Remembering the Disabled Murdered by Caregivers
Spouse or romantic partner.
Name: Josephine Leong.
Died: April 27, 2018.
Age at death: 83.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Foster Village, Hawaii, USA.
Disability: Injuries from car accident; wheelchair user.
Details:
Josephine was shot by her husband in a murder-suicide.
Case status:
Winton Leong Sr. (Husband), deceased.
Source:
Foster Village couple in their 80s found dead in possible murder-suicide
Josephine Leong Obituary
Medical examiner identified couple from Foster Village murder-suicide
Name: Betty Lyons.
Died: April 21, 2018.
Age at death: 85.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Rochester, England, UK.
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease.
Details:
Betty was strangled by her husband, who then hanged himself.
Case status:
George Lyons (Husband), deceased.
Source:
Wife’s Alzheimer’s ‘drove pensioner to murder-suicide’
Elderly woman with dementia found dead alongside husband
Pensioners found strangled and hanged
Name: Sharron Ann Wood.
Died: April 20, 2018.
Age at death: 68.
Cause of death: Bludgeoned.
Location: Niceville, Florida, USA.
Disability: Poor health.
Details:
Sharron had a son named James David, who had cerebral palsy and needed round-the-clock care. When Sharron’s own health began to worsen, her husband decided that caring for David was too much of a burden and that Sharron had “become hard to handle”. As they slept in their beds, he allegedly bludgeoned her and David with a metal mallet.
Sharron and David survived the initial attack, and were both taken to a hospital and then a rehabilitation facility. Sharron had to have facial reconstruction. However, nearly three months after the attack, Sharron died of her injuries. David survived, though with bleeding on the brain.
Sharron was a retired child care director who had worked at a local elementary school for fifteen years as well as helping her son David.
Case status:
Judson Anthony Wood (Husband), charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder; declared incompetent to stand trial and hospitalized in a forensic mental hospital to restore competency.
Source:
State charges Niceville man with murder in wife’s metal mallet death
Man who allegedly beat wife, son with metal mallet declared incompetent; wife dies
Elderly Man Attacks Wife and Disabled Son with Metal Mallet
Elderly Niceville resident charged with attempted murder after attacking two family members with metal mallet
Sharron Ann Wood’s Obituary on Northwest Florida Daily News
Name: Kathleen A. White-Grangruth.
Died: April 17, 2018.
Age at death: 61.
Cause of death: Burns; smoke inhalation.
Location: Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Disability: Dementia, schizophrenia, mobility impaired (wheelchair user after hip injury).
Details:
Kathleen’s husband had been charged with assaulting her three times over twelve years. Tired of caring for her and having had a fight with her, he killed her by dousing her in gasoline and setting her on fire.
She was a retired Army nurse who spent her career at at Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii.
Case status:
Delano Grangruth (Husband), pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, arson of an occupied dwelling and arson of real personal property; sentenced to 60 to 130 years in prison.
Source:
To ensure his wife would die, a Norfolk man disconnected the phone and smoke detector. Then he set her on fire.
Man admitted pouring gasoline on his disabled wife and burning her alive, Norfolk police say
Delano Grangruth Virginia husband sets Kathleen White-Grangruth on fire after huge fight
Man tells police he set his disabled wife ablaze in Virginia
Elderly woman found dead inside her Norfolk home, husband charged with murder
Husband charged with murder after wife found dead in Norfolk house fire
Husband charged with murder, arson after wife dies in Norfolk house fire
Norfolk man charged with killing his wife after her body was found in house fire
Kathleen White-Grangruth’s Obituary on The Virginian Pilot
‘I’m not a monster’: Man charged in wife’s death speaks from jail
Police: Man admitted pouring gasoline on disabled wife, burning her alive
Man Admits To Pouring Gasoline On Disabled Wife And Burning Her Alive, Police Say
Man set disabled wife on fire in drunken rage: Cop | Canoe
Man pleads guilty to first-degree murder, arson in wife’s April 2018 death
Man sentenced to 60 years for murdering wife, setting her on fire
Name: John W. Nichols.
Died: April 14, 2018.
Age at death: 77.
Cause of death: Poisoning.
Location: Millmont, Pennsylvania, USA.
Disability: Chronic heart disease.
Details:
John’s wife, a retired nurse and responsible for dispensing her husband’s medication, is accused of poisoning him with heart medication, causing his heart to fail and killing him. She had allegedly been draining their bank account and borrowing against his life-insurance policy.
John was a carpenter who liked fishing, hunting, and the outdoors.
Case Status:
Myrle E. Miller (Wife), charged with first-degree murder, felony insurance fraud theft, and perjury.
Sources:
Union County woman accused of ‘coldness of heart’ during homicide trial for death of husband
Witness admits to impersonating homicide victim at accused killer’s request
Prosecution rests in trial of Pa. woman accused of fatally poisoning her husband
History of Pa. woman accused of killing husband prompts pre-trial measures
Trial for Pa. woman accused of poisoning her husband delayed indefinitely
Jury selection set for Union County woman accused of killing husband
UPDATE Grand jury led to homicide charges against 76-year-old Winfield woman
Union County woman accused of poisoning husband has preliminary hearing Monday
Pennsylvania Woman Charged with Poisoning Her Husband
Remembering the life of John Nichols 1940 – 2018
Name: Destiny Rollar.
Died: April 11, 2018.
Age at death: 22.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Lower Township, New Jersey, USA.
Disability: Milroy’s disease.
Details:
Destiny’s boyfriend was arrested on suspicion of shooting her to death.
She was a manager and hairstylist at a salon, and the mother of twin girls.
Case status:
Charles A. Bland (Boyfriend), charged with murder, aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and hindering his own apprehension.
Source:
Lower Township woman killed was a ‘sweet,’ ‘outgoing’ mother of twins
Hair stylist allegedly murdered by boyfriend was devoted mom of twin girls
Obituary of Destiny Rollar | DeMarco-Luisi Funeral Home
Villas Man Charged in Murder Of 22-year-old Mother of 2
Man awaiting extradition in shooting death of mother of 2
Name: David Arthur Parton.
Died: April 1, 2018.
Age at death: 76.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: Canton, Georgia, USA.
Disability: Parkinson’s disease.
Details:
David’s wife had allegedly been abusing him for some time before he died from a severe beating.
Case status:
Betty Sue Parton (Wife), charged with felony murder, malice murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery, and elder abuse.
Source:
Ball Ground woman charged with murder in death of disabled husband
Woman Charged With Killing Disabled Husband In Cherokee County
Bond Denied For Woman Accused Of Killing Disabled Husband
74-year-old woman indicted, accused of killing disabled husband
76-year-old woman faces grand jury indictment in murder of disabled husband
Obituary for David Parton – CANTON, GA
Name: Susao Okuda.
Died: March 16, 2018.
Age at death: 76.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
Disability: Mobility impaired due to stroke.
Details:
Mr. Okuda’s wife went to a neighbor and asked them to call the police. The police, who found Mr. Okuda strangled in his home, questioned his wife. Police say she admitted that she had “become tired” because she had to care for him, so she killed him.
Case status:
Sachiko Okuda (Wife), arrested on suspicion of murder.
Source:
65-year-old woman arrested over death of bedridden husband
Chiba: Woman, 65, accused of killing disabled husband
Name: Motomu Nomaguchi.
Died: February 25, 2018.
Age at death: 80.
Cause of death: Strangulation.
Location: Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Disability: Unspecified; bedbound.
Details:
Mr. Nomaguchi was strangled to death by his wife, who then killed herself.
Case status:
Yuriko Nomaguchi (Wife), deceased.
Source:
Elderly couple found dead in apparent murder-suicide
Kanagawa: Elderly man, wife found dead in residence in apparent murder-suicide
Name: Koong Boon “Kenny” Khan.
Died: February 22, 2018.
Age at death: 78.
Cause of death: Pneumonia, sepsis.
Location: Liverpool, England, UK.
Disability: Lewy Body Dementia, osteoarthritis, emphysema and liver disease.
Details:
Kenny lived in a filthy house, starving and neglected by his wife, until he died of bronchopneumonia secondary to sepsis from infected pressure sores.
Case status:
Lorraine Khan (Wife), pleaded guilty to willful neglect, sentenced to 16 months suspended for 18 months and 20 days of rehabilitation activities.
Source:
Inside disgusting rat-infested flat where wife let husband rot to death
Dementia sufferer found dead with rotting flesh after wife’s neglect