Category: Status: Suspect Deceased

Suspect has died; no trial necessary.

Anupriya Kumar

No PhotoName: Anupriya Kumar.
Died: January 6, 2025.
Age at death: 5.
Cause of death: Poisoned.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Anupriya’s parents fatally poisoned her and her two-year-old brother, Priyansh; then they died by suicide. Authorities believe that the killings had to do with their father’s recent failed business venture and Anupriya’s autism.

Case Status:
Anup Kumar (Father) and Rakhi Kumar (Mother) are deceased.

Sources:
Family found dead in Bengaluru: police suspect land dispute and daughter’s disability as reasons
Techie, wife and minor children found dead at home in Bengaluru
Bengaluru Techie, Wife Kill Their Children, Then Die By Suicide
Did daughter’s health, non-starter venture in UP led Bengaluru couple to murder-suicide pact
Bengaluru techie and wife poison two kids before committing suicide

Diane Glaski

No PhotoName: Diane Glaski.
Died: January 6, 2025.
Age at death: 72.
Cause of death: Unspecified.
Location: Boynton Beach, Florida, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; nursing home resident.

Details:
Diane was killed by her husband in a homicide-suicide.

Case Status:
Richard Glaski (Husband), deceased.

Sources:
Murder-Suicide In West Boynton Nursing Home, PBSO Investigating
Murder-Suicide Under Investigation at Boynton Beach Assisted Living Facility
Diane Glaski – View Obituary & Service Information

Jijesh Vijayan

Photo of a man wearing a white striped shirt. He has brown skin and dark-brown eyes; his hair is dark-brown, and he has a mustache and some beard stubble. His expression is neutral.Name: Jijesh Vijayan.
Died: December 27, 2024.
Age at death: 28.
Cause of death: Poisoned.
Location: Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
Disability: Intellectual disability, bedridden.

Details:
Jijesh’s neighbors found him and his father in critical condition. They were rushed to the hospital, but both died from poisoning. Authorities believe that Jijesh’s father poisoned him and then ingested some of the poison himself.

Case Status:
Manichirakkal NM Vijayan (Father) is deceased.

Sources:
Wayanad DCC treasurer, son die after ingesting poison
Bathery DySP to lead special team formed to probe Wayanad DCC treasurer, son’s death

Khushi

No PhotoName: Khushi.
Died: November 29, 2024.
Age at death: 16.
Cause of death: Poisoned.
Location: Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Disability: Mobility impaired.

Details:
Khushi’s uncle found her dead on her bed; her father, who had lost his job eight months previously, had hanged himself in the kitchen, where investigators also found a packet of poison which they believe he gave to Khushi. Despite the lack of a suicide note, the authorities concluded that he must have been motivated by “the financial strain and the responsibility of taking care of his daughter”.

Case Status:
Chandraprakesh (Father), deceased.

Sources:
Agra Shocker: Struggling With Depression After Losing His Job, Shoe Craftsman Poisons Disabled Daughter to Death; Hangs Self
Agra: Jobless Father Poisons Differently-abled Daughter To Death, Later Hangs Self

Florence Albert

No PhotoName: Florence Albert.
Died: November 17, 2024.
Age at death: 94.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Rochester, New York, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; nursing home resident.

Details:
Florence’s son walked into her nursing home and shot her in a murder-suicide.

Case Status:
Robert Albert (Son), deceased.

Sources:
Rochester police identify man, woman dead after murder-suicide at nursing home
Two people are dead after apparent murder-suicide at a nursing home in Rochester
RPD: Son shoots and kills mother at nursing home, then kills himself
RPD: Man kills mother in murder-suicide at nursing home
City, county emergency teams carefully help residents during nursing home murder-suicide
Assemblymember, nurses’ union weigh in on nursing home safety after murder-suicide

Barbara Conroy

Photo of an older woman with wispy white hair, tan skin, cat-eye glasses, and a red shirt printed with stars. She is scowling at the camera, corners of her lips pulled down.Name: Barbara Ann Conroy.
Died: November 17, 2024.
Age at death: 78.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Disability: Heart disease, Crohn’s disease, psychosis; wheelchair user.

Details:
Barbara’s husband picked her up from her nursing home before killing her in a murder-suicide.

Case Status:
Dennis Raymond Conroy (Husband), deceased.

Sources:
2 people, 78 and 81, dead in suspected murder-suicide at Cleveland Metroparks, police say
Endangered Missing Adult Alert: Barbara Conroy

DJ McCollum

A young man with light-brown skin, photographed in profile. His brown hair is in short dreads, and he has a fuzzy mustache. He is wearing a black T-shirt and blue bib. Burn scars are visible on his face and the stub of his hand.Name: DJ McCollum.
Died: October 24, 2024.
Age at death: 32.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Disability: Severe burn survivor; wheelchair user.

Details:
DJ lived with his adoptive mother, Patricia and Kaydence, his 11-year-old sister. Concerned neighbors called the police, saying an armed man with a knife was in the home. That led to an hours-long standoff, with SWAT teams negotiating, before they were finally able to enter the home. There, they found DJ, his mother, and his 11-year-old sister dead from stab wounds. The suspect, who turned out to DJ’s brother-in-law, had self-inflicted stab wounds, of which he died after he was taken to the hospital. He had a history of arrests for domestic violence.

DJ and Kaydence had been two of Patricia’s many foster children. DJ, who had been severely burned as an infant, became Patricia’s foster son and then, at ten years old, her adopted son. She raised him through childhood and adolescence and watched him accept his high school diploma, walking on prosthetic legs.

Case Status:
Anthony Mathis (brother-in-law), deceased.

Sources:
Ohio foster mom, daughter and disabled son killed in murder-suicide
‘Hero’ foster mom, her daughter and disabled son stabbing victims
Cincinnati foster mom, adopted son killed in triple homicide
Man who stabbed his family to death had recent history of arrests for violence

89-year-old woman

No PhotoName Unknown.
Died: October 24, 2024.
Age at death: 89.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; nursing home resident.

Details:
This woman’s husband came to visit her at her nursing home, shot her dead, and shot himself.

Case Status:
Ruled murder-suicide. Her husband died that night at the hospital.

Sources:
Husband, wife die in murder-suicide in nursing home
DA: Shooter in murder-suicide at East Coventry senior living facility dies overnight
Shooting at Chester County nursing and care facility was ‘murder-attempted suicide,’ DA says [Updated]
Murder-attempted suicide at Chester County nursing home
89-year-old woman killed in murder and attempted suicide at Chester County nursing home, DA says

Kris Knox

a young Black man wearing a baseball cap faces to the rightName: Kris Knox.
Died: October 20, 2024.
Age at death: 26.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Warren, Michigan, USA.
Disability: Brain cancer, mental health disability.

Details:
Police were summoned to Kris’s home after his brother ran to a neighbors house for help, saying that his mother had threatened him with a gun. When the police checked on Kris and his mother, they found that she had shot him and then killed herself. His brother, who had escaped the house, survived unhurt.

Case Status:
His mother; deceased.

Sources:
2 dead in Warren, police suspect murder-suicide – CBS Detroit
Mother, son dead after murder-suicide in Warren
Police: Warren mom fatally shoots special needs son before taking her own life
Grandma of Warren man shot by mom in apparent murder-suicide said family struggled with health issues

Barbara Brandt

Photo of an older woman wearing a red shirt and glasses, which are slipping down her nose. She has light skin, and her short gray hair is wispy.Name: Barbara “Bobbie” Brandt.
Died: October 4, 2024.
Age at death: 81.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Cromwell, Connecticut, USA.
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user.

Details:
Bobbie’s husband went to her nursing home and fatally shot her before killing himself.

Bobbie left behind her two cats, which had been living with her husband and were taken into custody by animal control when he died.

Case Status:
Dennis Brandt (Husband), deceased.

Sources:
Nursing Home Murder-Suicide: Cops ID Husband, Wife Dead in CT
Cromwell neighbors shocked, saddened by nursing home murder-suicide: ‘There’s an empty spot’
Nursing Home Murder-Suicide: Cops ID Husband, Wife Dead in Cromwell
Cromwell nursing home resident killed in apparent murder-suicide
Police ID husband, wife killed in apparent murder-suicide at Apple Rehab Cromwell
Cromwell Nursing Home Murder-Suicide IDs Released: Police
Murder-suicide at Cromwell nursing home raises ‘discussion’ on safety protocols, official says