Remembering the Disabled Murdered by Caregivers
Suspect convicted and sentenced.
Name: Julian Adams-Lacas.
Died: February 2, 2009.
Age at death: 6 months.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA.
Disability: Bilateral cleft lip and palate.
Details:
Julian’s father killed him by shaking him or smashing his head against the floor.
Case status:
Justin Taylor (Father), child abuse resulting in death, 48 years.
Source:
Julian Adams Lacas
Name: Roberta Laws.
Died: February 2009.
Age at death: 46.
Cause of death: Strangled.
Location: Middleburg, Florida, USA.
Disability: Cerebral palsy.
Details:
Roberta’s boyfriend strangled her and buried her body in the backyard.
Case status:
Kenneth McBride (Boyfriend), sentenced to life without parole.
Source:
Killer of disabled Clay County woman sentenced to life
Name: Alexis “Lexie” Agyepong-Glover.
Died: January 7, 2009.
Age at death: 13.
Cause of death: Hypothermia, drowning.
Location: Woodbridge, Virginia, USA.
Disability: Reactive attachment disorder; mother claimed she had autism and sickle-cell anemia.
Details:
Lexie’s adoptive mother abandoned her in a freezing creek, in January. She died of drowning and exposure.
Case status:
Alfreedia Gregg-Glover (Adoptive mother), pled guilty to murder, child abuse, and filing a false police report; sentenced to 26 years.
Source:
Autism Memorial: Alexis “Lexie” Agyepong-Glover
Disabled Girl Described Beatings, Neighbor Says
Lexie Agyepong-Glover — a Tragedy in Plain Sight
Alexis “Lexie” Agyepong-Glover
Mother Indicted In Va. Killing
Name: Thomas “Tom” Inglis.
Died: November 21, 2008.
Age at death: 22.
Cause of death: Heroin overdose.
Location: Dagenham, Essex, UK.
Disability: TBI.
Details:
Tom’s mother went to the rehabilitation facility where he was recovering from a head injury and injected him with an overdose of heroin.
Case status:
Frances Inglis (Mother), convicted of murder and attempted murder, sentenced to life, served 5 years and was released.
Source:
‘Devoted’ mother who gave brain-damaged son lethal heroin injection has jail term slashed
Name: Christian Clay Jenkins.
Died: November 19, 2008.
Age at death: 14.
Cause of death: Oxycodone overdose.
Location: Hilltop, West Virginia, USA.
Disability: Cystic fibrosis.
Details:
Christian’s father injected him with an overdose of oxycodone.
Case status:
Henry Clay Jenkins (Father), convicted of child neglect and murder, sentenced to 18 years to life.
Name: Michelle Stewart.
Died: November 14, 2008.
Age at death: 17.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Drongan, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
Disability: Club feet.
Details:
Michelle had a boyfriend, but broke up with him because she wanted to go to university.
Michelle’s ex-boyfriend killed her with a knife. She died in her mother’s arms.
Case status:
John Wilson (Ex-boyfriend), convicted of murder, sentenced to 12 years to life; granted community release after he served 9 years.
Source:
Fury as killer gets out after just 9 years
Father of Ayrshire girl, 17, hacked to death in bloodbath horror furious as killer to get home leave after serving just NINE years
Murder victim’s father demands justice system reform
Call for justice reform as Michelle Stewart’s killer gets out
Expert claims it’s ‘extremely unlikely’ killer who hacked Ayrshire girl, 17, to death will be allowed to step foot in victim’s family neighbourhood
Name: Jocelynn Allison.
Died: September 24, 2008.
Age at death: 15 months.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Wasilla, Alaska, USA.
Disability: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, hydrocephalus.
Details:
Because Jocelynn didn’t want to eat and threw food, her father allegedly slapped her, sending her head backward to collide with her high chair. She died of a head injury. At autopsy, she had injuries consistent with long-term abuse and shaken baby syndrome.
Her family remembers, “Any music would cause her to start singing, clapping and dancing, and would send everyone around her into fits of laughter and joy.”
Case status:
Clayton Allison (Father), convicted of second-degree murder; conviction overturned because the trial had not considered Jocelynn’s Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Convicted of negligent homicide at retrial, which carries a maximum penalty of 3 years; released because he had already served that much time.
Source:
Retrial jury clears Wasilla man of murder charge in toddler daughter’s death but finds him guilty of negligent homicide
Jocelynn Renee Allison (2007-2008) – Find A Grave…
Murder conviction overturned for Wasilla man charged with killing 15-month-old daughter
Wasilla man convicted of daughter’s murder denies abuse
Name: Jacob Grabe.
Died: September 11, 2008.
Age at death: 13.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA.
Disability: Asperger syndrome.
Details:
Jacob was shot by his father, who “feared his son would never be able to live a normal life”.
Jacob ran track and field and played the French horn in his school band.
Case status:
Allen Grabe (Father); attempted insanity defense, convicted of murder, sentenced to life without parole.
Source:
Grabe gets life in prison for son’s murder
Autism Memorial: Jacob Grabe
Cops: Suspect admitted shooting son
Grand Junction trial continues for man accused of killing son
Allen Grabe killed his 13-year-old autistic son, because his wife was ruining him
Autism’s terrible toll: Parents risk hitting “a breaking point”
Name: Ethan Scott Kirby.
Died: August 23, 2008.
Age at death: 3.
Cause of death: Head injury.
Location: Conroe, Texas, USA.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
Ethan died of a head injury inflicted by his mother’s boyfriend during a beating.
Case status:
Chase Cannon (Mother’s boyfriend), murder, 50 years.
Source:
Autism Memorial: Ethan Scott Kirby
Conroe man receives 50 years for murder of autistic child
Child murderer sentenced
Name: Mason Scott.
Died: August 16, 2008.
Age at death: 6.
Cause of death: Burned.
Location: Russellville, Alabama, USA.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
Mason’s mother locked him in their house and set it on fire. Mason burned alive.
Case status:
Christie Scott (Mother), first-degree murder, death sentence.
Source:
Autism Memorial: Mason Scott
Murderpedia Article (Includes newspaper articles and court case.)
Christie Bray Scott’s Road to Death Row
A Mother’s Murder?