3/16/2024

*+Haloi, Hrishikesk
(Died February 19, 2024, Age 15)
Cause of death: Homicide (Poisoning)
Location: Barsarkuchi village, Nalbari, Assam, India
Disability: ADHD, autism
Perpetrator: Jagadish Haloi (Father)
Source: Assam: Father Confesses to Double Murder; Blames Son’s Hyperactivity Disorder

*+Hernandez, David Jacques
(Died February 20, 2024, Age 3)
Cause of death: Homicide (Cut to the neck)
Location: Lancaster, California, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Rena Naulls (Mother’s boyfriend)
Source: Father of 3-year-old boy killed in Lancaster speaks out: ‘I need answers for every question’

*+Mathura, Hannah
(Died March 12, 2024, Age 18)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Valsayn, Trinidad and Tobago
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Autopsy shows Hannah was shot in the head

*+Reid, (Mr.)
(Died February 9, 2024, Age 5)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Stead, Nevada, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Mashenka Ann Marie Reid (Sister)
Source: Police: Teen’s ‘urge to kill’ led to murder of father, special needs brother

*Anderson, William Thomas
(Died February 22, 2024, Age 89)
Cause of death: Homicide (Blunt trauma)
Location: Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Marshall Anderson (Son)
Source: Wilmington man charged with murder in connection with father’s death

*Landon, Noah Ryan
(Died March 12, 2024, Age 37)
Cause of death: Homicide-Suicide (Gunshot)
Location: Sebring, Florida, USA
Disability: Unspecified special needs
Perpetrator: Joe Landon (Father)
Source: Friend of man involved in murder-suicide at hospital says he’d been struggling for weeks

*Mitchell, Lawanda
(Died March 13, 2024, Age 52)
Cause of death: Homicide (Assault)
Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Barron Wallace (Son)
Source: Dallas woman dies weeks after violent assault, suspect arrested

*Nowell, Vanita
(Died March 8, 2020, Age 68)
Cause of death: Abuse (TBI, fractured ribs and spine)
Location: Peckham, London, England, UK
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Steffon Hewitt (Son)
Source: Murderer claimed mother’s fatal injuries were due to her dementia

*Sims, Neulan “Shelby”
(Died March 7, 2024, Age 70)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed, set on fire)
Location: Mobile, Alabama, USA
Disability: Partially blind, hearing impaired
Perpetrator: His 13-year-old great-nephew
Source: UPDATE: Teen allegedly stabbed and set 70-year-old relative on fire, unprovoked: MCSO | WKRG.com

*Watkins, Charrie Lea
(Died November 8, 2023, Age 70)
Cause of death: Homicide (Strangled)
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease
Perpetrator: Robert Edward Green II (Boyfriend)
Source: Cheyenne Man Charged With Murder After Autopsy Reveals Woman Was Strangled to Death

+!Gainer, Ryan
(Died March 9, 2024, Age 15)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Apple Valley, California, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Deputies killed 15-year-old boy with autism after he ran toward them holding gardening tool

+Naidoo, Cameron
(Died March 1, 2024, Age 23)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: One suspect arrested
Source: Autistic man from Pelican Park tied up and killed

+Viera, Mattheus
(Died April 12, 2022, Age 11)
Cause of death: Medical Error (Delayed treatment of sepsis)
Location: King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
Source: Sepsis death of autistic Norfolk boy is ‘watershed moment’

*Adams, Terrance
(Died December 28, 2021, Age 6)
Cause of death: Homicide (Drowning)
Location: Clinton township, Michigan, USA
Disability: Charge syndrome
Perpetrator: Hunter Locke-Huges (Babysitter)
Source: Man accused of holding child underwater in Clinton Township death investigation

*Becraft, Janette
(Died February 8, 2024, Age 85)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Portland, Oregon, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: William Albert “Billy Jack” Haynes Jr. (Husband)
Source: Former WWF wrestler arrested in wife’s murder

*Gaylor, James
(Died February 10, 2024, Age 70)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Washington DC, USA
Disability: Back injury; used cane
Perpetrator: Brittany Gaylor
Source: DC woman charged with murder of father, who reported her to police last week

+#Blevins, Joseph
(Died January 30, 2024, Age 46)
Cause of death: Unknown suspicious death (Unspecified neglect and/or abuse)
Location: Nebo, North Carolina, USA
Disability: Autism, schizophrenia, intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Dustin Lee Suttles and Katelyn Renee Elliot (Caregivers)
Source: Deceased vulnerable man at center of abuse case identified; 911 calls released

+Ghey, Brianna
(Died February 11, 2023, Age 16)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Culcheth, Warrington, England, UK
Disability: ADHD, autism
Perpetrator: Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe
Source: Brianna Ghey’s family give emotional victim impact statements – read them in full

#(Unknown), (2 women and 2 men)
(Died April 29, 2021, Age 31-56)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Disability: Paralysis; some needed respiratory support
Perpetrator: Ines Andrea R., employee at Thusnelda von Saldern Haus, Oberlin Haus
Source: Woman in psychiatric clinic after killings at German disabled centre

#(Unknown), (Male)
(Died 2021, Age 56)
Cause of death: Neglect (Pneumonia; malnutrition/dehydration after not being fed for 9 days in hospital)
Location: Poole, England, UK
Disability: Down syndrome, dementia
Perpetrator: Poole General Hospital
Source: Poole Hospital patient dies after no food for nine days

#(Unknown), (Male)
(Died February 16, 2024, Age 37)
Cause of death: Homicide (Assault; head injury, stomped on)
Location: Billings, Montana, USA
Disability: Intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Dante Garriot (Group home worker)
Source: Billings group home worker charged with deliberate homicide pleads not guilty

Al-Kafarna, Yazan
(Died March 4, 2024, Age 10)
Cause of death: War crime (Malnutrition; food unavailable during bombing of Gaza)
Location: Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine
Disability: Cerebral palsy
Perpetrator: Israeli military
Source: War on Gaza: Palestinian child dies from hunger and malnutrition in Gaza

Anderson, Nazerine
(Died June 19, 2023, Age 52)
Cause of death: Self-inflicted injury (Paracetamol overdose, liver failure; after universal credit review)
Location: Melton Mowbray, England, UK
Disability: Anxiety, depression
Perpetrator: Department of Work and Pensions
Source: Second coroner links universal credit flaws with death of a claimant

Asadullah, Mohammad
(Died February 11, 2024, Age 35)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot; sharp force trauma)
Location: Ukhiah, Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Disability: Physical disability
Perpetrator: 10-15 people; Asadullah may have told the police where they were, and they attacked in revenge
Source: Disabled Rohingya youth shot dead in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya

Bradley, Malcolm
(Died July 1, 2023, Age 31)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Lanham, Maryland, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Dane Gayle
Source: His drug dealer was in a wheelchair. He was just convicted of robbing and killing him

Brady, Michael
(Died June 18, 2023, Age 74)
Cause of death: Homicide (Strangled; tortured; during robbery)
Location: Radford, Coventry, England, UK
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Kieron Spicer and Antoinette Sheppard
Source: Teen tortured elderly dementia patient with machete before girlfriend strangled him to death

Clapson, David
(Died July 20, 2013, Age 59)
Cause of death: Systemic failure (Diabetic ketoacidosis; denied benefits, unable to store insulin without power)
Location: Stevenage, England, UK
Disability: Diabetes
Perpetrator: DWP
Source: ‘No one should die penniless and alone’: the victims of Britain’s harsh welfare sanctions

Coutinho-Lopez, Myra
(Died December 16, 2021, Age 82)
Cause of death: Homicide (Multiple broken bones; after being shoved)
Location: Howardsgate, Welwyn Garden City, England, UK
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease, COPD
Perpetrator: Courtney Richman
Source: Woman Convicted for Killing Elderly Alzheimer’s Patient in Bank.

!Cunningham, Douglas
(Died October 29, 2022, Age 79)
Cause of death: Homicide (Injuries from assault)
Location: Buckley, West Virginia, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Lucas Wagnar and Isaiah McBride (Fellow inmates at Southern Regional Jail)
Source: Man sentenced to 30 years for murder of disabled inmate at Southern Regional Jail

#Flynn, Edward
(Died June 16, 2022, Age 87)
Cause of death: Homicide (Broken neck after assault)
Location: Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA
Disability: Mobility impaired, nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Stephen Luckett (Fellow nursing home resident)
Source: Man charged in nursing home death seeks deal

!Givens, Charles James
(Died February 5, 2022, Age 52)
Cause of death: Unknown suspicious death (Blunt force trauma; beaten by prison guards)
Location: Marion, Virginia, USA
Disability: Intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Marion Correctional Treatment Center staff
Source: They said her disabled brother died in prison naturally. A lawsuit alleges otherwise

!Ingocha, Nongthombam
(Died March 6, 2024, Age 55)
Cause of death: Homicide (Assault)
Location: Imphal, Manipur, India
Disability: Leg injured in an accident
Perpetrator: Three arrested, one of whom is a Havildar (eq. sergeant) in the state police department
Source: Disabled bodies angry over the murder of a fellow colleague demand a probe

Johnson, Alaejah
(Died February 27, 2023, Age 22)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot; bystander)
Location: Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
Disability: Intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Family of Portsmouth special needs woman killed by stray bullet wants justice

Justice, Donan Myron
(Died February 29, 2024, Age 59)
Cause of death: Accidental (Hit-and-run)
Location: Abilene, Texas, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Robby Hale and John Gonzales
Source: Abilene police arrest two men for killing man in a wheelchair in hit-and-run crash

Kavitha, D
(Died March 12, 2024, Age 50)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified homicide)
Location: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Disability: Blind
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Blind woman found tied up, murdered in her house

Kibet, Thomas
(Died February 10, 2024, Age 55)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Baringo, Kenya
Disability: Blind
Perpetrator: Bandits; unsolved
Source: Kepsha condemns killing of blind head teacher by bandits

Lessere, Shannon
(Died January 27, 2024, Age 58)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Disability: Deaf
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Fears of Indianapolis serial killer as two bodies of women stabbed

!Neal, Jeffrey
(Died March 17, 2023, Age 62)
Cause of death: Medical neglect (Untreated pneumonia)
Location: Akron, Ohio, USA
Disability: Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder
Perpetrator: Summit County Jail staff
Source: Family of man with mental illness who died in Summit County Jail files wrongful death lawsuit

Nunez, Zella
(Died March 5, 2023, Age 11)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Disability: Blind
Perpetrator: Karel Mangual and Dejan Belnavis
Source: National Guardswoman, blind daughter, 11, killed in ambush while sitting in their parked car

#Pankratz, Steven Kelly
(Died January 12, 2024, Age Adult)
Cause of death: Neglect (Unspecified neglect; possibly drugged)
Location: Mansfield, Texas, USA
Disability: Degenerative brain disease, mobility impairment
Perpetrator: Love and Caring for People, LLC; Regla ‘Su’ Becquer
Source: Warrant: 13 people died at boarding homes operated by woman arrested for endangering disabled patients

Patel, Babu
(Died February 12, 2024, Age 80)
Cause of death: Systemic failure (Natural; died after walking 1.5km due to wheelchair shortage)
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Disability: Frail elder
Perpetrator: Mumbai Airport
Source: DGCA slaps show cause notice to Air India for wheelchair shortage after 80-year-old flyer’s death

Powell, Kevin
(Died March 25, 2023, Age 54)
Cause of death: Homicide (Kicked)
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Emmet Richardson
Source: CTA sued over homeless man’s beating death; former worker charged in murder

Powell, Wayne “Oney”
(Died April 21, 2013, Age Adult)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Golden Spring, St Andrew, Jamaica
Disability: Amputee
Perpetrator: Brian Simms and Dalton Stewart
Source: Appeal court upholds men’s convictions for murder of amputee

Ravi, B
(Died 2017, Age Adult)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Krishnayapalem, Penumaka, Andhra Pradesh, India
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: D Kiran Reddy and B Rani
Source: Two get lifer for killing disabled person

Robertson, Maurice
(Died November 7, 2023, Age 48)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Khiry J. Hill
Source: Man arrested in shooting death of man found lying next to his wheelchair, records show

#Rubick, Rickie
(Died January 22, 2024, Age 75)
Cause of death: Negligence (Hypothermia and frostbite after being locked in kitchen freezer)
Location: St. George, Utah, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: The Meadows at Escalante staff
Source: Son heartbroken after mother found inside freezer at St. George facility dies

#Tribble, Jack
(Died September 6, 2022, Age 79)
Cause of death: Negligence (Exposure, pneumonia; seen leaving secure ward but staff did not try to stop him.)
Location: Bluffton, South Carolina, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: The Palmettos Assisted Living
Source: Family holds Bluffton care facility responsible after dementia patient went missing, died

#Webb, Thaes
(Died April 25, 2023, Age 90)
Cause of death: Accidental/Negligence (Fell from wheelchair; improperly secured; head injury)
Location: South Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Disability: Frail elder, wheelchair user, heart disease
Perpetrator: Matthew Cielo (Executive director at Twin Oaks Assisted Living and Memory Care)
Source: Lawsuit says Utah elderly care center resident died after wheelchair tipped over during van ride

Williams, Marty
(Died February 9, 2024, Age 66)
Cause of death: Homicide (Blunt trauma; Beating, sexual assault)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Disability: Mental disability
Perpetrator: Joel Warren
Source: Teen charged with second-degree murder of homeless man