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Kathleen West

Name: Kathleen Dawn “Kat” West.
Died: January 13, 2018.
Age at death: 42.
Cause of death: Head trauma.
Location: Calera, Alabama, USA.
Disability: Bipolar disorder.

Details:
Kat’s husband hit her on the head with a bottle, killing her.

She owned an online web site where she worked as an adult model; her mother says she “wanted everyone to think she was beautiful”.

Kat was the mother of one daughter, who is now living with her grandparents.

Case status:
William Jeffrey West (Husband), convicted of reckless manslaughter, sentenced to 16 years.

Source:
Kat West’s husband, Jeff West, sentenced to 16 years in wife’s death
Alabama husband pleads not guilty in death of exhibitionist wife
Bond cut denied for man accused of killing exhibitionist wife: report
Kat West’s mother says Jeff West not guilty of murder; bond reduction denied
Few answers in Calera mother’s mysterious murder
Kat West’s Mom Defends Husband Accused Of Exhibitionist’s Murder, Says It Was An Accident
Ex-cop pleads not guilty in death of exhibitionist wife
Ala. Husband Is Accused of Killing Wife Found Partially Naked Outside Home — But Victim’s Mom Defends Him
Kat West trial: Jeff West found guilty of reckless manslaughter

Photo of Cristina Prodan, a young woman with long straight brown hair, heavy-lidded brown eyes, and pale skin, smiling enigmatically. Name: Cristina Prodan.
Died: January 6, 2018.
Age at death: 27.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Edina, Minnesota, USA.
Disability: Epilepsy.

Details:
Cristina’s epilepsy made her vulnerable to long-term domestic abuse by her boyfriend. He beat her to the point that she had a miscarriage, and even hit her service dog. Cristina got a restraining order, but he came back to her apartment and choked her to death.

Case status:
Joseph Porter (Boyfriend), pleaded guilty to murder, sentenced to 20 years.

Source:
Man gets 20-year sentence after admitting to killing Edina girlfriend, burning body in New Orleans
Charges: Ex-boyfriend killed Edina woman in Minnesota, burned body in New Orleans

Airi Kakimoto

No Photo Name: Airi Kakimoto.
Died: December 23, 2017 (Body found; died December 18, 2017).
Age at death: 33.
Cause of death: Hypothermia.
Location: Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan.
Disability: Mental illness, either schizophrenia or “integration disorder”.

Details:
When she was sixteen or seventeen years old, Airi was diagnosed with a mental illness. Within a year, her parents were using a room in their house to serve as a jail for their daughter. It was unheated and bare, and contained only two mats, a makeshift toilet, and a tube connected to a water tank outside. Airi stayed in this room for fifteen or more years. She was denied clothing and fed only once a day. Too thin to keep herself warm, she died of hypothermia, weighing 19 kilograms (42 pounds).

Case status:
Yasutaka Kakimoto (Father), convicted of parental neglect resulting in the death, sentenced to 13 years.
Yukari Kakimoto (Mother), convicted of parental neglect resulting in the death, sentenced to 13 years.

Source:
Parents get 13 years for letting 33-year-old schizophrenic daughter freeze to death
Parents of dead woman admit confining her for 15 years
Parents arrested after daughter kept in tiny cell for 17 years dies：The Asahi Shimbun
Parents of dead Osaka woman reportedly admit confining her for 15 years
Parents knew their locked-up daughter was in dire state: police：The Asahi Shimbun
Japanese couple who confined their daughter rearrested over her freezing death
Couple hit with fresh arrest warrant over death of daughter kept in tiny room for 15 years

Johnny McFadden

No Photo Name: Johnny McFadden.
Died: December 23, 2017.
Age at death: 19.
Cause of death: Medical complications of cerebral palsy.
Location: Augusta, Georgia, USA.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.

Details:
Johnny was neglected by his caregivers. When he died his body showed evidence of malnutrition and severe bedsores.

Case status:
Carlissa Malone (Mother), pleaded no contest to neglect of a disabled adult, sentenced to time served plus five years probation.
Roger Malone (Stepfather), pleaded no contest to neglect of a disabled adult, sentenced to time served plus five years probation.

Source:
Augusta woman sentenced in son’s death
Augusta man guilty of neglect in death of disabled stepson
Couple jailed on neglect charge in disabled man’s death

Jordan Rodriguez

Name: Jordan Rodriguez.
Died: December 19, 2017 (Body found; last seen July 17, 2017; likely died September 22, 2017).
Age at death: 5.
Cause of death: Homicide, unspecified.
Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Disability: Developmentally disabled, nonverbal.

Details:
Although he obviously needed a hospital, Jordan’s mother did not take him to a doctor. After he died, most likely from abuse, Jordan’s mother and her boyfriend buried him in their backyard.

Case status:
Larissa Rodriguez (Mother), pleaded guilty to murder, sentenced to 25 years.
Christopher Rodriguez (Mother’s boyfriend), pleaded guilty to murder, sentenced to 28 years.

Source:
Mother arrested after body of five-year-old discovered
Cause of death is sought for remains found buried in Cleveland yard
Cleveland police: Charges for murder, felonious assault coming against Larissa Rodriguez
Mom charged with murder after leading police to son’s abused body
Mother charged in death of 5-year-old boy found buried in backyard of Cleveland home
Police: Mother led investigators to child’s remains buried in backyard
Cleveland mother charged in young child’s murder
Larissa Rodriguez Charged With Son’s Death After Remains Found In Backyard
Why? Larissa Rodriguez Cleveland mother arrested after burying disabled son in backyard
Ohio woman charged in son’s death after buried remains found
Resources available for kids with special needs, in light of what happened to Jordan Rodriguez
$1M bond set for Cleveland mother charged with murder in son’s death
Body found in bags in backyard identified as disabled boy
Body found in bags in backyard identified as disabled boy
Woman pleads not guilty in death of son, 5, buried in yard
Boyfriend of mother-of-9 charged with murder after her disabled 5-year-old son was found buried in garden
Man charged in death of 5-year-old in Cleveland
Cleveland police release body cam video of home belonging to mother charged in death of 5-year-old son
Cleveland mom accused of killing, burying 5-year-old in backyard gives birth to 10th child
Couple pleads guilty in death of 5-year-old Cleveland boy
Woman, boyfriend plead guilty in death of her disabled son
Couple pleads guilty in death of 5-year-old Cleveland boy
Judge breaks down while sentencing couple for killing disabled boy
Charity sued in death of abused boy

Bruce Clayton

Name: Bruce I. Clayton.
Died: December 18, 2017.
Age at death: 70.
Cause of death: Malnutrition, bedsores.
Location: Huntingburg, Indiana, USA.
Disability: Stroke.

Details:
Bruce was neglected by his caregivers. He died of malnutrition and severe pressure sores.

Case status:
Selena Aguilar, pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent resulting in serious injury, sentenced to 6-12 years in prison and 3 years probation.
Latasha Rodriguez (power of attorney representative), convicted of neglect of a dependent resulting in serious injury, sentenced to 4 years 11 months.

Source:
Charges refiled in neglect death of Dubois Co. man
Charges refiled in man’s death
Bruce I. Clayton – View Obituary & Service Information
Two Huntingburg Woman Arrested In Death Of 70-Year-Old Man
Two area women arrested for neglect of a Huntingburg Man
Two women arrested for 70-year-old’s death

Logan Christy

Name: Logan Christy.
Died: December 12, 2017.
Age at death: 20.
Cause of death: Pneumonia.
Location: Winchester, Kentucky, USA.
Disability: Down syndrome.

Details:
Logan’s parents locked him in his room, neglected and did not feed him. He died of pneumonia complicated by malnourishment and neglect.

Case status:
Albert Christy (Father), pleaded guilty to reckless homicide, sentenced to 2-5 years.
Patsy Christy (Mother), pleaded guilty to reckless homicide, sentenced to 2-5 years.

Source:
Patsy Christy: Possibility of Shock Parole
Logan Christy
He weighed 61 pounds at death. Was Kentucky 20-year-old starved over Down syndrome?
Winchester Couple Charged With Death Of Their Special Needs Son
Parents charged with murder in son’s death | Winchester Sun
Couple charged in death of special needs son
Parents starve disabled adult son to death after government benefits end: Cops
Parents accused of murdering disabled son waive preliminary hearing
Police: Couple starved son with Down Syndrome
Parents charged in death of adult son with Down syndrome enter not guilty plea
Agenda, Clark County Fiscal Court, January 10, 2018
Kentucky couple sentenced in connection to death of son with special needs
Kentucky parents sentenced 5 years after special needs son malnourished to death

Kendall Chick

Photo of Kendall Chick, a toddler girl wearing an orange dress. Her pale skin is washed out by sunlight, and she is wearing a hair ribbon with a black flower in her wispy blonde hair. She is smiling. Name: Kendall Chick.
Died: December 8, 2017.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Head and abdominal trauma.
Location: Wicasset, Maine, USA.
Disability: Developmental delay, prenatal drug exposure.

Details:
Kendall was abused by her grandmother, who was taking care of her after her parents lost custody. She died of a traumatic injury to her abdomen and blunt force head trauma.

Case status:
Shawna Gatto (Grandfather’s fiance), convicted of murder, sentenced to 50 years in prison.

Source:
Carer who tortured disabled girl, 4, to death fails in bid to be freed from jail
Kendall Chick’s caseworker had license revoked
How Maine child welfare officials assess the handling of the Kendall Chick case
Defense in murder trial points to grandfather as suspect in 4-year-old’s death
Kendall Chick’s short life began with neglect and ended with abuse. She left hardly a trace.
Kendall Chick died from child abuse, Maine’s medical examiner says
Judge to deliver verdict in murder trial of Maine woman accused of killing 4-year-old
Monster carer battered girl, 4, to death after months of ‘revolting and brutal’ abuse while tot’s mum battled addiction
Woman convicted of murder in abuse case that spurred state to reform its child protection system

Fabiola Cosme-Feliciano

Photo of Fabiola Cosme-Feliciano, a young woman with dark hair and light skin. She has an arm behind her head in a glamour-shot pose. Name: Fabiola Cosme-Feliciano.
Died: December 4, 2017.
Age at death: 19.
Cause of death: Diabetic shock.
Location: Kissimmee, Florida, USA.
Disability: Type I diabetes.

Details:
Fabiola’s boyfriend carried out a drive-by shooting with her in the car. The next day, when she went into diabetic shock, he left her alone to die instead of calling for help or giving her her medication.

She had been a cheerleader and a weight-lifter in high school. She liked fashion, social media, and taking selfies, and was a writer who had had a poem published in an anthology.

Case status:
Yeshua Ramirez (Boyfriend), pleaded no contest to attempted murder and culpable negligence, sentenced to 7 years.

Source:
Man who left diabetic woman to die gets 7 years in prison
As family mourns teen’s diabetes death, new charges for boyfriend cops say ‘did nothing’ to help
‘Drug dealer’, 19, charged in girlfriend’s diabetes death
Man arrested for homicide after letting girlfriend die
Florida Man Jailed For Girlfriend’s Diabetic Death
Fabiola Cosme Feliciano Obituary – Kissimmee, FL
Man who failed to get sick girlfriend care arrested on manslaughter charge, deputies say

Ruby Wilson

Name: Ruby Wilson.
Died: November 29, 2017.
Age at death: 94.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Buckhurst Hill, Essex, England, UK.
Disability: Dementia.

Details:
Ruby’s grandson went to the care home where she and her husband lived; he stabbed her in the neck, killing her.

She was a great-great-grandmother who had just celebrated her 70th wedding anniversary with her husband. Her family remembers her “creativity and love for crocheting, dressmaking and bingo” and says she “always had a song to sing for every occasion”. She had lived in a nursing home for seven months and enjoyed visits from family.

Case status:
Antony Jennings (Grandson), convicted of murder, sentenced to 22 years to life.

Source:
Police arrest man over care home murder
Man arrested on suspicion of murdering pensioner in a care home
Man arrested on suspicion of murder after elderly woman dies at care home
Arrest over woman’s nursing home death
Man arrested for grandmother’s murder in nursing home
Man charged after fatal stabbing of pensioner at a nursing home
OAP, 94, has ‘throat slit’ at nursing home as cops arrest man, 32, over murder
Ilford man charged with murder after elderly woman dies in care home
Buckhurst Hill murder: Man charged with death of 94-year-old woman at care home
Tributes paid to 94-year-old ‘stabbed in the throat’ at Essex nursing home
Grandson charged with murder after grandma, 94, ‘stabbed in neck’ in care home
Tributes paid to nan, 94, stabbed at care home after grandson charged with murder
Inquest opens after 94-year-old allegedly had throat slit by her own grandson
Great-great grandmother ‘stabbed to death in nursing home by own grandson’
Grandson denies nursing home murder
Man, 33, guilty of murdering his dementia-suffering gran, 94, by slitting her throat with a bread knife in her care home
Man who murdered his grandmother jailed