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Ben Thompson

Name: Ben Edward Thompson.
Died: November 3, 2019.
Age at death: 72.
Cause of death: House fire.
Location: Watertown, Tennessee, USA.
Disability: Wheelchair user.

Details:
Ben died in a house fire, unable to escape the house because of his mobility impairment. Authorities suspect his nephew of setting the fire.

Case status:
Christophe Sean Tillison (Nephew), charged with reckless homicide.

Source:
Tennessee man charged in 72-year-old uncle’s fire death
TBI: Nephew charged in fatal fire that killed wheelchair-bound uncle in Wilson County

No Photo Name: Hide Fukaya.
Died: October 27, 2019.
Age at death: 88.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
Disability: Unspecified chronic illness.

Details:
Hide’s husband allegedly strangled her as she slept. Police say he told them he was tired of caring for her.

Case status:
Fumiyuki Fukaya (Husband), charged with murder.

Source:
63-year-old man arrested for killing 88-year-old wife

Hiroshi Norii

No Photo Name: Hiroshi Norii.
Died: October 26, 2019.
Age at death: 70.
Cause of death: Suffocation.
Location: Yokohama, Japan.
Disability: Unspecified; bedridden.

Details:
Hirohshi’s wife was arrested on suspicion of having suffocated him with a blanket.

Case status:
Iseko Niyama (Common-law wife), arrested on suspicion of murder.

Source:
Woman arrested over murder of common-law husband

Sydney Montja

No Photo Name: Sydney Noko Montja.
Died: October 21, 2019.
Age at death: Adult.
Cause of death: Drowning.
Location: Limpopo, South Africa.
Disability: Mobility impaired, speech impediment.

Details:
Sydney’s ex-wife took out a life insurance policy on him. Soon thereafter, he was found drowned in a lake, and she cashed in the insurance policy. Over the next few years, five other people whom she bought insurance for died as well. She allegedly used her status as a police officer to convince the victims, who tended to be poor or disabled, to buy the policies.

The other victims’ names are Navel Kutumela, Tsela Malesa, Ephraim Choshi and Martin Manthata.

Case Status:
Rachel Shokane-Kutumela (Ex-wife), charged with six murders and insurance fraud, among other charges.
Annah Shokane (Sister-in-law), charged as an accomplice.
Madjadji Flora Shokane (Daughter), charged as an accomplice.

Sources:
Limpopo cop arrested for murder of six people for R10m insurance payouts
“Rogue” policewoman accused of murdering 6 people for insurance payouts in South Africa
‘She’s dangerous’: victim’s family on insurance fraud murder accused cop
Limpopo insurance murders: Victim’s family speaks out
Alleged insurance killer defends policy: ‘My uncle was my unemployed mother’s responsibility’
Second day on stand for murder-accused Limpopo cop
“I wanted to give my family dignified burials,” so says Limp
Female Limpopo sergeant linked to 6 insurance fraud murders
Police Sgt. Shokane-Kutumela says she will deny charges leveled against her
Limpopo cop, two others accused of insurance murders abandon bail bid
Alleged insurance killer cop facing 19 charges including murder and fraud

Kyrell Matthews

Name: Kyrell Matthews.
Died: October 20, 2019.
Age at death: 2.
Cause of death: Abdominal trauma, torn liver.
Location: Thornton Heath, London, England, UK.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Kyrell was regularly beaten by his mother and her boyfriend. After a particularly severe beating, emergency services found him dying from internal injuries.

Kyrell’s grandmother remembers him as “the most loving little boy, always smiling”.

Case Status:
Kemar Brown (Mother’s partner), found guilty of murder, sentenced to 25 years.
Phylesia Shirley (Mother), found guilty of manslaughter, sentenced to 13 years.

Sources:
Mum and partner jailed for killing autistic toddler son
Kyrell Matthews: Man found guilty of murdering partner’s two-year-old son who died with 41 rib fractures
Kyrell Matthews: Man jailed for 25 years for murdering partner’s two-year-old son, who was treated ‘like a punchbag’
Mum’s partner jailed for 25 years for horrific killing of her autistic son

Terri-Lynn Thompson

Name: Terri-Lynn Thompson.
Died: October 14, 2019.
Age at death: 54.
Cause of death: Homicide.
Location: Belleville, Ontario, Canada.
Disability: Unspecified disability; unable to work.

Details:
Terri-Lynn, whose family remembers her as a “loving grandmother” who “was amazing to everyone around her,” was allegedly murdered by her husband.

Case status:
Dewayne Jerome Vacciana (Husband), pleaded guilty to manslaughter, sentenced to 12 1/2 years.

Source:
Man sentenced for killing his wife in Belleville, Ont. over work visa
Belleville man, 38, charged in death of ‘loving grandmother’
INQUINTE.CA | Pre-trial date set for man accused of murder

Jacqueline Juhlin

White gravestone reading, Jacqueline G Juhlin, Sep 14 1939, Oct 14 2019, Loving wife, We are together forever.

Name: Jacqueline Ghislaine Juhlin.
Died: October 14, 2019.
Age at death: 80.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Venice, Florida, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Jacqueline was allegedly shot by her husband because she had dementia.

Case status:
Wayne Juhlin (Husband), charged with first-degree murder, died before trial.

Source:
94-year-old Florida man charged with killing elderly wife who reportedly had dementia
94-year-old shoots, kills his wife because she had dementia
94-year-old Venice man killed his wife, who was suffering from dementia, police say

Aiko Matsubara

No Photo Name: Aiko Matsubara.
Died: October 9, 2019.
Age at death: 90.
Cause of death: Suffocation.
Location: Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
Disability: Unspecified; disabled elder.

Details:
Police received a phone call from Ms. Matsubara’s granddaughter, saying she had killed her grandmother. When they arrived at her house, they found her dead, killed by having a towel stuffed into her mouth until she suffocated.

Case status:
Akane Matsubara (Granddaughter), charged with murder.

Source:
Woman arrested after stuffing towel into 90-year-old grandmother’s mouth, killing her

Terue Nakata

No Photo Name: Terue Nakata.
Died: October 8, 2019.
Age at death: 71.
Cause of death: Blunt trauma.
Location: Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Disability: Unspecified.

Details:
Terue’s daughter-in-law found her beaten to death on her futon. Police arrested Terue’s son, who they say told them that he had done it because he was “worn out from nursing [his] mother”.

Case status:
Tomoki Nakata (Son), arrested on suspicion of murder.

Source:
Saitama: Man, 40, fatally bashed mother before attempting suicide

Dorothy Davis

Name: Dorothy Davis.
Died: October 7, 2019.
Age at death: 77.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Midwest City, Oklahoma, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Dorothy was shot as she lay in bed. Police received a call in which her husband admitted to killing her; when they arrived at her house, they arrested her husband for the murder.

In the afternoons, neighbors often saw her sitting on the porch, holding hands with her husband.

Case status:
Royce Davis (Husband), charged with first-degree murder.

Source:
A Pregnant Army Wife Dies in Apparent Suicide But Details Haunt Investigators: “Makes No Sense”
80-year-old man accused of killing wife of 50 years because she had dementia, MWC police say
Police: 80-year-old man killed wife of 50 years because she had dementia
‘They were lovely people’: Neighbors shocked after learning 80-year-old man shot wife of 55 years
“It was sad that he felt like this was the only option,” Man allegedly shot, killed wife suffering from dementia