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Isaac Torrijos

Name: Isaac Guillén Torrijos.
Died: December 5, 2019.
Age at death: 45.
Cause of death: Asphyxia.
Location: Godelleta, Valencia, Spain.
Disability: Cerebellar ataxia.

Details:
Isaac’s wife allegedly drugged, beat, and strangled him to death and buried his body, possibly because she did not want to care for her disabled husband and stood to gain financially from his death. Police say she forced her teenage son to help her kill her husband.

Isaac was a retired police officer and the father of two children.

Case status:
Beatriz F C (Wife), charged with murder.
Unnamed minor son, spent 9 months in jail and released; serving as a witness.

Source:
«Mi madre me obligó a ayudarle a matar a Isaac»
La verdad sobre el crimen de Isaac: un seguro de 200.000 € y la falsa eutanasia en Suiza
«Mi madre me obligó a ayudarle a matar a Isaac»
Spanish police investigating financial motive for killing of disabled ex-cop on the Costa Blanca as wife remains in custody
El perfil criminalístico de la viuda negra de Godelleta

Joyce Judie

Name: Joyce Fox Judie.
Died: November 29, 2019.
Age at death: 60.
Cause of death: Cocaine poisoning.
Location: Macon, Georgia, USA.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
When Joyce was found dead in her bed, it was initially thought to be a natural death. However, an autopsy found that Joyce had died from a cocaine overdose. When police discovered that Joyce’s husband had bought cocaine on the night of her death, they arrested and charged him with her murder.

Joyce served 20 years in the military, then earned two master’s degrees and became a teacher.

Case Status:
Edward Judie (Husband), charged with murder.
Aliyah Danielle Walker, charged with murder.

Source:
Former Bibb Schools deputy superintendent, another woman indicted in his wife’s murder
Former Superintendent Accused Of Fatal Cocaine Poisoning Of His Wife Is Released On Bond
Prosecutor: Man accused in cocaine poisoning could flee
Former Georgia school leader charged with murder in wife’s death
Warrant: Former Bibb Schools deputy superintendent ‘poisoned’ wife who was suffering from dementia
Joyce Fox Judie Obituary (1959 – 2019) The Telegraph
Family wants answers on why Edward Judie, woman bailed out after wife’s alleged cocaine poisoning death

Sefiah Hamid

No Photo Name: Sefiah Hamid.
Died: November 12, 2019.
Age at death: 62.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Kuantan, Malaysia.
Disability: Spinal cord injury; paraplegic.

Details:
Sefiah’s son allegedly stabbed her to death with a kitchen knife. Her daughter and her boyfriend were stabbed, as well; but passer-by were able to rescue them and tie up Sefiah’s son. Sefiah’s daughter and her boyfriend were taken to the hospital and are stable and expected to survive.

Case status:
Her son, arrested.

Source:
“Aku dah bunuh mak”
Son allegedly stabs mum to death in Kuantan

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

Hide Fukaya

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

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