10/1/2017

Costa, Maria Stella
(Died January 11, 2017, Age 100)
Cause of death: Negligence (UTI went untreated; fall from bed that was set too high; head injury)
Location: Sunshine North, Victoria, Australia
Disability: Disabled elder; mobility impaired
Perpetrator: Staff at St. Berrnadette’s Aged Care Facility
Source: Every day I think about the way my grandmother died

*Whitmore, Julia
(Died September 29, 2017, Age 27)
Cause of death: Murder-suicide (Strangled)
Location: Town of Empire, Wisconsin, USA
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user requiring pervasive support
Perpetrator: Mark Whitmore (Father)
Source: Fond du Lac County father, daughter deaths ruled murder-suicide

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