Category: Relationship: Partner

Spouse or romantic partner.

Brenda Venables

Old-fashioned photo of a woman with brown curly hair and fair skin, wearing a blue jacket, smiling for the camera. There are pink flowers in the foreground.Name: Brenda Venables.
Died: July 12, 2019 (Body found; died May 3 or 4, 1982).
Age at death: 48.
Cause of death: Unspecified homicide.
Location: Kempsey, England, UK.
Disability: Depression.

Details:
Brenda’s body was found hidden in a septic tank, where her husband had hidden it decades earlier. Her husband was convicted of her murder.

Relatives remember her as kind, hospitable, and friendly.

Case Status:
David Venables (Husband), convicted of murder, sentenced to life with a minimum of 18 years.

Sources:
Farmer convicted of wife’s murder 40 years after hiding her body in septic tank
Retired pig farmer David Venables jailed for murdering his wife in 1982 and hiding body in septic tank

Unknown Woman

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Died: July 11, 2019.
Age at death: Elder.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; nursing home resident.

Details:
This woman’s husband went to her nursing home and shot her to death before killing himself.

Case status:
Her husband, deceased.

Source:
Wife, husband dead in murder-suicide outside Upper Peninsula nursing home
Husband, wife dead in apparent murder-suicide in Chippewa County
Police: Husband and wife involved in murder-suicide outside nursing home
Couple found shot on U.P. nursing home lawn is apparent murder-suicide
Police Investigating Murder-Suicide at Chippewa Co. Assisted Living Facility

Shabhana

Photo of an Indian woman with light-brown skin and neatly parted black hair, wearing a white headscarf.Name: Shabhana.
Died: June 23, 2019.
Age at death: Adult.
Cause of death: Blunt injury.
Location: Narol, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
Shabhana’s husband was arrested after bludgeoning her to death with a hammer. Her family suspects him of killing two of his previous wives as well and reports that he used to suspect her of having an affair.

Shabhana was the oldest of three sisters.

Case status:
Abdul Razak Shaikh (Husband), convicted of murder, sentenced to life.

Source:
Man murders disabled wife in Narol
Disabled man gets life for killing wife

Brian Hageness

Photo of a fair-skinned man, smiling for the camera, wearing a wide-brimmed tan hat and teal shirt.Name: Brian Paul Hageness.
Died: June 19, 2019.
Age at death: 61.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA.
Disability: Wheelchair user.

Details:
Brian was shot by his wife.

Case Status:
Elizabeth Hageness (Wife), convicted of murder, sentenced to 20 years in prison; mistrial declared due to juror misconduct; pleaded guilty to manslaughter, sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Sources:
Hot Springs woman pleads guilty in husband’s killing, sentenced to 10 years in prison
Wife changes plea, sentenced to 10 years in husband’s death after mistrial declared
Jury finds woman guilty in husband’s shooting death

Alma Shaver

Photo of an elderly woman with gray hair and wrinkled fair skin, smiling for the camera.Name: Alma Shaver.
Died: June 10, 2019.
Age at death: 80.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Brick Township, New Jersey, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

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

She was a homemaker who led a Girl Scout troop and raised three daughters.

Case status:
Richard Shaver (Husband), deceased.

Source:
Sweethearts Forever. Then Came Alzheimer’s, Murder and Suicide.

Sachio Uzue

No PhotoName: Sachio Uzue.
Died: May 30, 2019.
Age at death: 86.
Cause of death: Traumatic injury.
Location: Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Disability: Dementia, physical disability that made it difficult to walk.

Details:
Sachio’s husband was arrested on suspicion of killing her by stabbing her in the neck and bludgeoning her with a frying pan. Police say he told them he was distressed because she had dementia and wanted to die with her.

Case status:
Toshio Uzue (Husband), arrested on suspicion of murder.

Source:
69-year-old man arrested for killing 86-year-old wife who had dementia

Penny Clark

Photo: A woman with fair skin and blond hair pulled back in a ponytail, sitting at a desk, smiling for the camera. She is wearing a blue T-shirt, and leaning her head in one hand.Name: Penny Laine Clark.
Died: May 20, 2019.
Age at death: 45.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: Biloxi, Mississippi, USA.
Disability: Epilepsy, mental illness.

Details:
Penny’s boyfriend beat and strangled her, then called police saying she “needed help”; police arrived to find her dead. Her boyfriend’s sister told police that Penny’s boyfriend had a history of abusing her, and that she had been beaten up in the past.

Case Status:
Gary Wayne Wallace (Boyfriend), convicted of first-degree murder, sentenced to life.

Sources:
Biloxi man gets life in prison for girlfriend’s murder in 2019
Arrest warrant reveals disturbing, bloody details in murder of Biloxi woman
“His face was black and blue.” Coast murder trial testimony reveals history of domestic abuse

Mavis Long

Photo of a middle-aged woman with brown eyes, red cheeks and short curly brown hair.Name: Mavis Long.
Died: May 10, 2019.
Age at death: 77.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Pennant, Ceredigion, Wales, UK.
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease.

Details:
Mavis lived with her husband. After an argument, her husband grabbed and strangled her to death.

Case status:
Frank Long (Husband), convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to 3 years, 4 months, to be served in care.

Source:
Husband Charged And Sentenced For Killing His Alzheimer’s Suffering Wife
Man, 80, jailed for strangling wife after row
Husband in court on wife murder charge
Husband jailed for more than three years for manslaughter of his wife

Gwendolyn Thombleson

Photo of a woman in a red polo shirt, smiling for the camera. She has light skin and graying brown hair cut into bangs.Name: Gwendolyn “Gwen” Kay Thombleson.
Died: May 1, 2019.
Age at death: 66.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: San Souci, Florida, USA.
Disability: Dementia, poor health.

Details:
Gwen’s husband shot her before killing himself.

She worked for the school district as a data entry clerk.

Case status:
Thomas Thombleson (Husband), deceased.

Source:
Husband Shoots Wife Who Had Dementia Before Killing Himself, and Family Claims ‘Mercy Killing’
Man kills dementia-suffering wife of 47 years in ‘mercy-killing’ before turning gun on himself
Gwendolyn “Gwen” Kay Thombleson Obituary

Lauren Griffiths

Photo of a young woman wearing a beanie, a stud in her nose, and large round-rimmed glasses. Her skin is fair and her hair is dark-blonde; she is smiling for the camera.Name: Lauren Griffiths.
Died: April 29, 2019.
Age at death: 21.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Disability: Dissociative disorder.

Details:
Lauren was strangled to death by her fiance. He had attempted to strangle her once before, but she escaped and went to find help. When she returned to her fiance, he eventually killed her.

Friends remember her as sweet, friendly, and strongly altruistic.

Case Status:
Madog Rowlands (Fiance), convicted of murder, sentenced to 18 years to life.

Source:
Man jailed for life after murdering fiancee and wrapping body in clingfilm
Fun-loving murder victim had been strangled before by her killer fiance
Judge’s words for Wrexham man who strangled fiancee to death