Remembering the Disabled Murdered by Caregivers
Name: Shanelle Colquhoun.
Died: July 24, 2022.
Age at death: 26.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Disability: Wheelchair user.
Details:
Shanelle was stabbed to death; her brother was arrested on suspicion of having killed her.
Case Status:
Her brother, age 17, has been arrested.
Sources:
Emotionally disturbed teen stabs older sister to death at their Brooklyn home
Brooklyn stabbing: Woman killed at home, teen brother in custody
Name: Elenora Bernard.
Died: July 23, 2022.
Age at death: 77.
Cause of death: Beating.
Location: Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA.
Disability: Dementia.
Details:
Elenora was getting older and starting to experience memory loss, so she invited a young man to live with her and help her. However, she was beaten to death, and the young man was arrested on suspicion of murder.
She had a pet dog named Baby Girl. A fixture of her neighborhood, she was always out looking for someone to chat with.
Case Status:
Andre Hooper (Tenant; housemate), charged with murder.
Sources:
77-year-old woman found beaten to death in NYC apartment, cops say
Man arrested for fatally beating ‘frail’ 77-year-old NYC granny he lived with
Woman, 77, dies after found bruised and swollen in Brooklyn home
Elderly woman found bruised and dying in her Brooklyn home was suffocated by angry tenant: NYPD
Name: Jackie Thrasher III.
Died: July 22, 2022.
Age at death: 5.
Cause of death: Traumatic injury.
Location: Frederick, Maryland, USA.
Disability: Autism, epilepsy.
Details:
Jackie was brought to the hospital with a major head injury and died shortly afterward. When authorities saw the bruises on his body, they arrested his mother and her boyfriend.
Case Status:
Catherine Thrasher, charged with child abuse resulting in death, assault, child neglect, and child sexual abuse.
Timothy Lee Haselden II, charged with child abuse resulting in death, assault, and child neglect, and child sexual abuse.
Sources:
Washington County man charged with first-degree child abuse and death of 5-year-old boy
Md. couple accused of sexually assaulting and abusing autistic 5-year-old child, resulting in death
Washington County mother charged in death of 5-year-old son
Man and Woman Charged With Death Of 5-Year-Old Boy In Hagerstown
2 adults face numerous child abuse, sex abuse charges after 5-year-old dies
Cases of two charged in fatal child abuse moved to circuit court; rape charges dropped
Washington County couple face new charges in child abuse case that left boy dead
Autism Memorial: Jackie Thrasher III
Name: Adam Kortes.
Died: July 21, 2022.
Age at death: 27.
Cause of death: Asphyxia; torso compression.
Location: Danville, Pennsylvania, USA.
Disability: “Special needs” (Multiple disabilities).
Details:
Adam died from being restrained, his chest compressed so that he could not take a breath. Police say his parents would restrain him when he had “episodes”, and that his father had sat on Adam. The death was registered as a homicide and his parents were charged.
Neighbors remember Adam as a young man who used to walk around the neighborhood, and never bothered anyone.
Case Status:
Kristine Kortes (Mother), charged with neglect of a dependent person and involuntary manslaughter.
Richard Kortes (Father), charged with neglect of a dependent person and involuntary manslaughter.
Sources:
Parents face charges after son’s death in Montour County
Parents charged after death of son with special needs
Parents of Danville man charged for his death
Parents charged in son’s July death
Name: Dominic Landon Paddock-Wood.
Died: July 15, 2022.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Cocaine and Fentanyl poisoning.
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA.
Disability: Epilepsy.
Details:
Dominic was found unresponsive in his mother’s house, in a dangerously filthy environment. He was declared dead, and an autopsy revealed he had died from poisoning with cocaine and Fentanyl. His mother and her boyfriend were arrested and charged with child neglect.
Case Status:
Noel Wood (Mother), charged with neglect of a dependent causing death.
Jonathan Mulvihill (Mother’s boyfriend), charged with neglect of a dependent causing death.
Sources:
Police arrest couple in connection to death of 4-year-old
Police searching for couple wanted in child neglect death
Couple arrested in connection to death of four-year-old
Fort Wayne couple arrested on neglect charges after death of 4-year-old child
Dominic Paddock-Wood Obituary – Fort Wayne, IN
Name: Prakash Thakur.
Died: July 12, 2022.
Age at death: 26.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India.
Disability: Deaf.
Details:
Prakash and his cousin were drinking together when his cousin became angry at him and allegedly killed him by hitting him in the head with a rock.
Case Status:
Pradeep Thakur (Cousin), arrested.
Name: Gulabi Kerketta.
Died: July 11, 2022.
Age at death: 23.
Cause of death: Beaten.
Location: Alipurduar, West Bengal, India.
Disability: Intellectual disability; Deaf.
Details:
Gulabi’s brother allegedly beat her to death because she couldn’t make it to the toilet and had an accident in her room.
Case Status:
Ajit Kerkatta (Brother), charged with murder.
Name: Annette Boyle.
Died: July 9, 2022.
Age at death: 83.
Cause of death: Traumatic injury.
Location: Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; nursing home resident.
Details:
Annette was found unresponsive at her nursing home and declared dead shortly thereafter. A relative was arrested on suspicion of having killed her.
Annette’s obituary says that she “received the Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Award in 2001 for her initiative, The I Vote Project. She enjoyed sculpting, the beach, and speaking her mind.”
Case Status:
Henry Galvin (Family member), charged with murder.
Sources:
Charleston Police make arrest after murder of elderly woman at assisted living facility
Name: Gabrielle Roe.
Died: July 7, 2022.
Age at death: 16.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Drewsey, Oregon, USA.
Disability: Down syndrome.
Details:
Gabrielle and her mother, who lived in Iowa, disappeared after going on what was supposed to be a camping trip. A search that lasted several days eventually turned up their bodies in their van in Oregon; Gabrielle’s mother had shot her and then killed herself.
Case Status:
Dawna Roe (Mother), deceased.
Sources:
Missing mom, daughter found dead in suspected murder-suicide
Mother, Teen Daughter With Down Syndrome Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide
Idaho Mom and Special Needs Daughter Found Dead in Suspected Murder-Suicide, Police Say
Name: Kadaris Maddox.
Died: July 6, 2022.
Age at death: 13.
Cause of death: Unspecified.
Location: Clarksville, Tennessee, USA.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.
Details:
When Kadaris was found dead in his home and paramedics saw the conditions he had been living in, his mother was arrested.
Kadaris’s grandmother remembers his eyes as “rays of sunshine”. She says Kadaris was “always on the go” and “loved everything”.
Case Status:
Cheyenne Dawn Maddox (Mother), charged with murder, child abuse, neglect, and endangerment of Kadaris, as well as abuse of her other five children.
Sources:
Mother accused of starving son to death talks from jail
Mother accused of starving son to death talks from jail
Clarksville woman charged with murder of 13-year-old son
Woman charged with first-degree murder in death of disabled 13-year-old son
Cheyenne Maddox: Clarksville mother charged with murder for starving 13-yr-old disabled son to death | MEAWW
Mom Faces Murder Case After 13-Year-Old Son with Special Needs Starves to Death
Woman charged with aggravated child abuse in death of disabled 13-year-old son
Clarksville Police Department reports Cheyenne Maddox Indicted For Aggravated Child Abuse
How does DCS handle child abuse reports? Death of Kadaris Maddox raises questions for state agency
Funeral for Kadaris Maddox, organized by Dawn Maddox
‘She killed my grandson’: Grandmother storms out of daughter’s child abuse hearing
Clarksville woman charged with child abuse in death of 13-year-old son | WKRN News 2
Cheyenne Maddox jailed on new Indictments related to child’s death
Grandmother, therapist say disabled child was at risk long before his death in Clarksville