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Nubia Barahona

Name: Nubia Barahona.
Died: February 14, 2012.
Age at death: 10.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
Disability: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

Details:
Nubia was allegedly abused by her foster, later adoptive, parents. When she showed up at school thin and ravenously hungry, her parents blamed her condition on her CAH, and the abuse was not investigated. Eventually Nubia was found beaten to death in her adoptive father’s truck.

Nubia is survived by her twin brother, Ivan, who was found in poor condition but recovered.

Case status:
Jorge Barahona (Adoptive father), charged with murder.
Carmen Barahona (Adoptive mother), pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and multiple counts of aggravated child abuse.

Source:
Child Murder Case Still Hasn’t Gone to Trial After More Than a Decade, Here’s Why
Murder of Nubia Barahona
‘Murderer who melted disabled daughter’s body in acid’ is attacked in jail
Before the torture, Nubia Barahona dreamed as a child

Jeshiah DeJesus

Photo: A small boy with olive-toned skin and stringy brown hair, smiling. Name: Jeshiah DeJesus.
Died: February 9, 2012.
Age at death: 9.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Deerfield Park, Florida, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Jeshiah was stabbed to death by his father after his father took their family hostage. After wounding his family and killing Jeshiah and 76-year-old Oliva DePlante, a bystander, his father committed suicide.

Case status:
William De Jesus (Father), deceased.
Deanna DeJesus (Mother), pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter, sentenced to 10 years in prison and 5 years probation.

Source:
Autism Memorial: Jeshiah DeJesus
Deanna De Jesus, Wife of Man Who Stabbed Sons, Gets 10-Year Sentence
Report: Broward County RV park killer kept sons despite molestation allegations
Boy describes father’s killing spree, mother’s inaction
‘Which one do you want me to do first?’ Psychotic father’s chilling question to his wife before he stabbed to death his older son, nine
More Weird Details Emerge in Deerfield Park RV Park Murder-Suicide

Thomas Hayden

Name: Thomas Hayden.
Died: January 18, 2012.
Age at death: 62.
Cause of death: Gunshot likely (Body not found).
Location: Dover Township, Pennsylvania, USA.
Disability: ALS.

Details:
Thomas disappeared and his wife tried to make it look like he was still alive. Years later, some of his blood and tissue was found, enough to make it clear that he was dead. His wife was arrested for murdering him.

Case status:
Virginia Hayden (Wife), pleaded no contest to third-degree murder and tampering with evidence; sentenced to 20 years in prison and 7 years probation.
Connie Pender (Virginia’s daughter), pleaded guilty to tampering with public records and conspiracy, sentenced to 4 years probation.

Source:
Killed, mutilated and hidden: Woman sentenced to prison in husband’s 2011 death
Woman accused of killing husband, still missing, appears in York County court
Scalp, hair found in bag in 2011 leads to homicide charges against 67-year-old woman
Mystery starts to unravel 5+ years after bloody bag of skin and hair found in York County
A human scalp found in a FoodSaver bag baffled police. Now, a grandmother has been charged with murder.

Julie Kuhn

Name: Julie Betty Kuhn.
Died: January 16, 2012.
Age at death: 75.
Cause of death: Suffocation.
Location: Armadale, Western Australia, Australia.
Disability: Stroke, arthritis.

Details:
Julie was found suffocated at her house. Her husband was arrested; neighbors commented they believed it had been a “mercy killing”.

Case Status:
Herbert Bernard Erickson (Husband), charged with aggravated grievous bodily harm; died by suicide before trial.

Sources:
‘Beautiful carer’ charged over his partner’s death
Tragic end to mercy killer’s life

Gloria Martin

No Photo Name: Gloria Martin.
Died: January 7, 2012.
Age at death: 55.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Northport, Alabama, USA.
Disability: Blindness.

Details:
Gloria was stabbed to death by her nephew.

Case status:
Kevin Demar Stines (Nephew), murder and robbery, life without parole.

Source:
Alabama man escapes death penalty after pleading guilty to 2012 murder of aunt

Michael Elkins

Photo of Michael Elkins, a young man with brown hair and a short beard; he is wearing a black hoodie with the hood up. Name: Michael Elkins.
Died: January 4, 2012.
Age at death: 25.
Cause of death: Pneumonia, malnutrition, sepsis.
Location: Waynetown, Indiana, USA.
Disability: Spinal cord injury, quadriplegia.

Details:
Michael fell off his bike and broke his neck when he was 13 years old. When he was 21, his mother was arrested for neglecting his care and he spent a year away from her. But he was returned to her custody, and at age 25, he died of pneumonia, malnutrition, and blood poisoning from infected bedsores.

Michael watched cartoons with his small nieces and nephews. He liked to go camping.

Case status:
Tammy S. Elkins (Mother), pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent resulting in death, sentenced to 6 years of house arrest.

Source:
Michael Elkins Obituary
Woman faces felony neglect charge
Elkins pleads guilty to neglect
Elkins sentenced in neglect case

Logan Sherwin

No Photo Name: Logan Sherwin.
Died: December 29, 2011.
Age at death: 2.
Cause of death: Brain injury.
Location: Crestview, Florida, USA.
Disability: Developmental disability.

Details:
Logan was beaten to death by his father and his father’s girlfriend.

Case status:
Grant Sherwin (Father), murder and child neglect, 20 years.
Nichole Allen (Father’s girlfriend), murder and child neglect, 65 years.

Source:
Custodial dad, gal pal charged in death of his 2-year-old son (Crestview, Florida)

Angela Andrews

Name: Angela Andrews.
Died: December 6, 2011.
Age at death: 40.
Cause of death: Head trauma.
Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA.
Disability: Unspecified. “Disabled Army veteran”.

Details:
Angela was beaten to death by her boyfriend.

Case status:
Lorenzo Hull (Boyfriend), second-degree murder, sentenced to 33-35 years.

Source:
Hull gets identical sentence after appeal
Beating death conviction upheld, sentence tossed
Hull gets identical sentence after appeal
Warren County Man Charged In Girlfriend’s Death

Joseph Adams

No Photo Name: Joseph Maoping Adams.
Died: December 3, 2011.
Age at death: 5.
Cause of death: Vinegar poisoning.
Location: Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Disability: Hirschsprung’s disease; colectomy.

Details:
Joseph had eaten some sprinkles, chocolate, and butter, which he was not allowed to have. In an attempt to force Joseph to vomit, his adoptive parents made him drink so much vinegar that he died from vinegar poisoning.

Joseph was born in Hangzhou, China and was an international adoptee.

Case status:
Deah Daniele Adams (Adoptive mother), pleaded guilty to abuse, sentenced to 6 months probation.
Rick Adams (Adoptive father), not charged.

Source:
Sudden death due to forced ingestion of distilled white vinegar
Joseph Maoping Adams
Details emerge in hearing about 2011 death linked to vinegar
Chinese adoptee Joseph Maoping Adams case-Child Death

Gabrielle Crawford

No Photo Name: Gabrielle Crawford.
Died: December 2, 2011.
Age at death: 8 months.
Cause of death: Traumatic injury.
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida, USA.
Disability: Hydrocephalus, prematurity, multiple birth defects.

Details:
Gabrielle was beaten to death by his mother. On the last day of his life, she broke his arm and leg and left him without medical care; the next morning she found him dead.

Gabrielle left behind a twin brother, Micha, who was placed into foster care.

Case status:
Rosalee Crawford (mother), charged with aggravated child abuse, sentenced to 10 years, paroled after 6 years.

Source:
Innocents lost Database: Children who will never grow up
Before Angela Dufrene, DCF left other kids with deadly parents
A dead baby was failed by many in the case of Gabrielle Crawford
GABRIELLE CRAWFORD – 8 Months/ Disabled (2/2011)
Death toll rises to nine on Hillsborough Kids’ watch
Tampa mother of 8-month-old baby who died in December charged with aggravated child abuse
CRAWFORD ROSIELEE Inmate T64303: Florida Prisons (DOC)