasn’t getting more dowry money. He was arrested on suspicion of beating her to death with a brick.

Case status:
Ganesh Kushwaha (Husband), arrested.

Source:
Man murdered his wife with brick for dowry
Divine wife killed by crushing head with stone, herself reported to police

Heather Waggoner

Portrait photo of a young woman with fair skin and long curly blond hair, smiling for the camera.Name: Heather Waggoner.
Died: March 11, 2020.
Age at death: 41.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Lakeland, Florida, USA.
Disability: Multiple sclerosis.

Details:
Heather was going through divorce proceedings with her husband when he shot her dead and then killed himself.

A friend describes Heather as “a daddy’s girl with a Georgia southern accent”, a doting mother to her grown daughter, who never judged others and would drop everything to help someone in need. She was a talented photographer whose favorite subject was “the best moments of people’s lives.” She worked for Geico.

Case status:
Mark Waggoner (Estranged husband), deceased.

Source:
Friends mourn after police say man shot estranged wife, then himself
Lakeland murder-suicide: Friends mourn after police say man shot estranged wife, then himself
Heather Waggoner Photography
Heather Waggoner Instagram

Grace Kaldenberg

Photo: A white-haired, fair-skinned older lady wearing glasses and a turquoise sweater.Name: Grace Kaldenberg.
Died: March 8, 2020.
Age at death: 79.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Texas City, Texas, USA.
Disability: Elder nursing home resident.

Details:
Grace was shot by her husband in a murder-suicide.

Case status:
Donald Eugene Kaldenberg (Husband), deceased.

Source:
Grace Elaine Lee Kaldenberg (1940-2020) – Find A Grave
Texas City nursing home shooting ruled murder-suicide, police say