Remembering the Disabled Murdered by Caregivers
Spouse or romantic partner.
Name: Meryl Parry.
Died: September 2, 2015.
Age at death: 80.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Ainstable, England, UK.
Disability: Dementia.
Details:
Meryl’s husband allegedly drugged her with sleeping pills, then put a plastic bag over her face and smothered her with a pillow.
Meryl was a retired teacher.
Case status:
Michael Parry (Husband); charged with murder, let out on bail, and committed suicide.
Source:
Murder of Meryl Parry by husband Michael ‘could not have been predicted’
Name: Carolyn Hyatt.
Died: August 28, 2015.
Age at death: 43.
Cause of death: Stroke secondary to burn injury.
Location: Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England, UK.
Disability: Intellectual disability from having meningitis as a child; diabetes, mobility impairment from stroke.
Details:
Carolyn’s boyfriend poured alcohol over her as she lay in bed, then lit her on fire. Carolyn managed to put out the fire and call emergency services before collapsing on her bed. She was found with burns to 20 percent of her body and taken to the hospital, where she stayed for three weeks before another massive stroke, brought on by her burn injuries, killed her.
Case status:
David Dunstan (Boyfriend), convicted of murder, sentenced to 25 years to life.
Source:
Mansfield man murdered girlfriend he had been seeing for just a month
David Dunstan who murdered special needs girlfriend Carolyn Hyatt is jailed for life
Family pay tribute to murdered sister
Name: Jody Meyers.
Died: August 26-28, 2015.
Age at death: 20.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Mannum, South Australia, Australia.
Disability: Partially deaf.
Details:
Jody’s boyfriend strangled her; then he buried her under a concrete slab in the yard, reported her missing, and pretended to help search for her.
Case status:
Neil Archer (Partner), pleaded guilty to murder, sentenced to 22 years to life.
Source:
Vile murderer’s plea for special treatment
Jody’s grieving family: throw the key away
22 years for ultimate act of betrayal
Name: Joyce LaDonna McIntire Keys Taylor.
Died: August 17, 2015.
Age at death: 26.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Amarillo, Texas, USA.
Disability: Unspecified (Mental illness, possibly depression).
Details:
Joyce’s husband suffocated her.
She was pregnant when she died. Her four-month-old fetus, a boy, died with her.
Case status:
Allen Taylor (Husband), convicted of murder, sentenced to 20-40 years.
Source:
Man indicted in killing of pregnant wife
Man Charged with Murdering Pregnant Wife
Obituary | Joyce LaDonna McIntire Keys Taylor | Rector Funeral Home
Name: Melisha K. Mosier Ludwick.
Died: August 11, 2015 (Body found); died July 2015.
Age at death: 38.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Hilham, Tennessee, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; attended special education classes, received disability benefits; under the care of a psychiatrist.
Details:
Melisha was killed by her live-in boyfriend and Social Security payee. He strangled her and dismembered the body.
Case status:
Edward Walsh (Boyfriend), convicted of first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse, sentenced to life, died in prison.
Source:
Murderer Describes Killing In Own Words
State of Tennessee v. Edward Walsh | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts
Eight testify in Celina murder trial
Brutal murder case goes to grand jury
Name: Jason Corbett.
Died: August 2, 2015.
Age at death: 39.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: Abbotts Creek, North Carolina, USA.
Disability: Depression, thyroid disease.
Details:
Jason’s wife and father-in-law allegedly beat him to death with a baseball bat and a concrete brick.
Case status:
Molly Martens (Wife), convicted of second-degree murder, sentenced to 20-25 years. New trial granted.
Thomas Martens (Father-in-law), convicted of second-degree murder, sentenced to 20-25 years. New trial granted.
Source:
Thomas Martens, Molly Corbett retrial now scheduled for November
PHOTOS: Hearing for the retrial of Molly Corbett and Thomas Martens in the death of Jason Corbett
Thomas Martens, Molly Martens Corbett Found Guilty In Jason Corbett Trial
Molly Corbett, Tom Martens released on bond after hearing in Davidson County
Martens facing 20-25 years in jail for murder
Jason Corbett murder trial verdict: Guilty
Why was Limerick man Jason Corbett killed?
Name: Thandazile Mpunzi.
Died: August 1, 2015.
Age at death: 20.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Kwazulu-Natal (Manguzi), South Africa.
Disability: Albinism.
Details:
Believing that albino body parts would make them rich, Thandazile’s boyfriend, a local healer, and two other men decided to kill her. Her boyfriend lured her out to a remote spot, where she was strangled and dismembered.
Case status:
Mandla Mabuza, pleaded guilty to murder, 20 years.
Lindokuhle Khumalo, pleaded guilty to murder, 20 years.
Bhekukufa Gumede (healer), convicted of murder, sentenced to life.
Siyabonga Gwala (Boyfriend), sentenced to 18 years.
Source:
KZN witchdoctor gets life for murder of woman with albinism
Boyfriend jailed for albino muti murder
KZN albino murder: 2 suspects plead guilty
Commission outraged at killing of albino woman
Name: Jessie McCrimmon.
Died: July 15, 2015.
Age at death: 43.
Cause of death: Septic shock, multiple organ failure.
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
Disability: Spina bifida.
Details:
Jessie’s girfriend neglected him so badly that when he was rushed to the hospital, he needed immediate amputation of both legs because of infected pressure sores. But the amputations failed to save his life, and he died of multiple organ failure and septic shock.
Case status:
Stacey Ann Cunnius (Girlfriend, paid caregiver), pleaded no contest to third-degree murder and neglect of care for a dependent person; sentenced to 4-10 years in prison and ten years of probation.
Source:
Caregiver charged with homicide in death of man with maggot-filled foot wounds
Woman charged after man with maggot-filled foot wounds dies
Reading woman charged in death of man in her care
Pennsylvania woman charged after man with maggot-filled foot wounds dies
Reading woman pleads no contest in death of her boyfriend
Woman gets prison in death of man with maggot-filled wound
Woman sentenced in death of man with maggot-filled wounds
Name: Cheryl Young.
Died: June 16, 2015.
Age at death: 55.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Peabody, Massachusetts, USA.
Disability: Bipolar disorder.
Details:
Cheryl’s boyfriend stabbed her to death in front of her five-year-old granddaughter, claiming that she had threatened the child because of her bipolar disorder. But the girl testified that Cheryl’s boyfriend was lying and that her mother had never tried to hurt her.
Case status:
Brandon Hoar (Boyfriend), convicted of voluntary manslaughter, sentenced to 10-11 years.
Source:
Hoar gets 10-11 years in 2015 Peabody homicide
Man convicted of voluntary manslaughter in stabbing death
Peabody man guilty of manslaughter in stabbing death
Peabody’s Brandon Hoar ordered held without bail in murder of Cheryl Young
Child to testify in murder trial
Brandon Hoar murder trial
Death investigation underway in Peabody
Cheryl A. (Coates) Young Obituary – Peabody, Massachusetts
Name: Debra Mae Shelton.
Died: June 14, 2015.
Age at death: 61.
Cause of death: Complications of untreated abscess.
Location: Carleton, Michigan, USA.
Disability: Diabetes, chronic illness.
Details:
Debra Mae had been badly neglected when she was brought in to the hospital. She died from complications of high blood sugar and an untreated abscess that had caused infection to spread throughout her body.
Case status:
Robert G. Shelton (Husband), pleaded no contest to second-degree vulnerable adult abuse, sentenced to 5 years probation.
Source:
Offender Tracking Information System (OTIS) – Offender Profile
Carleton man pleads in wife’s death
Debra Shelton’s Obituary
Debra Shelton
Woman who weighed 550lbs had live MAGGOTS living on her skin
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