Category: Status

Pauline Lankford

No PhotoName: Pauline Lankford.
Died: September 15, 2020.
Age at death: 87.
Cause of death: Dehydration, malnutrition, infection.
Location: Blythe, Georgia, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Pauline’s family allegedly left her sitting on a chair in the living room. When she died from dehydration, malnutrition, and multiple infected pressure sores, she had not been fed, bathed, or given medication for a significant length of time.

Case status
Clifton Brady (Son-in-law), charged with murder, elder neglect, and neglect of a disabled adult.
Cynthia Brady (Daughter), charged with murder and elder neglect.

Source:
Murder indictment returned against couple in elderly Blythe woman’s death
Blythe couple accused of murder in death of elderly relative granted bond
UPDATE: Man arrested suspicious death of elderly woman in Blythe
Coroner investigating death of 87-year-old woman in Blythe
Warrant: Man withheld food, medication from 87-year-old Blythe woman found dead

Unknown Elder Woman

No PhotoName Unknown.
Died: September 10, 2020.
Age at death: Elder.
Cause of death: Hypoxia.
Location: Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
Disability: Stroke, paralysis.

Details:
This woman was in the hospital for a urinary tract infection when her husband allegedly smothered her. She died five days after the incident from hypoxic encephalopathy (lack of oxygen to the brain), kidney infection, and pneumonia.

Case status:
Tsai Wan-liang (Husband), charged with domestic homicide.

Source:
Elderly man in Taiwan kills bedridden wife, tells nurses she is ‘finally free’ from her pain
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Jonathan Lambert

No PhotoName: Jonathan Lambert.
Died: September 9, 2020.
Age at death: 19.
Cause of death: Malnutrition.
Location: Pearl River, Louisiana, USA.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
When they found Jonathan unresponsive, his family members called emergency services. Responders arrived to find that he had died; he appeared “severely malnourished and neglected”. Investigating further, they found Jonathan’s adoptive father and two of his adopted siblings alive, but suffering from dehydration, starvation, and neglect. Jonathan’s adoptive mother was arrested; another caregiver, whom authorities said was equally responsible, died before trial.

Case Status:
Sharon Lambert (Adoptive mother), charged with manslaughter and three charges of cruelty to the infirm.
Dianne Hester (Caregiver), deceased.

Sources:
Slidell woman indicted, accused of neglecting disabled people
Pearl River Woman Arrested on Warrants Stemming from Son’s 2020 Death

63-year-old man

No PhotoName Unknown.
Died: September 7, 2020.
Age at death: 63.
Cause of death: Traumatic injury.
Location: Sabot, Lopburi, Thailand.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
This 63-year-old man’s body was found on the side of the road with severe injuries to his skull, ribs, and shoulders. When police searched his house, they found bloody laundry that someone had been trying to wash. They arrested his daughter on suspicion of murder.

Case status:
His daughter was arrested on suspicion of murder. Police are still searching for a possible accomplice.

Source:
Woman held on suspicion of murdering disabled father
Woman suspected of murdering disabled father

Cameron Gordon

Photo of a small fair-skinned boy with short blond hair, smiling for the camera, wearing plastic-rimmed glasses and a flannel shirt over a white T-shirt.Name: Cameron Joseph Gordon.
Died: September 6, 2020.
Age at death: 3.
Cause of death: Head trauma.
Location: Duluth, Minnesota, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Cameron’s mother went to work, leaving him with her fiancé. When she returned, she found him unresponsive and rushed him to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a brain injury, a broken rib, and extensive bruising. Cameron died two days later from his injuries.

Case Status:
Jordan William Carter (Mother’s fiancé), convicted of second-degree murder, sentenced to 15 years.

Sources:
‘Cameron will forever be 3’: Duluth man sentenced to 15 years for boy’s murder
Duluth man found guilty of second-degree murder in 2020 death of then-fiancee’s 3-year-old
Trial begins for Duluth man charged in toddler’s murder
Medical examiner rebuked for delay in Duluth murder trial
Trial in Lakeside boy’s death pushed back to 2023
Duluth Man Charged With Second-Degree Murder in Death of 3-Year-Old
Child advocates speak out after death of Duluth 3-year-old
Trial Involving The Death Of Three Year Old Duluth Boy Delayed By Defense Team Until 2023
Medical evidence awaited in Duluth child death
Autism Memorial: Cameron Gordon

Nancy Arnold

No PhotoName: Nancy Arnold.
Died: September 5, 2020.
Age at death: 78.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.

Details:
Police say that Nancy’s brother fatally shot her, then tried to kill himself. Her brother recovered from his injuries and was arrested, but Nancy died at the scene.

Case status:
William Lokay (Brother), charged with first-degree murder; died in 2022.

Source:
PD: 73-year-old Valley man accused of shooting, killing sister
Obituary: William A. Lokey

Fat-lun Wong

No PhotoName: Fat-lun Wong.
Died: September 5, 2020.
Age at death: 21.
Cause of death: Suffocation.
Location: Hong Kong, China.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
Investigators believe that Fat-lun’s mother strangled him with a plastic tablecloth.

Fat-lun was a student at Tsui Tsin Tong School, a residential care home for children with intellectual disabilities. At age 21, he had just grown too old to stay there.

Case status:
Xueping Chen (Mother), pleaded guilty to manslaughter; sentenced to 1 year, to be served in a psychiatric hospital to treat her depression.

Source:
Hong Kong mother sent to psychiatric ward for killing mentally disabled son
Hong Kong police arrest mother after son dies in suspected murder-suicide bid
Mom held at hospital over death of handicapped son
Mother charged over handicapped son’s death

Yoko Shinya

No PhotoName: Yoko Shinya.
Died: September 4, 2020.
Age at death: 76.
Cause of death: Suffocation.
Location: Saitama, Japan.
Disability: A chronic diease.

Details:
Ms. Shinya’s son allegedly strangled her as she lay in her hospital bed. Hospital staff reported that they saw him trying to kill her and intervened, but she had been badly hurt and died hours later. Police say her son told them he “couldn’t bear watching” and wanted to “make her comfortable”.

Case status:
Akira Shinya (Son), arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

Source:
Man arrested over murder of ailing mother in hospital
Saitama: Man, 50, strangles ill mother in hospital

Emrik Osuna

Photo of a smiling boy in a winter hat and coat, holding a chunk of snow in his gloved hands.Name: Emrik Osuna.
Died: September 2, 2020.
Age at death: 9.
Cause of death: Untreated pneumonia worsened by starvation and repeated injury.
Location: Meridian, Idaho, USA.
Disability: ADHD.

Details:
When Emrik’s father and stepmother called 911 to report that Emrik was unconscious, medics found him dead on the floor of his house with bruises covering his body. He had died of pneumonia, which he was unable to fight because he was very malnourished. Police recovered nanny cams from the house, which showed the boy being beaten and forced to do exhausting exercises for long periods of time.

Emrik loved Transformers, ninjas, and dinosaurs.

Case Status:
Monique Osuna (Stepmother), convicted of first-degree murder, sentenced to life without parole.
Erik Osuna (Father), charged with first-degree murder.

Source:
Idaho stepmom gets life sentence for killing 9-year-old boy
Nanny cameras captured abuse of Meridian boy at center of murder case
Emrik Osuna Obituary – Santa Ana, CA
Emrik Osuna: Idaho boy, 9, starved and tortured to death by stepmom, weighed 44 lbs and had trauma to penis
Boy, 9, tortured to death with parents ‘wrapping band around his genitals’

Shanthi

No PhotoName: Shanthi.
Died: September 2, 2020.
Age at death: 48.
Cause of death: Poisoning.
Location: Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Disability: Intellectual disability.

Details:
Shanthi’s father allegedly poisoned her and himself. Neighbors heard Shanthi screaming and rushed her to the hospital, but it was too late and she died. Police said he was worried about providing for her.

Case status:
Chellaiya (Father), deceased. Ruled murder-suicide.

Source:
Pudukkottai man poisons intellectually disabled daughter, kills himself later