Name: Joseph Conant.
Age at death: 11.
Disability: Autism.
Name: Nacuma Conant.
Age at death: 33.
Disability: Mentally disabled.
Died: July 7, 2011.
Cause of death: Multiple murder.
Location: Wheatland, Wyoming, USA.
Details:
Joseph and Nacuma were both killed by Joseph’s father, Nacuma’s brother, in a mass shooting that also claimed the lives of Everett Conant, 18, and Charles Conant, 13, both Joseph’s brothers.
Nacuma was extremely talented in art, and could draw anything anyone asked him to draw. He was working on a post-apocalyptic novel.
Joseph loved animals. As a toddler, he used to ride on his grandmother’s guide dog.
Case status:
Everett E. Conant III; pleaded no contest to murder; sentenced to five consecutive life sentences without parole.
Source:
Autism Memorial: Joseph Conant and family
Pastors recount lives of four slain Wyoming family members
Grieving Town Mourns 4 Wyoming Shooting Victims