2022

+#Fang, (Mr.)
(Died January 2022, Age 5)
Cause of death: Abuse (Head injury (?))
Location: Taoyuan, Taiwan
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Care center staff
Source: Top government watchdog probes Taoyuan over child abuse cases

#(Unknown), (Male)
(Died January 2, 2022, Age 60)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified)
Location: Hayes, London, England, UK
Disability: Unspecified; nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Unnamed 44-year-old fellow resident at Imperial Lodge care centre
Source: Murder investigation launched after man dies following assault at adult care centre in Hayes, west London

+Uzoegbu, Isaac
(Died January 2, 2022, Age 16)
Cause of death: Accidental (Traffic accident)
Location: Gillingham, Kent, England, UK
Disability: Autism, learning disability
Perpetrator: Inadequate support
Source: Head teacher says autistic student died despite family’s plea for support

*+Fletcher, Lacey
(Died January 3, 2022, Age 36)
Cause of death: Neglect (Medical neglect; pressure sores)
Location: Slaughter, Louisiana, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Her parents
Source: Grand jury to decide parents’ fate after coroner finds daughter’s body sitting on couch with feces around it

Kumar, Sanjay
(Died January 4, 2022, Age 25)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Rohini, Delhi, India
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Yogesh and two juveniles
Source: Disabled stabbed to death, 3 arrested

Blainey, Brenda
(Died January 5, 2022, Age 87)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Thornton-le-Dale, England, UK
Disability: Frail, early dementia
Perpetrator: Shahin Darvish-Naarenjbon
Source: Thornton-le-Dale: Asylum seeker detained for killing woman who gave him home

*Kumar, Ranjeev
(Died January 6, 2022, Age 48)
Cause of death: Multiple homicide-suicide (Stabbed)
Location: Volivoli, Rakiraki, Fiji
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: David Narayan (Brother-in-law)
Source: Family devastated after alleged homicide case in Volivoli

*Schrader, Alene
(Died January 8, 2022, Age 80)
Cause of death: Neglect (Diabetic ketoacidosis)
Location: Wasau, Wisconsin, USA
Disability: Diabetes, heart disease
Perpetrator: Kandise Sheahen (AKA Kandise Sporer), granddaughter
Source: Woman charged with failing to manage grandmother’s diabetes resulting in death

+Garrity, Adrienne
(Died January 9, 2022, Age 7)
Cause of death: Accidental (Hit-and-run)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: David Ngugi
Source: 7-year-old killed in hit-and-run remembered as ‘a beautiful soul’

*Singh, Paramjeet
(Died January 9, 2022, Age 30)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beaten)
Location: Bharat Nagar, Delhi, India
Disability: Quadriplegic
Perpetrator: Ajmer Singh (Father)
Source: Delhi: 30-year-old paralysed man beaten to death by father

!(n/a), Prabhakaran
(Died January 12, 2022, Age 45)
Cause of death: Homicide (Blunt trauma)
Location: Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India
Disability: Mobility impaired
Perpetrator: Namakkal police
Source: ‘Custodial’ death: Family of disabled man gets Rs 10 lakh

+King, Gabriel
(Died January 13, 2022, Age 9)
Cause of death: Homicide (Throat cut)
Location: St James, Jamaica
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Beenie Man, Bounty Killer React To Murder Of Autistic Boy, 9, In Carjacking

+#Soto, Sofia
(Died 44577, Age 14)
Cause of death: Medical neglect (Untreated gastroenteritis)
Location: Lake Shore, Utah, USA
Disability: Autism, mental illness
Perpetrator: Maple Lake Academy staff
Source: A girl died at Maple Lake Academy after vomiting for days. Now, her parents are suing.

#(Unknown), (Female)
(Died January 17, 2022, Age 53)
Cause of death: Homicide (Arson)
Location: Reutlingen, Germany
Disability: Unspecified; nursing home resident
Perpetrator: A 57-year-old fellow resident at the nursing home
Source: Police: Fire that killed 3 in German home could be arson

#(Unknown), (Male)
(Died January 17, 2022, Age 73)
Cause of death: Homicide (Arson)
Location: Reutlingen, Germany
Disability: Unspecified; nursing home resident
Perpetrator: A 57-year-old fellow resident at the nursing home
Source: Police: Fire that killed 3 in German home could be arson

#(Unknown), (Male)
(Died January 17, 2022, Age 88)
Cause of death: Homicide (Arson)
Location: Reutlingen, Germany
Disability: Unspecified; nursing home resident
Perpetrator: A 57-year-old fellow resident at the nursing home
Source: Police: Fire that killed 3 in German home could be arson

+Andrews, Brandon Ato-Kwamina
(Died January 17, 2022, Age 19)
Cause of death: Homicide (Arson fire)
Location: Pontiac, Michigan, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Pontiac house fire that killed 2, injured 5 was no accident, officials say

*Grogan, Robin
(Died January 17, 2022, Age 58)
Cause of death: Neglect (Malnutrition, pneumonia)
Location: Cocoa, Florida, USA
Disability: Unspecified; epilepsy
Perpetrator: Robert Bradford (Boyfriend)
Source: Cocoa man accused of causing partner’s death by neglect charged with manslaughter

Brewer, Devin
(Died January 19, 2022, Age 19)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Washington DC, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user due to previous gunshot injury
Perpetrator: Unnamed 15-year-old
Source: Brewer Family Support

*McCahan, Ouita “Paige”
(Died January 19, 2022, Age 62)
Cause of death: Homicide (Strangled)
Location: Saxton, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: Seizure disorder
Perpetrator: Charles V. McCahan (Son)
Source: Saxton man held without bail, awaiting trial in homicide case

*Noe, Mandy
(Died January 21, 2022, Age 38)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified homicide)
Location: Jolly Springs, Tennessee, USA
Disability: Intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Christopher Thompson (Uncle) and Jessica Thompson (Aunt)
Source: Weakley County couple charged with murder after family member’s body discovered on property

#Stewart, Lynne Harriet
(Died January 21, 2022, Age 77)
Cause of death: Neglect (Hypothermia)
Location: Bondurant, Iowa, USA
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease
Perpetrator: Catherine Forkpa (Staff at Courtyard Estates at Hawthorne Crossing)
Source: Employee at Bondurant assisted living home charged after 77-year-old woman died of hypothermia

*+Yap, Ashton
(Died January 21, 2022, Age 11)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified)
Location: Singapore
Disability: ADHD, autism
Perpetrator: Xavier Yap Jung Houn (Father)
Source: Twin Boys With Special Needs Found Dead In Canal, Father Charged With Murder

*+Yap, Ethan
(Died January 21, 2022, Age 11)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified)
Location: Singapore
Disability: ADHD, autism
Perpetrator: Xavier Yap Jung Houn (Father)
Source: Twin Boys With Special Needs Found Dead In Canal, Father Charged With Murder

*Gittos, Dainton
(Died January 22, 2022, Age 11)
Cause of death: Neglect (Drowning; left alone in bath)
Location: Lincoln, England, UK
Disability: Cerebral palsy
Perpetrator: His parents, both age 32
Source: Lincoln: Coroner calls for further police action over death of boy, 11

*McKeddie, Sara
(Died January 22, 2022, Age 32)
Cause of death: Homicide (Brain injury)
Location: Arnprior, Ontario, Canada
Disability: Injuries from car accident; required caregiver
Perpetrator: David Michael Dubois (Husband)
Source: David Dubois to serve almost 10 years for manslaughter near Arnprior

!Atkins, William J.
(Died January 23, 2022, Age 41)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Attorney identifies man shot to death at Ft. Knox; says he suffered from mental illness

#Jirousek, Peggy
(Died January 25, 2022, Age 75)
Cause of death: Accidental (Hypothermia after wandering from memory-care facility into freezing temperatures)
Location: Richfield, Ohio, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: The Renaissance nursing home
Source: Memory care death: Richfield Police officer saw footsteps leading into deep snow

Boone, John
(Died January 26, 2022, Age 49)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unknown)
Location: High Point, North Carolina, USA
Disability: Deaf
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: High Point police probe homicide after body found in roadway of Lakewood Drive

Kerns, Libby
(Died January 26, 2022, Age 47)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Huntsville, North Carolina, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Christopher Nailor
Source: Man pleads not guilty to killing Rowan Co. woman, putting body in shallow grave

Yewdall, Cheryl
(Died January 26, 2022, Age 50)
Cause of death: Unknown suspicious death (Choked on a wad of paper; no history of pica, poor supervision)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: Cerebral palsy, intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Merakey Woodhaven care home
Source: Philly care home resident died with paper jammed in windpipe, lawsuit alleges

+Williams, Ferron
(Died January 27, 2022, Age 19)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Ocala, Florida, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Geremy Doel Navarro
Source: Man smiles while being arrested for murder of Ocala teen with autism: police

Jenkins, Jaquan
(Died January 28, 2022, Age 26)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Portland, Oregon, USA
Disability: Intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Reward offered for info. in Portland murder of disabled man

Maurer, Andrea
(Died January 28, 2022, Age Adult)
Cause of death: Neglect (Sepsis)
Location: Topeka, Kansas, USA
Disability: Quadriplegic after car accident
Perpetrator: Jennifer Renee Johnson (Caretaker)
Source: Topeka crash victim neglected to point of sepsis, death

Aguilar, Joanne
(Died January 29, 2022, Age 66)
Cause of death: Accidental/Negligence (Complications of femur fracture; inaccessible ride, no assistance offered)
Location: Anaheim, Florida, USA
Disability: Mobility impaired, wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Disneyland staff
Source: Lawsuit Alleges Disneyland Cast Members Laughed at Disabled Woman Before Fall That Led to Her Death

*Pispirigou, Georgina
(Died January 29, 2022, Age 9)
Cause of death: Homicide (Ketamine overdose)
Location: Patras, Greece
Disability: Quadriplegic; possible Munchausen By Proxy victim
Perpetrator: Roula Pispirigou (Mother)
Source: Mum, 33, smiles at disabled daughter before ‘giving her fatal dose of ketamine’

*Raines, Brenda
(Died January 29, 2022, Age 53)
Cause of death: Neglect (Starvation)
Location: Odessa, Texas, USA
Disability: Down syndrome
Perpetrator: Christine Raines Claros, Justin Raines, and Elvira Luera
Source: 3 arrested in January death of woman with Down Syndrome

#Hopper, Janice
(Died February 2022, Age 74)
Cause of death: Neglect (Dehydration)
Location: Wymondham, England, UK
Disability: Dementia, diabetes; recent surgery
Perpetrator: Windmill House staff
Source: Inquest probes death of woman after two week care home respite stay

+Roark, Emma
(Died February 1, 2022, Age 20)
Cause of death: Homicide (Asphyxia)
Location: Rancho Cordova, California, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Mikilo Morgan Rawls
Source: Man arrested in death of Rancho Cordova’s Emma Roark

*Wilke, Jason
(Died February 1, 2022, Age 34)
Cause of death: Neglect (Sepsis; bedsores)
Location: Michigan City, Indiana, USA
Disability: Mental disability; mobility impaired
Perpetrator: Mary Lee Wilke (Mother)
Source: Elderly woman charged with neglect in death of disabled son

#(Unknown), (Female)
(Died February 2, 2022, Age 41)
Cause of death: Neglect (Heart attack, after not being given prescribed anti-epileptic meds for several days)
Location: Wallingford, Connecticut, USA
Disability: Intellectual disability, epilepsy
Perpetrator: Quinnipiac Valley Center nursing home
Source: Report: Connecticut nursing home resident who died had not received medication

#Newnum, Patricia
(Died February 2, 2022, Age 80)
Cause of death: Homicide (Smothered)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Disability: Nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Dwayne Freeman (Fellow resident at Homestead Healthcare Center)
Source: Police claim elderly hospice patient was smothered to death with pillow at Indy nursing home

Sohan, Bobby
(Died February 2, 2022, Age Adult)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: San Fernando, California, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Bizarre shooting death of wheelchair bound man in San Fernando

#Britt, Jason
(Died February 4, 2022, Age 28)
Cause of death: Accidental (Heart and kidney failure from steroid use; due to eating disorder; due to abuse, rape)
Location: Meridian, Idaho, USA
Disability: Epilepsy
Perpetrator: Agape Boarding School staff
Source: Mother files wrongful death lawsuit against now-closed Christian boarding school in Missouri

(Unknown), (Male)
(Died February 6, 2022, Age 47)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Disability: Wheelchair user after gunshot injury
Perpetrator: Arrests made, suspects not identified
Source: Belfast murder victim was left in a wheelchair after gun attack

*+Garcia, Jamie
(Died February 6, 2022, Age 7)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Carina Romero (Mother)
Source: Woman arrested after dead child found inside southeast OKC home by police

Gavin, Martin
(Died February 6, 2022, Age 47)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Disability: Wheelchair user and partial blindness after surviving two shots to the head
Perpetrator: Francis Henry
Source: Man (20) appears in court charged with murder of Martin Gavin in north Belfast

Harkness, Scott
(Died February 6, 2022, Age 59)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Disability: Special needs
Perpetrator: John Merryman
Source: 59-year-old man with special needs identified as Scottsdale homicide victim

!Meyers, Richard Allen
(Died February 6, 2022, Age 41)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Salem, Oregon, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Man who died after confrontation with Salem police was homeless, had lifelong mental illness, family says

Cervantes, Gabriel
(Died February 7, 2022, Age 28)
Cause of death: Homicide (Trauma)
Location: Mecca, California, USA
Disability: Intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Unnamed 16-year-old male
Source: Family remembers 28-year-old murdered in Mecca, asks for community support

*Kaur, Jasbir
(Died February 7, 2022, Age 81)
Cause of death: Homicide (Laceration/Blood loss)
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Disability: Unspecified; bedridden
Perpetrator: Purushottam Singh Gandhok (Husband)
Source: Ex-Army Man Slits Throats Of Bedridden Wife, Daughter In Mumbai

*Kaur, Kamaljit
(Died February 7, 2022, Age 55)
Cause of death: Homicide (Laceration/Blood loss)
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Disability: Down syndrome
Perpetrator: Purushottam Singh Gandhok (Father)
Source: ‘I killed them both, was not able to do all the household chores’

*Kessler, Edward
(Died February 7, 2022, Age 64)
Cause of death: Homicide (Strangled)
Location: Elizaville, New York, USA
Disability: Unspecified; vulnerable elder
Perpetrator: Cassandra Fischer and Ryan Woods (Housemates)
Source: 2 Elizaville residents plead not guilty to murder charges

!Wilson, Shawn
(Died February 7, 2022, Age 36)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Disability: Bipolar disorder, anxiety
Perpetrator: Police
Source: There were 4 homicides across Kansas City metro in the last week. Here’s what we know

#Schrecengost, Judith
(Died February 8, 2022, Age 78)
Cause of death: Accidental (Exposure; wandering)
Location: Tonawanda, New York, USA
Disability: Nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Safire Rehabilitiation of Northtowns
Source: Death of nursing home resident found outside under police investigation

Lovence, Joseph
(Died February 9, 2022, Age 61)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Odlum City, Bois Patat, Saint Lucia
Disability: COPD
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Man shot dead at Odlum City, Bois Patat

McMullen, Rexie
(Died February 9, 2022, Age 57)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Jasper, Texas, USA
Disability: Due to brain aneurysm
Perpetrator: Courtney Breanna Minter-McMullen (Former daughter-in-law) and Paul James Taucer (Her boyfriend)
Source: Daughter of murder victim believes money for meth was driving force in father’s death

*Weller, Melvin
(Died February 11, 2022, Age 62)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Palm Springs, Florida, USA
Disability: Unspecified; mobility impaired, poor grip strength
Perpetrator: Joan Burke (Wife)
Source: Florida woman facing murder charges after allegedly stabbing her husband more than 140 times

Ahmed, Mushtaq
(Died February 12, 2022, Age 41)
Cause of death: Homicide (Lynching)
Location: Talumba, Khanewal, Punjab, Pakistan
Disability: Intellectual disability
Perpetrator: A mob of 300 people
Source: Lynching of Mushtaq Ahmed

!Butler, Lason
(Died February 12, 2022, Age 27)
Cause of death: Neglect (Dehydration while on suicide watch)
Location: Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Disability: Unspecified; “floridly psychotic”
Perpetrator: Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center
Source: Richland jail is ‘dangerous, inhumane’ in treatment of people with mental illness: lawsuit

+Donovan, Daniel
(Died February 12, 2022, Age 47)
Cause of death: Negligence/Suicide (Hypothermia)
Location: Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Beverly Hospital
Source: Beverly Hospital facing negligence lawsuit after patient’s death in woods nearby

*Amano, Toyoko
(Died February 13, 2022, Age 72)
Cause of death: Homicide (Asphyxia)
Location: Osaka, Osaka Province, Japan
Disability: Unspecified; bedridden
Perpetrator: Seiji Amano (Husband)
Source: 80-year-old man arrested over bedridden wife’s murder

!Gil, Gilbert
(Died February 14, 2022, Age 67)
Cause of death: Medical neglect (Dementia & diabetes mistaken for drug intoxication; left without medical care; died from asphyxia)
Location: San Diego, California, USA
Disability: Dementia, diabetes
Perpetrator: Vista Detention Facility staff
Source: Daughter of man who died in jail says deputies mistook her dad’s dementia for drug abuse

!Ingram, Ronald Gene
(Died February 14, 2022, Age 60)
Cause of death: Homicide (Internal bleeding due to blunt trauma)
Location: Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Jeremy Godbolt, Ronald Connor, Christopher Rolon, and Kirk Walton (Dade Correctional Institution staff)
Source: Florida prison guards accused of killing Miami inmate while in state custody

Srinu, Pula
(Died February 14, 2022, Age 45)
Cause of death: Homicide (Lacerations (Axe))
Location: Nelgonda, Telangana, India
Disability: Born without arms
Perpetrator: Unnamed mother and son
Source: Nalgonda: Disabled person hacked to death at Padamathi thanda

#Foster, George
(Died February 15, 2022, Age 61)
Cause of death: Neglect (Hypothermia; left outside in cold weather)
Location: Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
Disability: Diabetes, stroke; nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Teaneck Nursing Center
Source: Daughter speaks out year after father froze to death outside Teaneck nursing home

Johnson, Linda
(Died February 15, 2022, Age 48)
Cause of death: Homicide (Bludgeoned)
Location: Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Lee Cataluna
Source: Caregivers: Woman’s ‘horrible’ murder outside Kapolei police station was preventable

*(n/a), Sajith “Unnikuttan”
(Died Februrary 16, 2022, Age 27)
Cause of death: Homicide-suicide (Unspecified homicide)
Location: Attingal, Kerala, India
Disability: Cerebral palsy
Perpetrator: Chandrasekharan Nair (Father)
Source: 63-year-old man, son found dead near Attingal

Cohen, Jérémy
(Died February 16, 2022, Age 31)
Cause of death: Homicide (Attacked; escaped only to be fatally hit by a tram)
Location: Bobigny, France
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Pushed by Presidential Candidates, French Police Investigate Death of Disabled Jewish Man

Fujisawa, Daichi
(Died February 16, 2022, Age 24)
Cause of death: Negligence (COVID; sent home from hospital with severe COVID, semiconscious; died 4 days later)
Location: Aoi Ward, Shizuoka Province, Japan
Disability: Intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Shizuoka Hospital
Source: Family says man with disability in central Japan died of COVID after poor hospital care

#Umphreys, Lynn
(Died February 16, 2022, Age 58)
Cause of death: Homicide (Blunt trauma)
Location: Forsyth, Illinois, USA
Disability: Unspecified; group home resident
Perpetrator: Carson Hagood, fellow resident at Hickory Point Terrace
Source: Affidavit: Group home attack suspect now charged with murder

#(Unknown), (Male)
(Died February 18, 2022, Age 30)
Cause of death: Neglect (Dehydration, kidney failure; not given enough fluids)
Location: Glenwood, Iowa, USA
Disability: Cerebral palsy, intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Glenwood Resource Center staff
Source: State-run Glenwood Resource Center fined for resident death

#Catalano, Timothy Frank
(Died February 18, 2022, Age 69)
Cause of death: Neglect (Pneumonia)
Location: Cayce, South Carolina, USA
Disability: Unspecified; nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Twilite Manor staff
Source: Coroner: Twilite Manor resident had “severe pneumonia,” death remains under investigation

Geddis, Edward
(Died February 18, 2022, Age 52)
Cause of death: Accidental (Hit-and-run)
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Charles H. Brant III
Source: Driver accused of hitting and killing man in wheelchair

*+Paquet, Brieuc
(Died February 18, 2022, Age 16)
Cause of death: Homicide-suicide (Gunshot)
Location: Beaufays, Liège, Belgium
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Fabian Paquet (Father)
Source: Drama in Beaufays: it’s misunderstanding after a father kills his autistic son and commits suicide!

*(Unknown), (Female)
(Died February 19, 2022, Age 21)
Cause of death: Homicide (Burns)
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Disability: Physical disability
Perpetrator: Venkatram (Boyfriend)
Source: Disabled woman raped, burnt alive in Telangana’s Narayanpet

*Tabarzan, Amir
(Died February 20, 2022, Age 19)
Cause of death: Homicide-suicide (Smothered)
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Alireza Tabarzan (Father)
Source: Mother Returned Home to Discover That Husband Suffocated Disabled Son, 19, Before Taking His Own Life: Cops

“Sophia”, (Female)
(Died February 22, 2022, Age 51)
Cause of death: Voluntary euthanasia/Systemic failure (Euthanized after being unable to find appropriate housing)
Location: Ontario, Canada
Disability: Multiple chemical sensitivity
Perpetrator: Salvation Army; landlord; systemic failure
Source: Woman with chemical sensitivities chose medically-assisted death after failed bid to get better housing

3000 Disabled Ukrainians, (Various)
(Died February 24, 2022-Ongoing, Age All ages)
Cause of death: Civilian casualty of war (Lack of access to health care)
Location: Ukraine
Disability: Various
Perpetrator: Russian Government
Source: WHO: At least 3,000 Ukrainians have died from lack of chronic health treatments

+Hoffman, Robert
(Died February 22, 2022, Age 54)
Cause of death: Neglect (Burns; scalded in bath)
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Disability: Autism, cerebral palsy
Perpetrator: Thresholds group home staff
Source: Michigan foster care home accused of letting man burn to death in ‘scalding hot’ bathtub water

*!Dixon, Zarea
(Died February 24, 2022, Age 25)
Cause of death: Homicide (Strangled, blunt trauma; police took 76 minutes to respond to 911 call)
Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
Disability: Deaf
Perpetrator: Tahj Pinson (Ex boyfriend)
Source: ‘She Called for Help. No One Showed,’ Murdered Woman’s Family Demands Answers From Police

*+Klino, Bryleigh
(Died February 25, 2022, Age 17)
Cause of death: Neglect (Unspecified; death in the setting of neglect, severe bedsores)
Location: Auburn, New York, USA
Disability: Rett syndrome
Perpetrator: Jennifer M. Klino (Mother) and Brian T. Burns (Mother’s fiancé)
Source: Auburn couple charged in connection with death of disabled 17-year-old daughter

*(n/a), Gopichand
(Died February 26, 2022, Age 14)
Cause of death: Homicide (Missing, presumed dead; drowning)
Location: Nalgonda, Telangana, India
Disability: Blind, mentally ill
Perpetrator: N Shailaja (Mother)
Source: Boy dies as mom pushes him into canal

+#Bridges, Lauren
(Died February 26, 2022, Age 20)
Cause of death: Suicide/Systemic Failure (Suicide after long-term inadequate treatment)
Location: Manchester, England, UK
Disability: Asperger’s, anxiety, OCD
Perpetrator: Mental Health services
Source: ‘My autistic daughter died after eight months locked up in psychiatric unit’

#Staub, Mary Jo
(Died February 26, 2022, Age 97)
Cause of death: Neglect (Hypothermia after being locked outside)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Disability: Elder nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Balfour at Lavendar Farms senior living facility
Source: 97-year-old woman freezes to death outside Louisville assisted living facility, prompting investigation and lawsuit

*Jozunas, Valerie
(Died March 1, 2022, Age 78)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Tye Green, Essex, England, UK
Disability: Mobility impaired; double hip replacement
Perpetrator: Mark Jozunas (Son)
Source: Mark Jozunas and mother he murdered ‘left without support’

!Lau, Jeremy
(Died March 1, 2022, Age 46)
Cause of death: Restraint-related (Facedown restraint, hit with flashlight, Taser used)
Location: Portland, Maine, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Police
Source: No charges against Maine authorities in death of handcuffed man who was hit in head

*Seay, Rebecca
(Died March 3, 2022 (Body found, missing February 13, 2022), Age 83)
Cause of death: Unknown suspicious death (Unknown COD; body found buried in flower garden)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Disability: Frail elder
Perpetrator: Gregory Tanner (Son-in-law)
Source: Missing Woman’s Remains Found Buried in Relative’s Garden: Police

!Zimmerman, Kevin P.
(Died March 3, 2022, Age 36)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Dunkirk, Indiana, USA
Disability: Bipolar disorder, schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Dunkirk man with history of mental illness fatally shot during confrontation with police

Francy, David
(Died March 6, 2022, Age 47)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Delhi, Ohio, USA
Disability: Multiple sclerosis
Perpetrator: Marc Henderson
Source: ‘They want to know why’: Families left wondering why Delhi man killed 2 last year

Kirwan, Ian
(Died March 8, 2022, Age 53)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Redditch, England, UK
Disability: ADHD
Perpetrator: Five teenagers, age 13 to 16
Source: Man allegedly ‘murdered’ after stabbing outside Asda by group of ‘anti-social’ teens

#Dowdell, David
(Died March 9, 2022, Age 68)
Cause of death: Homicide (Strangled)
Location: Washington DC, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Charles Lee (Fellow patient at St. Elizabeths)
Source: St. Elizabeths Patient Received Threats Before He Was Killed, Daughter Says

Holmes, Morgan
(Died March 9, 2022, Age 54)
Cause of death: Homicide (Shooting)
Location: Washington DC, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Gerald Brevard III (Spree killer)
Source: Behind the Killings of Homeless Men, Portraits of 3 Lives Derailed

Zitzow, Scott
(Died March 9, 2022, Age 63)
Cause of death: Homicide (Blunt head trauma)
Location: Osceola, Wisconsin, USA
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Joseph Hadro
Source: Man charged after discovery of body at Wisconsin mobile home fire call

!Jones, Tyshon
(Died March 10, 2022, Age 29)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Armed with knife; possible suicide by cop)
Location: Rochester, New York, USA
Disability: PTSD, anxiety disorder, borderline personality, possible schizophrenia’
Perpetrator: Matthew Drake (Police)
Source: Family of Tyshon Jones, man killed by police outside homeless shelter files lawsuit

(56 people), (Various)
(Died March 11, 2022, Age Various)
Cause of death: War crime (Tank attack)
Location: Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Disability: Unspecified; nursing home residents
Perpetrator: Russian military
Source: 56 people killed in Russian tank attack at nursing home in Luhansk: Report

(Up to 267 care home residents), (Various)
(Died March 11, 2022, Age Adults and children)
Cause of death: War crime (Bombed by Russian military)
Location: Kharkhiv, Ukraine
Disability: Various, including bedridden and wheelchair users
Perpetrator: Russian government
Source: Russia shells a Kharkiv care home for 330 adults and children with disabilities

Coulibaly, Abdoulaye
(Died March 12, 2022, Age 50s)
Cause of death: Homicide (Shooting)
Location: New York, New York, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Gerald Brevard III (Spree killer)
Source: Behind the Killings of Homeless Men, Portraits of 3 Lives Derailed

#Pichardo, Stephany
(Died March 13, 2022, Age 29)
Cause of death: Homicide (Injuries from assault)
Location: Napoleon, Ohio, USA
Disability: Developmental disability
Perpetrator: Audili Cerrato (Caregiver-professional)
Source: Local caregiver charged with murder in death of disabled woman

Allred, Rio
(Died March 14, 2022, Age 12)
Cause of death: Suicide (After long-term bullying)
Location: Elkhart, Indiana, USA
Disability: Alopecia
Perpetrator: Classmates
Source: Indiana mom of 12-year-old with alopecia who died by suicide shares story on ‘Red Table Talk’

*(Unknown), (Male)
(Died March 15, 2022, Age 5)
Cause of death: Homicide (Strangled)
Location: Incheon, South Korea
Disability: Intellectual disability
Perpetrator: His father
Source: Single father gets 5-yr imprisonment for choking intellectually disabled son to death

*Dunn, Anthony
(Died March 15, 2022, Age 81)
Cause of death: Homicide (Smothered)
Location: Ponteland, England, UK
Disability: Early dementia
Perpetrator: Janet Dunn (Wife)
Source: Woman, 73, jailed for killing coercive husband

*Webster, Rosemary
(Died March 16, 2022, Age 85)
Cause of death: Homicide (Blunt trauma)
Location: La Quinta, California, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Sally Martha Webster (Daughter)
Source: Prosecutors say La Quinta woman, overwhelmed and angry over mother’s dementia, killed her

!Rupard, Lonnie
(Died March 17, 2022, Age 46)
Cause of death: Neglect (Pneumonia, malnutrition, dehydration)
Location: San Diego, California, USA
Disability: Schizophrenia
Perpetrator: San Diego Central Jail
Source: Report: Inmate died of pneumonia, malnutrition and dehydration; death ruled a homicide

*+Brown, Tre-Shaun
(Died March 18, 2022, Age 7)
Cause of death: Homicide (Blunt trauma)
Location: Beckley, West Virginia, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Rashad “Rico” Thompson (Mother’s boyfriend)
Source: Mother testifies in Rashad Thompson murder trial

!Moorer Charley, Irvin D.
(Died March 19, 2022, Age 34)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Brother: Man shot by deputy struggled with mental illness

*+Newhouse, Kathryn “Katie”
(Died March 19, 2022, Age 19)
Cause of death: Homicide-suicide (Shooting)
Location: Canton, Georgia, USA
Disability: Autism, mental illness
Perpetrator: Howard Newhouse (Father)
Source: Autistic Asian-American Teen Trans Woman Kathryn Newhouse Murdered by Her Father in Georgia

*Conley, Thomas
(Died March 20, 2022, Age 63)
Cause of death: Homicide (Head injury, blood loss)
Location: Sherman, Connecticut, USA
Disability: Anemia, alcoholic liver disease
Perpetrator: James Maharg
Source: Sherman man’s ‘compromised’ health contributed to his death, says expert for defense in murder trial

#Stroy, Dennis
(Died March 20, 2022, Age 80)
Cause of death: Homicide (Injuries from assault)
Location: Washington DC, USA
Disability: Elder nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Unsolved; assault occurred at Deanwood Rehabilitation and Wellness Center
Source: Elderly man allegedly brutally attacked at Deanwood Rehabilitation and Wellness Center

#Daniel, Jamison K.
(Died March 21, 2022, Age 49)
Cause of death: Accidental/Negligence (Broken neck; tie-downs removed early during transfer from car, fall)
Location: Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Disability: Cerebral palsy, intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Hills & Dales care facility staff
Source: Death at Dubuque care facility triggers $10,000 fine

(Unknown), (Male)
(Died March 24, 2022, Age 13)
Cause of death: Homicide (Strangled)
Location: Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Disability: Deaf
Perpetrator: Pintu Sarju Gautum (Neighbor)
Source: 21-year-old sexually assaults, kills 13-yr-old in Pune

*Mansfield, Dyanne
(Died March 24, 2022, Age 71)
Cause of death: Homicide (Throat cut; possible suicide pact)
Location: Hale, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Disability: Terminal cancer
Perpetrator: Graham Mansfield (Husband)
Source: Man, 73, who cut wife’s throat in suicide pact cleared of murder

+#Robinson, Joshua
(Died March 24, 2022, Age 38)
Cause of death: Medical neglect (Perforated bowel)
Location: Arlington, Texas, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: EduCare group home staff
Source: Families demand answers after two men with autism died in Arlington homes run by the same company

Al-Masri, Fatma
(Died March 25, 2022, Age 19 months)
Cause of death: Systemic failure (Died of heart failure after government delay in approving necessary surgery)
Location: Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Palestine
Disability: Congenital heart defect
Perpetrator: Israeli government
Source: In Gaza, an application languishes, and a toddler dies

*+Burks, Kenny Lee
(Died March 25, 2022, Age 56)
Cause of death: Multiple homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Eastpointe, Michigan, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Jerel McCrary
Source: Macomb County judge chokes up at emotional double-murder sentencing

Clear, Angela Kay
(Died March 26, 2022, Age 51)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified)
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Jerry Harston
Source: Vehicle stolen from Battle Creek murder victim found in Big Rapids

+Kluibenschadl, Stefan
(Died March 26, 2022, Age 15)
Cause of death: Suicide (Hanging; after long-term bullying)
Location: Margate, England, UK
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: n/a
Source: Tragic death of Margate boy who was bullied for having autism

Rios, Randee Leeann
(Died March 26, 2022, Age 32)
Cause of death: Homicide (Head trauma)
Location: Shoreline, Washington, USA
Disability: TBI from auto accident
Perpetrator: Tyrone Wells (Boyfriend)
Source: Mother of Shoreline murder victim: ‘I just miss her so much’

#Lockwood, Lee
(Died May 30, 2022, Age 89)
Cause of death: Homicide (Injuries from fall after being pushed to the ground)
Location: Penn Yan, New York, USA
Disability: Elder nursing home resident
Perpetrator: James D. O’Reilly (Fellow resident at Clinton Crest Manor)
Source: Police call elderly man’s death a homicide

Anderson, Mijor Kay
(Died March 31, 2022 (Body found; last seen October 2021), Age 30)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unknown homicide)
Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: The murder case of Mijor Kay Anderson and her unborn child remains unsolved

!Ennis, Ralph
(Died April 2, 2022, Age 77)
Cause of death: Unknown suspicious death (Head injury; death in police custody)
Location: Front Royal, Virginia, USA
Disability: Dementia, mental illness
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Virginia State Police look into 77-year-old man’s death after arrest

#Henderson, Charlie
(Died April 2, 2022, Age 71)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Orlando, Florida, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user, nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Lester Starling
Source: Orange deputies arrest suspect in stabbing death of man, 71, in wheelchair

Minteer, Martin
(Died April 2, 2022, Age 65)
Cause of death: Accidental (Hit-and-run)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Hit-and-run that killed pedestrian in a wheelchair still under investigation

Lobba, Emily Rose May
(Died April 3, 2022, Age 28)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified)
Location: Kneeland, California, USA
Disability: Unspecified; required caregiver
Perpetrator: Austin Michael Medeiros
Source: Kneeland Homicide Suspect Transferred Back to Humboldt, Will Be Arraigned Next Week

Malitha, Ripon
(Died April 3, 2022, Age 22)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Hariharpara, West Bengal, India
Disability: Deaf
Perpetrator: Imran Sheikh (Ex-wife’s husband)
Source: Deaf and dumb youth stabbed to death, accused’s house set afire

Wingrove, Abraham
(Died April 3, 2022 (Article published), Age 48)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Belhar, Cape Town, South Africa
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Unsolved; suspected extortionists
Source: Disabled dad dies after being shot in the face allegedly by Belhar extortionists

*Lawrie, Helen
(Died April 4, 2022, Age 83)
Cause of death: Homicide-suicide (Head injury)
Location: Cromer, England, UK
Disability: Dementia, mobility impaired, speech impaired, low vision
Perpetrator: Alexander Lawrie (Husband)
Source: Inquest verdict found couple died in ‘unlawful killing and suicide’ – Cromer

+Harris, Zyiar
(Died April 6, 2022, Age 13)
Cause of death: Accidental (Hit by car; school bus driver did not use signal or lights when Zyiar was getting off.)
Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Debra White (ABC Bus Company)
Source: School bus driver charged in death of 13-year-old boy hit by car last week in Detroit

*Baynard, Heather Leigh-Anne
(Died April 11, 2022, Age 14)
Cause of death: Neglect (Neglect)
Location: Gaffney, South Carolina, USA
Disability: Unspecified severe disability
Perpetrator: David Eugene Baynard (Father) and Bobbie Jo Baynard (Mother)
Source: Girl’s death called ‘horrible,’ ‘worst case’ neglect Cherokee County officials have ever seen

Moorer, Marcus
(Died April 12, 2022, Age 39)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beating)
Location: Oklahoma city, Oklahoma, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Christopher Don Canada and Jamie Devon Jack
Source: Oklahoma City police investigate beating turned homicide at hotel

*Yamada, Megumi
(Died April 13, 2022, Age 46)
Cause of death: Homicide (Suffocation)
Location: Naka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Disability: Unspecified; bedridden
Perpetrator: Fumiko Yamada (Mother)
Source: Japan woman arrested for allegedly attempting to kill ‘bedridden’ daughter who later died

“Mr. A”, (Male)
(Died April 14, 2022, Age Adult)
Cause of death: Medical neglect (Covid-19; put on DNR without family permission)
Location: England, UK
Disability: Down syndrome
Perpetrator: Morecambe Bay NHS trust; hospital staff
Source: Family ‘let down’ after disabled man dies from Covid-19

+Ho, Easton
(Died April 14, 2022, Age 25)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified)
Location: Troy, Ohio, USA
Disability: Autism, PTSD
Perpetrator: Sean Higgins (Roommate)
Source: Police: Troy man admits to killing roommate; body recovered in Indiana

*Sullivan, Nellie
(Died April 14, 2022 (Body found), Age 92)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unknown homicide)
Location: Candler, North Carolina, USA
Disability: Dementia; frail elder
Perpetrator: Angela Wamsley (Granddaughter) and Mark Barnes (Granddaughter’s boyfriend)
Source: ‘If I could give that duck a medal, I would’: North Carolina woman and her boyfriend are charged with murdering her grandmother, 92, to steal victim’s Social Security benefits – after pet duck led cops to body buried under trailer

*Chen, (Mr.)
(Died April 15, 2022, Age 64)
Cause of death: Homicide (Strangled)
Location: Ershui, Changhua County, Taiwan
Disability: Stroke
Perpetrator: Mr. Chen (Brother)
Source: Changhua man found dead, brother injured

*Rutherford, Richard
(Died April 15, 2022, Age 87)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified homicide)
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Disability: Mobility impaired, cognitive decline
Perpetrator: Philippe Hébert (Husband)
Source: The ‘tragic and profoundly human’ story of Richard Rutherford and Philippe Hébert

(Unknown), (Male)
(Died April 16, 2022, Age 35)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Sharpstown, Houston, Texas, USA
Disability: Wheelchair User
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: HPD searching for person of interest after man in wheelchair shot and killed in Sharpstown area

!Baca, Amelia
(Died April 16, 2022, Age 75)
Cause of death: Police Shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Las Cruces police confirm killing a 75-year-old woman as family speaks out

Fiscal, David
(Died April 16, 2022, Age 35)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Sharpstown, Texas, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Miguel Angel Nicanor Bartolo
Source: Police chase ends in arrest of suspect wanted in shooting death of man in wheelchair in Sharpstown

*+Forrest, Cameron Paul
(Died April 16, 2022, Age 24)
Cause of death: Homicide (Traumatic injury)
Location: Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
Disability: Autism, OCD
Perpetrator: Lee-Ann Rae Forrest (Mother) and Alex William Forrest (Brother)
Source: Disturbing details emerge of ‘horrific’ Gladstone death after murder charges laid against mother and son

Vargas, Efrain
(Died April 16, 2022, Age 14)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Red Bluff, California, USA
Disability: Unspecified “special needs”
Perpetrator: Unnamed 17-year-old, arrested
Source: Suspect involved in 14-year-old stabbing death appears in court

!Bybee, Bryce
(Died April 17, 2022, Age 22)
Cause of death: Medical neglect (Untreated mental illness, self-neglect; fatal arrhythmia)
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon, USA
Disability: Schizoaffective disorder
Perpetrator: Washington County Jail
Source: 2 families of inmates who died in Washington County Jail file notice to sue

#Noto, Noemi
(Died April 17, 2022, Age 95)
Cause of death: Homicide (Fell during fight; head injury)
Location: Staten Island, New York, New York, USA
Disability: Nursing home resident; ovarian cancer survivor
Perpetrator: Fellow resident at Carmel Richmond Nursing Home
Source: NYC family outraged after homicide death of matriarch, 95, in fight with 84-year-old fellow nursing home resident

Brown, Ursula
(Died April 18, 2022, Age 61)
Cause of death: Homicide (Trauma)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: 61-year-old woman’s death ruled homicide, Baltimore police say

!Cashman, Johnny
(Died April 19, 2022, Age 38)
Cause of death: Unknown suspicious death (Declared natural; signs of homicide)
Location: Lynchberg, Virginia, USA
Disability: Depression, alcoholism
Perpetrator: Unsolved; Steven Church wanted as witness
Source: ‘It’s police negligence:’ Gruesome scene has family questioning LPD’s death investigation

Korenek, Emil
(Died April 9, 2022, Age 80)
Cause of death: Homicide (During home invasion)
Location: El Campo, Texas, USA
Disability: Amputee
Perpetrator: Francisco Rene Hernandez
Source: EC man killed defending his home

!Rowland, Michael
(Died April 19, 2022, Age 63)
Cause of death: Restraint related (Unspecified; face-down restraint)
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
Disability: Mental illness, back pain
Perpetrator: King County Jail
Source: A Seattle man began the night in crisis. Then, a sudden death in restraint

*(n/a), Girija
(Died April 21, 2022, Age 68)
Cause of death: Homicide (Strangled)
Location: Melamcode, Kerala, India
Disability: Unspecified; bedridden
Perpetrator: Sadasivan Nair (Husband)
Source: Woman’s death turns out to be murder

(Unknown), (Female)
(Died April 22, 2022 (Article published), Age 28)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gang rape/murder)
Location: Tamil Nadu, India
Disability: Mental disability
Perpetrator: 14 people arrested
Source: 14 held for rape, murder of a disabled woman

#Hardy, Carolyn
(Died April 22, 2022, Age 71)
Cause of death: Homicide (Head trauma)
Location: Meridian, Mississippi, USA
Disability: Group home resident; unspecified
Perpetrator: Shelia Powe (Group home worker)
Source: Meridian homicide suspect arrested

Moore, Patrick
(Died April 22, 2022, Age 50)
Cause of death: Homicide (Strangled)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Disability: Stroke; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Jhmahl L. Shannon
Source: Man killed in downtown Minneapolis apartment was beloved performing arts instructor

Poorman, Chelsea
(Died April 22, 2022 (Body found; missing September 6, 2020), Age 24)
Cause of death: Unknown suspicious death (Body found two years after death; cause of death impossible to determine)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Disability: Brain injury, physical disability after car accident
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Chelsea Poorman’s body lay in Shaughnessy for more than a year. But her death was not considered suspicious

Talbot, William
(Died April 22, 2022, Age 71)
Cause of death: Homicide (Drowning; car stolen with William inside, driven into river)
Location: Montpelier, Iowa, USA
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Joshua Scott Peters
Source: Davenport man charged with vehicular homicide after missing man’s body found in submerged car

*Cowell, Baili
(Died April 24, 2022, Age 18)
Cause of death: Neglect (Unspecified caretaker neglect)
Location: Toledo, Ohio, USA
Disability: “Functionally impaired”
Perpetrator: Shelly Gantka (Mother)
Source: Mother charged in April death of daughter in Toledo

Pratt, Teresa Raeann
(Died April 25, 2022, Age 57)
Cause of death: Restraint-related (Asphyxia due to chest compression)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Unidentified
Source: Fort Wayne woman’s death ruled homicide following April fight

!Whitfield, Herman
(Died April 25, 2022, Age 39)
Cause of death: Restraint-related (Asphyxia)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: IMPD (Police)
Source: Coroner: Death of Herman Whitfield III, man who died in IMPD custody, was homicide

!Dharmalingam, Nagaenthran K.
(Died April 27, 2022, Age 34)
Cause of death: Execution (Hanging; convicted of drug trafficking after being found with 43g of heroin)
Location: Singapore
Disability: Intellectual Disability
Perpetrator: Singapore Government
Source: Singapore executes mentally-disabled Malaysian Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam after court dismisses last-ditch appeal

*Earle, Steven
(Died April 27, 2022, Age 59)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: South Bend Township, Minnesota, USA
Disability: Unspecified disability
Perpetrator: Travis R. Earle (Son)
Source: Man charged with murder after fatally stabbing father making 911 call

(Unidentified), (Female)
(Died April 28, 2022, Age 80s)
Cause of death: Unknown suspicious death (Found dead in a wheelchair, by the roadside)
Location: Bradenton, Florida, USA
Disability: Right-hand paralysis
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Bradenton police investigating death of elderly woman found in wheelchair by road

(Unknown), (Male)
(Died April 28, 2022, Age 73)
Cause of death: Homicide (Homicide)
Location: Bishan, Singapore
Disability: Frail elder; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: His domestic worker/caregiver, 49-year-old woman
Source: Maid arrested for alleged murder of 73-year-old man in Bishan

Cheong, Low Hoon
(Died April 28, 2022, Age 73)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified)
Location: Bishan, Singapore
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Sumiyati (Maid/Caregiver)
Source: Indonesian maid charged with murdering 73-year-old man in Bishan

*Monson, Bonnie J.
(Died April 28, 2022, Age 84)
Cause of death: Accidental/Negligence (Drunk-driving accident)
Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Thomas G. Monson (Son)
Source: Edgerton man pleads guilty to drunken driving homicide

*Mfana, Nosipho
(Died April 30, 2022, Age 15)
Cause of death: Proxy Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa
Disability: Intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Mboneleli Msila (Father), Mbulelo Jack (Father’s nephew), Lungisile Lucas, Monde Tshemese
Source: Father arrested after murder of his disabled daughter

*Hines, Braelyn’
(Died May 1, 2022, Age 2)
Cause of death: Neglect (Untreated cystic fibrosis)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Disability: Cystic fibrosis
Perpetrator: Madyson Conley (Mother), Byron Hynes (Father)
Source: Court docs: Couple charged with neglect in child’s death at filthy home

*+Morrow, Jackson
(Died May 2, 2022, Age 8)
Cause of death: Neglect (Unspecified neglect)
Location: St. Joseph, Michigan, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Brian Morrow (Father) and Mia Morrow (Mother)
Source: West MI parents charged with murder after 8-year-old son with autism found dead on family couch

*M. E., (Female)
(Died May 3, 2022, Age 16)
Cause of death: Neglect (Malnutrition)
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Disability: Unspecified; blind, non-verbal
Perpetrator: Doraelia Loera Espinoza (Mother)
Source: Mother arrested in teenage daughter’s death

+!Simmons, Jeremie
(Died May 4, 2022, Age 21)
Cause of death: Suicide (Systemic failure; lack of continuity of care/information sharing)
Location: Wakefield, England, UK
Disability: PTSD, autism, learning disability
Perpetrator: Wakefield Prison staff
Source: Our ‘vulnerable and disabled’ son was just 21 when he was found dead in Monster Mansion – now we want answers

*Baker, Harvey Lee
(Died May 5, 2022, Age 74)
Cause of death: Homicide (Blunt trauma)
Location: Topeka, Kansas, USA
Disability: PTSD
Perpetrator: Vicki Lee Shelton (Girlfriend)
Source: Harvey Baker saved the lives of 2 Marines in Vietnam War. He was killed Thursday in Topeka.

#Scott, Edward
(Died May 5, 2022, Age 80)
Cause of death: Neglect (Died after being assaulted, neglected; exact cause unspecified)
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: Elder nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Eliut Lopez-Enriquez (Nurse at the Gardens at Blue Ridge nursing home)
Source: ‘These people are hurting me,’ man told son before he died in Dauphin County nursing home

Alexander, Nilexia
(Died May 6, 2022, Age 14)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Tampa, Florida, USA
Disability: ADHD, intellectual disability, mood dysregulation disorder
Perpetrator: Ronny Tremel Walker
Source: Tampa girl, 14, who was shot to death, struggled with difficult past

Boring, Marcia
(Died May 6, 2022, Age 52)
Cause of death: Multiple homicide (Traumatic injury)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Disability: PTSD
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: ‘Shaken this community’: Advocates for houseless in Kansas City react to double homicide

!Carter, Dashawn
(Died May 7, 2022, Age 25)
Cause of death: Suicide/Neglect (Hanging; not taken to mental health appointment or given medication)
Location: New York, New York, USA
Disability: Mental Illness
Perpetrator: Rikers Island
Source: Dashawn Carter Missed Nearly 100 Clinic Appointments at Rikers Before Dying, Records Show

*Duncan, Gertie
(Died May 9, 2022, Age 79)
Cause of death: Homicide-suicide (Gunshot)
Location: Leasburg, North Carolina, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Jerry Duncan (Husband)
Source: Family: Person County couple’s murder-suicide was an act of love

*Jacobs, Carla
(Died May 9, 2022, Age 74)
Cause of death: Homicide-suicide (Gunshot)
Location: West Point, Illinois, USA
Disability: Neurological disorder
Perpetrator: Gary Jacobs (Husband)
Source: Sheriff: Deaths in rural West Point were result of murder-suicide

*(Unknown), (Female)
(Died May 10, 2022, Age 2)
Cause of death: Neglect (Malnutrition)
Location: Davenport, Florida, USA
Disability: Failure to thrive; possible muscular dystrophy, possible cystic fibrosis
Perpetrator: Regis Johnson (Father) and Arhonda Tillman (Mother) and Frank Robinson (Uncle)
Source: Davenport couple arrested for negligent child abuse resulting in death of 34-month-old toddler

*Latimer, Sara
(Died May 10, 2022, Age 32)
Cause of death: Homicide (Traumatic injury)
Location: Sparta, Wisconsin, USA
Disability: Stroke
Perpetrator: Shawn Hock
Source: Mother of Monroe County homicide victim accuses authorities of not protecting her daughter

*Moore, Morgan
(Died May 10, 2022, Age 17)
Cause of death: Neglect (Complications of neurological disorder; unspecified homicide)
Location: Montgomery Village, Maryland, USA
Disability: Multiple sclerosis, diabetes, Long Covid
Perpetrator: Cynthia Moore (Mother) and Dominique Moore (Father)
Source: Maryland Parents Charged With Murder Over Death of Transgender Teenager

#Barnard, Nancy Jean
(Died May 11, 2022, Age 77)
Cause of death: Homicide (Blunt trauma)
Location: Palm Coast, Florida, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Cliff Mody (Fellow resident at Gold Choice Assisted Living Memory Care)
Source: Flagler deputies investigate nursing home where woman was beaten, strangled

*+Allen, Ivy
(Died May 12, 2022, Age 3)
Cause of death: Neglect (Drowning)
Location: Michigan City, Indiana, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Andrew Allen (Father) and Breanne Smith (Mother)
Source: Parents Charged in Death of 3-Year-Old Girl with Autism Who Drowned in Lake

*Ranjini, Kalayikkal
(Died May 12, 2022, Age 55)
Cause of death: Homicide (Strangled)
Location: Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Disability: Paralysis
Perpetrator: Muniswami (Husband)
Source: Man held for strangling bedridden wife in Idukki

Abdalla, Samer
(Died May 13, 2022, Age 28)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbing)
Location: Greenwich Village, New York, New York, USA
Disability: Bipolar disorder
Perpetrator: Damon Clemmons
Source: Suspect arrested for fatal May stabbing in Greenwich Village sparked by argument over cigarette lighter

Joe, Jamie
(Died May 15, 2022, Age Mid 20s)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified homicide)
Location: Sooke, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Disability: Developmental disability
Perpetrator: Clarice Quoquat
Source: Homicide Victim Was a Community Living BC Client

Kienas, Erika
(Died May 15, 2022, Age 33)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Spokane, Washington, USA
Disability: Anxiety/Depression
Perpetrator: Richard Hough
Source: ‘She wouldn’t hurt anybody’: Spokane road rage shooting victim’s mother says daughter loved art, the outdoors

*Mook, Sharon
(Died May 15, 2022, Age 82)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbing)
Location: Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA
Disability: Unspecified; nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Dan Mook (Husband)
Source: Mercy Killing? 84-year-old Mt. Laurel, NJ, Husband Charged With Wife’s Death

+#Eastland-Seares, Jessie
(Died May 17, 2022, Age 19)
Cause of death: Suicide/Systemic failure (Inadequate treatment)
Location: Brighton and Hove, England, UK
Disability: Autism, dypraxia, Ehlers-Dahnlos syndrome, ADHD, sensory processing disorder, depression, anxiety, eating disorder
Perpetrator: Mill View Hospital
Source: Failures in care led to Sussex woman’s death, jury says

Lipeles, Gerold
(Died May 17, 2022, Age 69)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Disability: Double amputee, wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Raymundo Hernandez, Blas Canche, and Rubi Anguiano-Salazar
Source: 3 arrested in killing of homeless double-amputee outside South L.A. McDonald’s

!Cullins, Nygil
(Died May 18, 2022, Age 22)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Mental health experts say 22-year-old’s death in Buckhead could have been avoided

*Ross, Jack McKenzie
(Died May 18, 2022, Age 35)
Cause of death: Homicide (Arson fire)
Location: Tyler, Texas, USA
Disability: Mental and physical disability
Perpetrator: Robert Harrison Johnson IV (Half-brother)
Source: Man arrested for murder after allegedly starting fatal fire that killed half-brother

*Ward, Jamie
(Died May 18, 2022, Age 50)
Cause of death: Homicide (Throat cut)
Location: Greenfield, Wisconsin, USA
Disability: Chronic pain
Perpetrator: Braeden Ward (Husband)
Source: Greenfield Man Charged With Homicide After Wife Found Stabbed To Death

*Hart, Eli
(Died May 20, 2022, Age 6)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified homicide; body found in car trunk)
Location: Mound, Minnesota, USA
Disability: Townes-Brock syndrome
Perpetrator: Julissa Thaler (Mother)
Source: Father was trying to reclaim custody of boy found slain in trunk in Mound

Jain, Bhawarlal
(Died May 20, 2022, Age 65)
Cause of death: Homicide (Assault; anti-Islamic hate crime)
Location: Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh, India
Disability: Mental illness or developmental disability
Perpetrator: Dinesh Khushwaha
Source: MP: Man found dead in Neemuch, video of assault shows him being asked if he was Muslim

Laysbad, Orlando
(Died May 20, 2022, Age Adult)
Cause of death: Homicide (Intentionally run over with car)
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Steven Juarez
Source: Tulsa police: Man in wheelchair ran over, killed in church parking lot

*(n/a), Pankaj
(Died May 23, 2022, Age 22)
Cause of death: Homicide (Throat cut)
Location: Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India
Disability: Intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Ashok (Brother)
Source: Man Kills Mentally Challenged Brother In Uttar Pradesh; Arrested: Police

*(Unknown), (Female)
(Died May 23, 2022, Age 30s)
Cause of death: Homicide (Sleeping pill overdose)
Location: Incheon, South Korea
Disability: Cerebral palsy
Perpetrator: Her mother
Source: Mother charged with killing disabled daughter

(Unknown), (Male)
(Died May 23, 2022, Age 75)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user; double leg amputee
Perpetrator: Two unnamed females
Source: Man in Wheelchair Shot in South L.A. Dies at Hospital; Suspects Sought

*Jabateh, Abou
(Died May 23, 2022, Age 10)
Cause of death: Neglect (Left alone at home; died in house fire)
Location: Akron, Ohio, USA
Disability: Multiple disabilities
Perpetrator: Masiame Donzo (Mother)
Source: Masiame Donzo, mother of children killed in Akron fire, charged with child endangerment

*Jabateh, Fatumata
(Died May 23, 2022, Age 8)
Cause of death: Neglect (Left alone at home; died in house fire)
Location: Akron, Ohio, USA
Disability: Multiple disabilities
Perpetrator: Masiame Donzo (Mother)
Source: Mother Charged: Children Left Home Alone, Dead in Fire

Littlefield, Dorothy
(Died May 23, 2022, Age 72)
Cause of death: Unknown suspicious death (Heart disease, in the context of excessive medication for Alzheimer’s disease)
Location: Portland, Maine, USA
Disability: Heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease
Perpetrator: Unsolved; died while under guardianship
Source: Eight deaths raise questions about oversight of Maine’s public guardianships

#(Unknown), (Male)
(Died May 24, 2022, Age 91)
Cause of death: Homicide (Injuries from being pushed down)
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Disability: Elder nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Harriet Gray (Fellow resident at Bethammi Long-Term Care Home)
Source: Manslaughter charge against senior ‘unusual,’ say police

Elgert, Douglas
(Died May 24, 2022, Age 67)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed, bludgeoned)
Location: Grand Forks, Michigan, USA
Disability: Mobility impaired
Perpetrator: Kindi Jalloh
Source: Kindi Jalloh sentenced to 40 years in prison for murder with extreme indifference

*Bridges, Kimberly
(Died May 25, 2022 (Body found), Age 65)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Disability: Depression
Perpetrator: Robert Bridges (Husband)
Source: Man charged in wife’s death after body is found by tour group north of Fairbanks

!de Jesus Santos, Genivaldo
(Died May 25, 2022, Age 38)
Cause of death: Homicide (Asphyxia; forced into car with gas grenade)
Location: Umbaúba, Sergipe, Brazil
Disability: Schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Outrage in Brazil as mentally ill Black man dies in police car ‘gas chamber’

Mashamba, Mugivhi Winston
(Died May 25, 2022, Age 80)
Cause of death: Homicide (Bludgeoning)
Location: Mutsha Thondoni village, Vhembe district, Limpopo, South Africa
Disability: Unspecified; disabled elder, required aide
Perpetrator: His aide’s son
Source: Wheelchair-bound 80-year-old Limpopo man accused of witchcraft, bludgeoned to death by his employee’s son

#Riddle, Hugh Morrow
(Died May 25, 2022, Age 76)
Cause of death: Negligence (Pneumonia, septic shock; lack of care, repeated falls)
Location: Waco, Texas, USA
Disability: Disabled elder, nursing home resident
Perpetrator: St. Anthony’s Care Center staff
Source: Family of Robinson man claims he died as a result of negligence, files suit against doctor and Waco nursing home

*(n/a), Hena
(Died May 26, 2022, Age 42)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified homicide)
Location: Alappuzha, Kerala, India
Disability: Bipolar disorder
Perpetrator: Appukuttan (Husband)
Source: Man arrested in suspected dowry killing in Kerala

Westfahl, Carol
(Died May 26, 2022, Age 58)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Pie­termaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Disability: Unspecified special needs
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Double murder rocks Oribi Village in Pietermaritzburg

*+Hirsch, Oaklee
(Died May 27, 2022, Age 6)
Cause of death: Accidental/Negligence (Fentanyl overdose)
Location: Maple Plain, Minnesota, USA
Disability: Autism, developmental delay
Perpetrator: Brittany E. Ferrell (Mother)
Source: Boy, 6, chewed on drug-tainted $1 bill, died of overdose, charge against Maple Plain mother says

#Maeda, Yuko
(Died May 28, 2022, Age 77)
Cause of death: Homicide (Psychotropic medication overdose)
Location: Shiojiri, Nagano Province, Japan
Disability: Nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Daisuke Mochizuki (nursing home staff)
Source: Ex-nursing home employee rearrested over resident’s death

*!(n/a), Singanna
(Died May 29, 2022, Age 33)
Cause of death: Homicide (Extrajudicial execution; accused of murder; poisoned, hanged, and burned.)
Location: Regulaguda, Andhra Pradesh, India
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Village elders, neighbors, family
Source: Andhra tribal man brutally murdered as ‘punishment’ by village kangaroo court

*Ffolkes, Joan Patricia
(Died May 30, 2022, Age 82)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Brigette Ffolkes (Daughter)
Source: Woman stabbed by daughter dies from injuries on Memorial Day, charges upgraded to 1st degree murder

*+Dewey, King
(Died May 31, 2022, Age 3)
Cause of death: Homicide (Malnutrition)
Location: Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Disability: Down syndrome, suspected autism.
Perpetrator: Tina Louis (Mother), Kristen Louis (Sister), and Jaylin Jevon Lewis
Source: Third suspect sought in ’emaciated’ toddler’s death

*Harris, Jo Ann Henry
(Died June 1, 2022, Age 82)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beaten)
Location: Trussville, Alabama, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: John B. Harris (Husband)
Source: UPDATED: Trussville PD identifies 80-year-old man charged in killing of his wife

(Unknown), (Male)
(Died June 2, 2022, Age 48)
Cause of death: Accidental (Hit-and-run)
Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Mickayla Wilson
Source: Intoxicated driver fleeing police kills man in wheelchair, strikes parked vehicles

Chambers, Sharon
(Died June 2, 2022, Age 61)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
Disability: COPD
Perpetrator: Marlon Tyrone Anderson
Source: Police searching for man wanted in double homicide at home day care in Kannapolis

Waghmare, Prakash
(Died June 2, 2022, Age 50)
Cause of death: Homicide (Bludgeoned)
Location: Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Disability: Physical disability
Perpetrator: 2 women and 4 minors
Source: 2 women held, 4 minors detained, for killing man with disability in Mumbai suburb

+#Ping, Kluay
(Died June 3, 2022, Age 12)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beating)
Location: Phrae Province, Thailand
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: 16-year-old fellow resident at Phrae Panyanukul School
Source: Autistic boy’s roommate prime suspect in death

Brisebois, Robert
(Died June 4, 2022, Age 58)
Cause of death: Accidental (Hit-and-run)
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Police search for hit-and-run driver who killed man in Fort Lauderdale

*Gopalan, Leela
(Died June 6, 2022, Age 55)
Cause of death: Homicide-suicide (Strangled)
Location: Vatakara, Kerala, India
Disability: Cancer
Perpetrator: Mithal Gopalan (Husband)
Source: Man In Vadakara Murders Wife, Kills Himself

*Eady, Wayman
(Died June 7, 2022, Age 40)
Cause of death: Homicide (Shooting)
Location: Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: His son and one other man
Source: I-TEAM: Jacksonville police list 13 homicides as ‘justifiable’ or ‘self-defense’

Reeves, Rebecca Elaine
(Died June 8, 2022, Age 47)
Cause of death: Homicide (Traumatic injury)
Location: Coos Bay, Oregon, USA
Disability: Unspecified; disabled after car accident; tracheotomy
Perpetrator: Johnny Ray Bohannon
Source: ‘She wanted to be the number one grandma’: Children mourn Coos Bay murder victim

Achukwu, Nelson
(Died June 9, 2022 (Last seen); body found a few days later, Age 60s)
Cause of death: Homicide (Decapitated)
Location: Ukpor, Anambra, Nigeria
Disability: Physical disability
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: One Death Too Many in Anambra Assembly

!Glass, Christian
(Died June 10, 2022, Age 22)
Cause of death: Police Shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Silver Plume, Colorado, USA
Disability: ADHD, depression
Perpetrator: Andrew Buen and Kyle Gould (Police)
Source: Parents of young man slain by Colorado police call for justice after body camera footage exposes heinous police murder

*Benítez, Luis
(Died June 12, 2022, Age 38)
Cause of death: Homicide (Head trauma)
Location: Posadas, Misiones, Argentina
Disability: Schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Pedro Walter E. (Brother-in-law)
Source: From natural death to homicide after autopsy

Brown, Duane Kevin
(Died June 12, 2022, Age 67)
Cause of death: Homicide (Traumatic injury)
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Disability: Unspecified; used walker
Perpetrator: Charles Brown
Source: Victim of ‘suspicious death’ at Minneapolis apartment identified

+#Kelly, Stewart
(Died June 14, 2022, Age 53)
Cause of death: Systemic failure (Stroke secondary to self-neglect)
Location: England, UK
Disability: Autism, pathological demand avoidance, chronic kidney disease
Perpetrator: Residential care staff
Source: SK: Safeguarding Adults Review

(Unknown), (Male)
(Died June 15, 2022, Age 82)
Cause of death: Systemic failure (Made to wait a long time for a wheelchair; attempted escalator, fatal fall)
Location: London, England, UK
Disability: Mobility impaired; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Gatwick Airport
Source: Passenger with restricted mobility dies after falling down escalator at Gatwick Airport

+#Allen, Tina
(Died June 15, 2022, Age 59)
Cause of death: Systemic failure (Aspiration pneumonia; care home understaffed)
Location: St. Teath, Cornwall, England, UK
Disability: Autism, intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Home Farm Trust (Care home owner)
Source: Autistic woman choked to death after gross failings at understaffed St Teath care home, inquest finds

Deosaran, Surita Aruna
(Died June 15, 2022, Age 36)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Moruga, Trinidad and Tobago
Disability: Partial paralysis from gunshot wound
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Wheelchair-bound woman victim of Moruga double murder

*Pattyane, Vaishnavi Suresh
(Died June 15, 2022, Age 19)
Cause of death: Homicide (Asphyxia)
Location: Andheri, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Disability: Intellectual disability, mobility impaired
Perpetrator: Shraddha Pattyane (Mother)
Source: Woman arrested for killing differently abled 19-year-old daughter

#Stephens, Benjamin
(Died June 15, 2022, Age 45)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beating)
Location: DeSoto, Texas, USA
Disability: Intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Ociel Martinez (Fellow resident at group home)
Source: 19-year-old fatally beat resident of group home where they both lived, DeSoto police say

+Kasibe, Kutlwano
(Died June 18, 2022, Age 16)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beaten)
Location: Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Four suspects arrested
Source: Soweto teen with autism sjambokked and beaten to death after allegedly stealing a tap

Mazure, Ophelia
(Died June 20, 2022, Age 3)
Cause of death: Neglect (Died when her ventilator was disconnected; night nurse was high on meth at the time)
Location: Coloma, Michigan, USA
Disability: Unspecified; ventilator dependent
Perpetrator: Judith Maria Sobol (Nurse)
Source: AG: Nurse high on meth when child dies in her care

Pond, Stephen
(Died June 20, 2022, Age 46)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Eckville, Alberta, Canada
Disability: ADHD, dyslexia, PTSD
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Family of Central Alberta murder victim trying to cope

Womack, Bradford
(Died June 20, 2022, Age 35)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified homicide)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Kimberly Mackey
Source: Woman killed man and ‘concealed’ his death in a south Charlotte home, police say

Yeh, (Mr.)
(Died June 20, 2022, Age 62)
Cause of death: Systemic failure (Sepsis, malnutrition; inadequate social welfare)
Location: Changhua County, Taiwan
Disability: Chronic illness
Perpetrator: Taiwan social welfare system
Source: Taiwan’s social welfare under scrutiny following death of malnourished man

Oksa, Luckykumar
(Died June 22, 2022, Age 38)
Cause of death: Homicide (Traumatic injury; anti-tribal hate crime)
Location: Malampudur village, Bhamragarh taluka, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Unnamed Maoists
Source: After 17,000 turn up for police recruitment, Maoists kill disabled tribal

#Sanders, Jerome
(Died June 22, 2022, Age 66)
Cause of death: Neglect (Left in hot car)
Location: Pensacola, Florida, USA
Disability: Unspecified; non-verbal
Perpetrator: Pensacola Developmental Center staff
Source: Death investigation after 66-year-old man dies at Pensacola Developmental Center

*Mayfield, Donna
(Died June 23, 2022, Age 87)
Cause of death: Homicide-suicide (Shooting)
Location: Overland Park, Kansas, USA
Disability: Disabled elder; bedridden
Perpetrator: Frank Mayfield (Husband)
Source: Overland Park police identify elderly couple killed in suspected murder-suicide

#Porfirio, Rea
(Died June 23, 2022, Age 29)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Michael Earl (Fellow patient at University Medical Center)
Source: Suspect said he ‘snapped’ before stabbing UMC patients, arrest report says

*Allen, Chase
(Died June 24, 2022, Age 3)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified homicide)
Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Disability: Blind, other unspecified disabilities
Perpetrator: Azuradee France (Mother)
Source: Detroit neighbors say 3-year-old boy found dead in freezer was blind; family called CPS 13 times this year

Kassim, Marwo
(Died June 28, 2022, Age 39)
Cause of death: Accidental (Fall; requests for ground-floor housing rejected for 7 years)
Location: London, England, UK
Disability: Epilepsy
Perpetrator: London Borough of Ealing and London & Quadrant Housing Association
Source: Coroner finds failings by housing authority and housing association caused the death of an epileptic woman who fell from the balcony of her London flat

Hacker, Charles
(Died June 29, 2022, Age 87)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Puna, Hawaii, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Cameron Stewart
Source: Homicide At Hawaiian Beaches, Neighbor In Police Custody

*Hoover, John
(Died June 29, 2022, Age 44)
Cause of death: Neglect (Malnutrition)
Location: Hixson, Tennessee, USA
Disability: Intellectual disability
Perpetrator: John Hoover (Father) and Jacqueline Hoover (Mother)
Source: ‘Severe malnutrition:’ Tennessee parents charged with starving adult son to death

*(Unknown), (Male)
(Died June 30, 2022, Age 72)
Cause of death: Homicide (Head injury)
Location: Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: His cousin
Source: Man, 72, beaten to death by cousin during wild fight in their Brooklyn apartment

!Johnson, Jada
(Died July 1, 2022, Age 22)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
Disability: Mental health crisis
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Protest against police brutality comes on heels of another fatal police shooting in Fayetteville

Purifoy, Ralph
(Died July 2, 2022, Age 50)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Disability: TBI
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Disabled Marine veteran found stabbed to death at Detroit park, family wants justice

*Sokolich, Katherine
(Died July 3, 2022, Age 63)
Cause of death: Homicide (Head injury)
Location: Ballwin, Missouri, USA
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Anthony Sokolich (Brother, guardian)
Source: 70-Year-Old Missouri Man Beat His Disabled Sister to Death: Authorities

*Gordon, Pamela
(Died July 4, 2022, Age 67)
Cause of death: Homicide (Throat cut)
Location: Lionel Town, Clarendon, Jamaica
Disability: Unspecified; bedridden
Perpetrator: Her husband
Source: Lionel Town reels from murder of 67-y-o woman

*Gregory, Pamelia
(Died July 4, 2022, Age 67)
Cause of death: Homicide (Throat cut)
Location: Clarendon, Jamaica
Disability: Unspecified; bedridden
Perpetrator: Thadius Gregory (Husband)
Source: Clarendon man charged after confessing to murdering bedridden wife

Toledo, Nicolas
(Died July 4, 2022, Age 78)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot; mass shooting)
Location: Highland Park, Illinois, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Robert Crimo III
Source: Another Highland Park Victim Has Died, Raising Death Toll to 7: Updates

#Hale, Marvin
(Died July 5, 2022, Age 37)
Cause of death: Homicide (Strangled)
Location: Senath, Missouri, USA
Disability: Unspecified; nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Shedrick White (Fellow resident at Senath South Health Center)
Source: Nursing home resident charged with murder of another resident

*Ferguson, Timothy
(Died July 6, 2022, Age 15)
Cause of death: Abuse (Malnutrition, hypothermia)
Location: Norton Shores, Michigan, USA
Disability: Autism with speech and motor impairment
Perpetrator: Shanda Vander Ark (Mother)
Source: Woman charged with murder, abuse in death of underfed teen

+#Hart, Morgan-Rose
(Died July 6, 2022, Age 18)
Cause of death: Suicide/Negligence (Hanged self; after bullying; inadequate observation)
Location: Harlow, England, UK
Disability: Autism, ADHD, body dysmorphic disorder
Perpetrator: n/a; Derwent Center
Source: Morgan-Rose Hart: Neglect contributed to death of teenager with autism

*Maddox, Kadaris
(Died July 6, 2022, Age 13)
Cause of death: Abuse (Unspecified)
Location: Clarksville, Tennessee, USA
Disability: Cerebral palsy
Perpetrator: Cheyenne Dawn Maddox (Mother)
Source: Woman charged with aggravated child abuse in death of disabled 13-year-old son

*Roe, Gabrielle
(Died July 7, 2022, Age 16)
Cause of death: Homicide-suicide (Gunshot)
Location: Drewsey, Oregon, USA
Disability: Down syndrome
Perpetrator: Dawna Roe (Mother)
Source: Missing Idaho mom, special needs daughter found dead in suspected murder-suicide

Abe, Shinzo
(Died July 8, 2022, Age 67)
Cause of death: Homicide (Assassination; shot)
Location: Kashihara, Nara Province, Japan
Disability: Ulcerative colitis
Perpetrator: Tetsuya Yamagami
Source: Shinzo Abe assassination: Suspect charged with murder in fatal shooting of Japan’s former prime minister

*Boyle, Annette
(Died July 9, 2022, Age 83)
Cause of death: Homicide (Traumatic injury)
Location: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Disability: Unspecified; nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Henry Galvin (Family member)
Source: Charleston Police make arrest after murder of elderly woman at assisted living facility

*Logsdon, Michael O.
(Died July 9, 2022, Age 75)
Cause of death: Homicide (BIPAP turned off)
Location: Glasgow, Kentucky, USA
Disability: ALS
Perpetrator: Leighanne Bennett (Daughter) and Donna Logsdon (Wife)
Source: Mother, daughter indicted in murder case; special prosecutor appointed

+Stuart, Justin
(Died July 9, 2022 (Body found; missing July 2), Age 19)
Cause of death: Unknown (Unknown suspicious death)
Location: North Bahamia, Bahamas
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Family of autistic teenager found dead in car try to cope with loss

(Unknown), (Unknown)
(Died July 10, 2022, Age Elder)
Cause of death: Neglect (Chronic neglect)
Location: Saluda, South Carolina, USA
Disability: Unspecified; physical and mental
Perpetrator: Kelle Bedenbaugh, Brett Burkett, and Pam Burkett (Caregivers)
Source: 3 caregivers arrested in neglect death of Saluda County senior

*Kerketta, Gulabi
(Died July 11, 2022, Age 23)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beaten)
Location: Alipurduar, West Bengal, India
Disability: Intellectual disability; Deaf
Perpetrator: Ajit Kerkatta (Brother)
Source: Disabled woman killed in Dooars, brother arrested

!Slavens, Shawn Michael
(Died July 11, 2022, Age 46)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beaten)
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Disability: Paranoid schizophrenia, OCD
Perpetrator: Alfred Means (Cellmate at Oklahoma County Detention Center)
Source: Sister claims brother’s cellmate left him brain dead in Oklahoma County Jail

*Thakur, Prakash
(Died July 12, 2022, Age 26)
Cause of death: Homicide (Head injury)
Location: Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India
Disability: Deaf
Perpetrator: Pradeep Thakur (Cousin)
Source: History-sheeter kills deaf-mute cousin in Bilaspur

!Burgess, Donald
(Died July 13, 2022, Age 93)
Cause of death: Homicide (Died after police use of taser, pepper spray, and baton)
Location: St Leonards-on-Sea, England, UK
Disability: Dementia, leg amputee, wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Inquiry after 93-year-old man with one leg dies after being Tasered by police

Dmitrieva, Liza
(Died July 14, 2022, Age 4)
Cause of death: Civilian Casualty of War (Missile strike)
Location: Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Disability: Special needs; required speech therapy
Perpetrator: Russian military
Source: Social media posts chart life and death of girl in Russian strike

Kashe, Vuyo Percy
(Died July 15, 2022, Age 36)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Yohanna David Chol
Source: Clarence Street shooting victim struggled through life, mother recalls

!Mclaurin-Grey, Blessings
(Died July 15, 2022, Age 6)
Cause of death: Accidental (Hit by car during police chase)
Location: Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA
Disability: Turner syndrome
Perpetrator: Police; Hakeem Muhammad
Source: Family mourns, demands accountability for killing of 6-year-old during high-speed chase

*Paddock-Wood, Dominic Landon
(Died July 15, 2022, Age 4)
Cause of death: Neglect (Cocaine and Fentanyl poisoning)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Disability: Epilepsy
Perpetrator: Noel Wood (Mother) and Jonathan Mulvihill (Mother’s boyfriend)
Source: Police arrest couple in connection to death of 4-year-old

#(Unknown), (Male)
(Died July 16, 2022, Age 77)
Cause of death: Homicide (Injuries from being pushed down)
Location: Mobile, Alabama, USA
Disability: Elder nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Roommate at Lynwood Nursing Home
Source: Mobile police investigating death at nursing home

#Fino, Carmelo
(Died July 16, 2022, Age 83)
Cause of death: Neglect (Lack of monitoring; wandering/exposure)
Location: Birżebbuġa, Malta
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: St. Vincent De Paul care home staff
Source: Involuntary Homicide And Neglect: Six St Vincent De Paul Staff Members To Be Charged With Carmelo Fino’s Death

!Buckner, Darrell
(Died July 17, 2022, Age 42)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Sacramento, California, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Sacramento police shoot unhoused man in River District, body camera video shows

Holloway, Antonio
(Died July 17, 2022, Age 34)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Disability: Unspecified; disabled veteran
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: $2,500 reward being offered for info on alleged murder of disabled veteran

#Terry, Ja’Ceon
(Died July 17, 2022, Age 7)
Cause of death: Restraint-related (Positional asphyxia)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Disability: Unspecified; psychiatric care center resident
Perpetrator: Brooklawn staff
Source: 7-year-old died at Kentucky youth treatment center due to suffocation, autopsy finds; 2 workers fired

Larson, Eric
(Died July 19, 2022, Age 63)
Cause of death: Homicide (Blunt force head trauma)
Location: Bellevue, Washington, USA
Disability: Amputee
Perpetrator: Gabriel Vargas-Garcia
Source: Medical examiner identifies man killed in unprovoked attack at Bellevue Transit Center

+Pearson, Anthony
(Died July 19, 2022, Age 5)
Cause of death: Restraint-related (Asphyxia)
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Disability: Autism, Epilepsy
Perpetrator: Little Dreamers day care staff
Source: ‘Something doesn’t add up’: Family of 5-year-old Anthony Pearson take legal action after the child with autism and epilepsy was found dead at his daycare

!Grier, Brianna
(Died July 21, 2022, Age 28)
Cause of death: Accidental/Negligence (Fell out of moving police car; car doors not locked)
Location: Hancock County, Georgia, USA
Disability: Schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Hancock County police
Source: A Georgia woman died after she ‘fell’ out of a patrol car. Cruisers are always supposed to be locked, an expert said.

*Kortes, Adam
(Died July 21, 2022, Age 27)
Cause of death: Restraint-related (Asphyxia; torso compression)
Location: Danville, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: “Special needs”
Perpetrator: Richard Kortes (Father), Kristine Kortes (Mother)
Source: Parents face charges after son’s death in Montour County

*+Thrasher, Jackie
(Died July 22, 2022, Age 5)
Cause of death: Abuse (Traumatic injury)
Location: Frederick, Maryland, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Catherine Thrasher and Timothy Lee Haselden II
Source: Cases of two charged in fatal child abuse moved to circuit court; rape charges dropped

*Bernard, Elenora
(Died July 23, 2022, Age 77)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beating)
Location: Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Andre Hooper (Tenant, housemate; caregiver)
Source: 77-year-old woman found beaten to death in NYC apartment, cops say

!Thibodeau, Alan R.
(Died July 23, 2022, Age 51)
Cause of death: Medical neglect (Septic shock, dehydration, starvation)
Location: Augusta, Georgia, USA
Disability: Bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, diabetes
Perpetrator: Bamberg County jail; Geri Gillespie (Nurse)
Source: Bamberg County sued after mental health patient wastes away in jail, dies

*Colquhoun, Shanelle
(Died July 24, 2022, Age 26)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Her brother, age 17
Source: Emotionally disturbed teen stabs older sister to death at their Brooklyn home

Lader, Sudama
(Died July 24, 2022, Age About 40)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed; road rage incident)
Location: Kankalipara, Chhattisgarh, India
Disability: Deaf
Perpetrator: Unnamed girl, age 16
Source: Chhattisgarh: Minor girl stabs hearing and speech impaired man to death

+Hamilton, Kayla
(Died July 27, 2022, Age 20)
Cause of death: Homicide (Strangled)
Location: Aberdeen, Maryland, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Unnamed 17-year-old, arrested
Source: Teen MS-13 member charged with strangling autistic woman to death in Aberdeen, police say

McKay, Errol
(Died July 27, 2022, Age 49)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Disability: Chronic illness, mobility impaired
Perpetrator: Raekwon Hanniford-Brow
Source: Wandsworth ‘murder’: Disabled victim stabbed ’22 times’ and left with injuries to the ‘back of the head and neck’

Di Ran, Phang
(Died July 29, 2022, Age 18)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beating)
Location: Sarawak, Malaysia
Disability: Hemophilia
Perpetrator: Girlfriend’s father and another man
Source: M’sian man allegedly beats teen, 18, to death for having sex with his daughter, 16

!Kittrell, Dante
(Died July 29, 2022, Age 51)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot; holding knife)
Location: South Bend, Indiana, USA
Disability: Schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Activist, attorney reacts to police shooting ruled justified

Ogorchukwu, Alika
(Died July 29, 2022, Age 39)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beating)
Location: Civitanova Marche, Italy
Disability: Mobility impaired after auto accident; used crutches
Perpetrator: Filippo Claudio Giuseppe Ferlazzo
Source: Disabled Nigerian Street Vendor Beaten to Death in Italy as Onlookers Did Nothing

*(n/a), Tejaswini
(Died August 1, 2022, Age 1)
Cause of death: Homicide (Drowning)
Location: Jangaon, Telangana, India
Disability: Intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Prasanna (Mother)
Source: Jangaon woman kills 1-year-old disabled daughter

Peterman, Rodney
(Died August 2, 2022, Age 66)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beaten)
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
Disability: Mobility impaired; used walker; unspecified disability
Perpetrator: Aaron Fulk
Source: Suspect in fatal downtown Seattle attack pleads not guilty

*Chavez, Victor
(Died August 3, 2022, Age 53)
Cause of death: Unknown Suspicious Death (Body found in woods)
Location: Columbus, Georgia, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Angela Chavez (Wife)
Source: Wife of missing man found dead in Columbus arrested

Fulcher, Phillip Raymond
(Died August 3, 2022, Age 59)
Cause of death: Homicide (Homicidal violence)
Location: Atlantic, North Carolina, USA
Disability: Unspecified congenital health condition
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Governor releases reward offered in Atlantic Beach murder case

Fulcher, William David
(Died August 3, 2022, Age 57)
Cause of death: Homicide (Homicidal violence)
Location: Atlantic, North Carolina, USA
Disability: Unspecified congenital health condition
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: CCSO increases reward for information on Atlantic double-murder investigation

!Gladman, Raymond Derek
(Died August 3, 2022, Age 83)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot)
Location: St. George, Utah, USA
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Grim tally: A look at each of Utah’s homicide victims of 2022

*(Unknown), (Female)
(Died August 4, 2022, Age 81)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified homicide)
Location: To Kwa Wan, Hong Kong, China
Disability: Chronic kidney disease
Perpetrator: Her husband, age 86
Source: Man, 86, arrested for manslaughter in death of 81-year-old sick wife at To Kwa Wan home

*Balakrishna, Driti
(Died August 4, 2022, Age 4)
Cause of death: Homicide (Fall)
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Disability: Intellectually disabled
Perpetrator: Sushma Bharadwaj (Mother)
Source: Bengaluru: 4-year-old dies as dentist mother throws her off fourth floor

*Hsieh, (Ms.)
(Died August 4, 2022, Age 3)
Cause of death: Abuse (Head injury)
Location: Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Disability: Developmental delay, poor balance
Perpetrator: Mr. Hsieh (Father)
Source: Court sentences man for abuse, death of daughter

!Hensley, Bradley Steven
(Died August 6, 2022, Age 42)
Cause of death: Medical neglect (Salt-wasting CAH)
Location: Henry County, Virginia, USA
Disability: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Perpetrator: Henry County Adult Detention Center staff
Source: Bassett family blames Sheriff’s Department for son’s death

#Engelbrecht, Sagrya
(Died August 7, 2022, Age 81)
Cause of death: Neglect (Hypothermia; left outside overnight)
Location: Ceres, South Africa
Disability: Elder nursing home resident, wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Huis Maudie Kriel staff
Source: ACVV cooperating with probe into death of Ceres nursing home resident

!Hansen, Jordyn
(Died August 7, 2022, Age 21)
Cause of death: Police Shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Otsego, Minnesota, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Minnesota prosecutor: Deputies ‘justified’ in Otsego killing

!Dramé, Mouhamed
(Died August 8, 2022, Age 16)
Cause of death: Police Shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Dortmund, Germany
Disability: Unspecified; suicidal crisis
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Polizeischüsse in Dortmund: Das wissen wir über den Fall Mouhamed Dramé

#Rymell, Barbara
(Died August 8, 2022, Age 91)
Cause of death: Accidental (Positional asphyxia after fall from stairlift)
Location: Langport, Somerset, England, UK
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Systemic failure–Ashley House care home; assigned aide who did not speak much English to communicate with emergency services; emergency personnel had no translation capability
Source: Poor English contributed to woman’s stair lift death – inquest

#Sirois, Janice
(Died August 8, 2022, Age 61)
Cause of death: Homicide (Poisoned with alcohol, opioids, and paroxetine)
Location: Fort Kent, Maine, USA
Disability: PTSD, several chronic conditions
Perpetrator: Unsolved; died while under guardianship
Source: Eight deaths raise questions about oversight of Maine’s public guardianships

Kennedy, Christopher
(Died August 10, 2022, Age 56)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified)
Location: Enfield, Connecticut, USA
Disability: Mental illness; disability from job-related injury; symptoms of dementia
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Daughter of Enfield homicide victim pleads for more help for the homeless

Reay, Michael
(Died August 10, 2022, Age 25)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beaten)
Location: Granite City, Illinois, USA
Disability: Blind, wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Blake Streeb
Source: Streeb charges upgraded to murder

*Schaper, Steven
(Died August 11, 2022, Age 58)
Cause of death: Neglect (Sepsis, bedsores, multiple infections)
Location: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Disability: Diabetes, chronic illness
Perpetrator: Jacob Schaper (Son) and Jocelyn Grisham (Son’s fiance)
Source: Iowa man died in ‘deplorable conditions’ after son, girlfriend denied him care: police

*Teeters, Marceline
(Died August 13, 2022, Age 93)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified)
Location: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Gage Walter
Source: Family says suspect in double homicide in Omaha had a violent history

!Brandon, Nikon
(Died August 14, 2022, Age 35)
Cause of death: Homicide (Restraint)
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Man Killed After Being Pinned Down for 5 Minutes by Salt Lake City Police

Devi, Vimla
(Died August 16, 2022, Age 70)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
Disability: Bedridden
Perpetrator: Unidentified suspect arrested
Source: Woman, daughter-in-law found murdered at home in Delhi, suspect detained

#Nishad, Haswan
(Died August 16, 2022, Age 16)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beating)
Location: Matunga, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Disability: Intellectual disability, Deaf
Perpetrator: Four fellow reidents at David Sassoon Industrial School and Children’s Home
Source: Mumbai: Four boys in children’s home beat 16-year-old mute inmate to death, booked

O’Halloran, Thomas
(Died August 16, 2022, Age 87)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Greenford, West London, England, UK
Disability: Used mobility scooter
Perpetrator: Lee Byer
Source: Tragic final moments of mobility scooter murder victim: CCTV shows ‘kind’ busker, 87, begging for help after being brutally stabbed – as police hunt ‘dangerous’ suspect who fled scene armed with a knife

#(Unknown), (Female)
(Died August 19, 2022, Age 85)
Cause of death: Homicide (Injuries from being pushed to the floor)
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
Disability: Unspecified; resident at memory care facility
Perpetrator: Fellow resident at Mont St. Joseph Home
Source: sask. Nursing home murder investigation ends without charge after 76-year-old single suspect dies Pipa News

*Cherella, Mary E.
(Died August 19, 2022, Age 77)
Cause of death: Homicide-suicide (Gunshot)
Location: Wareham, Maryland, USA
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease
Perpetrator: Robert Cherella (Husband)
Source: Probable murder-suicide under investigation on private way near beach

*Martinez, Patricia
(Died August 20, 2022, Age 57)
Cause of death: Neglect (Kidney failure)
Location: Bexar County, Texas, USA
Disability: Chronic illness, diabetes
Perpetrator: Oscar Dominguez (Son), Roxanna Carrero (Daughter), and Pedro Luis Carrero (Son)
Source: 3 Adult Children Neglected Bedridden Mother So Severely She Had Mold Growing on Her Body: Sheriff

!Dorado, Ricardo
(Died August 21, 2022, Age 33)
Cause of death: Restraint-related (Heart attack/suffocation while in restraint)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Disability: Schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Atlanta police
Source: Atlanta will pay $3.75M to family of Nebraska man who died after being handcuffed and held face down

Trayner, Anthony
(Died August 21, 2022, Age 24)
Cause of death: Hit-and-run (Motor Vehicle Collision)
Location: Rochester, New York, USA
Disability: Partial deafness
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Inner-Loop fatal hit-and-run victim: ‘He was partly deaf’

!Green, Timothy
(Died August 22, 2022, Age 37)
Cause of death: Police Shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Olympia, Washington, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Olympia Police
Source: Letter to CMII regarding the death of Timothy Green

*Parker, Joanna
(Died August 22, 2022, Age 72)
Cause of death: Homicide (Burns)
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: James Parker (Son)
Source: Woman dies after being set on fire in Winston-Salem by son, police say

*Willshire, Barbara
(Died August 24, 2022, Age 92)
Cause of death: Homicide-suicide (Unspecified homicide)
Location: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Disability: Disabled elder, declining health
Perpetrator: Dennis Willshire (Husband)
Source: Elderly husband and wife found dead in suspected murder-suicide at Glynde retirement village identified

Felix, Marvin William
(Died August 25, 2022, Age 54)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beaten)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Disability: Two 15-year-old boys
Perpetrator: Amputee, wheelchair user
Source: Family shaken by death of Winnipeg man beaten in random Point Douglas attack

#(Unknown), (Female)
(Died August 26, 2022 (Reported), Age 7)
Cause of death: Unknown suspicious death (Died of diarrhea and dehydration with “marks of injury” on her body)
Location: Berhampore, West Bengal, India
Disability: Blind, physical disability
Perpetrator: Captain Chandan Lal Special Middle School for the Blind staff
Source: Visually Impaired Minor Girl Dies In NGO, Parents Allege Torture: Cops

Bullock, Monica
(Died August 26, 2022, Age 31)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Disability: Depression
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: ‘The only thing we want is to know who killed Monica,’ says mother of woman killed in Northeast Baltimore

#Williams, Bradford
(Died August 26, 2022, Age 79)
Cause of death: Neglect (Heat stroke; left outside)
Location: Liberty, Missouri, USA
Disability: Hemiparesis, visual impairment
Perpetrator: Liberty Health and Wellness
Source: Family sues after man found dead, alone outside Kansas City-area nursing home

*Milbourne, Amora Lou
(Died August 27, 2022, Age 3)
Cause of death: Neglect (Heat stroke)
Location: Cary, North Carolina, USA
Disability: Chromosome deletion; prematurity, developmental delay, congenital heart disease, feeding difficulty, stroke
Perpetrator: Launice Shanique Battle (Mother)
Source: Cary mom admitted to leaving girls in hot car while gambling; autopsy reveals death by hyperthermia with decaying present

Storch, Milton
(Died August 27, 2022, Age 78)
Cause of death: Hit-and-run (Motor Vehicle Collision; head trauma)
Location: Queens, New York, USA
Disability: Unspecified; used walker
Perpetrator: Kiani Phoenix
Source: 26-year-old woman arrested in hit-and-run crash that killed disabled man in heat of fight

#Maxwell, Gertrude
(Died August 28, 2022, Age 93)
Cause of death: Negligence (Poisoning; mistakenly given dishwashing liquid instead of juice)
Location: San Mateo, California, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Atria Park San Mateo staff
Source: 93-Year-Old Woman with Dementia Dies in Senior Home After ‘Mistakenly’ Being Served Dishwashing Liquid

Surrett, Donald
(Died August 28, 2022, Age 66)
Cause of death: Homicide (Shooting)
Location: Bend, Oregon, USA
Disability: Unspecified; disabled veteran
Perpetrator: Ethan Miller
Source: Army veteran ‘died a hero’ confronting Oregon Safeway shooter

*Apler, Leon
(Died August 29, 2022, Age 6)
Cause of death: Homicide (Drowning, head injury)
Location: St. Johann, Tirol, Austria
Disability: SYNGAP1
Perpetrator: Florian Apler (Father)
Source: Dad who claims he was mugged has been arrested for murder of his disabled son

#Canoun, Constantine
(Died August 31, 2022, Age 94)
Cause of death: Negligence/Accident (Ingested cleaning fluid while unsupervised)
Location: San Mateo, California, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Atria Park San Mateo staff
Source: Lawsuit claims senior-care chain Atria covered up third Bay Area death from caustic liquid

Griffith, Christopher Scott
(Died August 31, 2022, Age 58)
Cause of death: Homicide (Deliberately hit with vehicle; bystander to attempted murder)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Disability: Unspecified; used cane, held handicap parking permit
Perpetrator: Taahviya Chapman
Source: Prosecutor shows video of woman plowing minivan into 2 pedestrians, announces indictment

*(Unknown), (Male)
(Died September 1, 2022, Age 70)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beaten)
Location: Ratmalana, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Disability: Unspecified; bedridden
Perpetrator: His son
Source: Son arrested for killing father in Ratmalana

*Kelting, Mary
(Died September 1, 2022, Age 73)
Cause of death: Neglect (Pneumonia, malnutrition, heart disease)
Location: Davenport, Iowa, USA
Disability: Stroke
Perpetrator: Jason B. Kelting (Son)
Source: Davenport man charged with neglecting bedridden mother causing death

!Riveira, Ryden
(Died September 2022, Age 23)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beating)
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Disability: Schizophrenia, ADHD
Perpetrator: Unsolved; Oahu Community Correctional Center
Source: State declines to release details on brutal beating in OCCC cell that left man dead

*Lai, Yat-ming
(Died September 2, 2022, Age 5)
Cause of death: Abuse (Beating)
Location: Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Disability: Developmental disability
Perpetrator: Shing-tai Lai (Mother)
Source: Mother of murdered 5 year old boy was remanded in a mental health facility in Hong Kong

!Livesay, Justin
(Died September 2, 2022, Age 40)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
Disability: Bipolar disorder, OCD, PTSD
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Protest against police brutality comes on heels of another fatal police shooting in Fayetteville

*Bitters, Patricia
(Died September 3, 2022, Age 84)
Cause of death: Homicide (Blunt trauma)
Location: Forres, Scotland, UK
Disability: Mobility impaired
Perpetrator: Scott McCulluch (Grandson)
Source: Killer beat his own gran to death when he was supposed to be looking after her

*Sena, Ernest
(Died September 4, 2022, Age 62)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Disability: Mobility impaired; one arm paralyzed
Perpetrator: Ernest A. Sena, Jr.
Source: Man charged in shooting death of disabled father in South Valley

#Johnson-Bey, Ellsworth
(Died September 5, 2022, Age 75)
Cause of death: Homicide (Complications from broken hip; assault)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Disability: Nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Obiageriaku Jane Iheanacho (Nursing home staff)
Source: Healthcare Worker Charged With Murdering Nursing Home Patient She Knocked Over In Baltimore: PD

Parsons, Fred
(Died September 5, 2022, Age 29)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Disability: Developmental disability
Perpetrator: Mark Jayden Harrison, Aiden Matthew William Bell, and a 17-year-old
Source: ‘He believed in fairness, kindness:’ family of Maffeo Sutton Park stabbing victim remember lost son

*(Unnamed), (Female)
(Died September 6, 2022, Age 1 day)
Cause of death: Neglect (Abandoned; attacked by stray dogs)
Location: Mandya, Karnataka, India
Disability: Unspecified congenital disability
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Karnataka: Abandoned newborn girl dies after being partially eaten by stray dogs in hospital premises; probe on

Da Rosa, Ramón
(Died September 7, 2022, Age 40)
Cause of death: Homicide (Knife wounds)
Location: Cerro Corá, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Disability: Leg amputee
Perpetrator: José Andrés Quedna and Dario Daniel M
Source: Preventive to accused of dismembering and removing the entrails of a disabled person

#Schroder, Peter
(Died September 7, 2022, Age 93)
Cause of death: Negligence/Accident (Ingested cleaning fluid while unsupervised)
Location: San Mateo, California, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Atria Park San Mateo staff
Source: Lawsuit claims senior-care chain Atria covered up third Bay Area death from caustic liquid

*+Nash, Louise
(Died September 8, 2022, Age 12)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, England, UK
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Unnamed man, known to the family
Source: ‘Devoted’ mum and daughter, 12, found dead at home in suspected double murder pictured

*Runion, Jonathan
(Died September 12, 2022, Age 48)
Cause of death: Homicide-suicide (Gunshot)
Location: Boone County, West Virginia, USA
Disability: Unspecified; bedridden
Perpetrator: Tammy Runion (Mother)
Source: Mother kills son in apparent murder-suicide

Tornia, Eduard
(Died September 12, 2022, Age 60)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Bacolod City, Negros island, Philippines
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Louie John Barte
Source: Senior citizen with disability stabbed dead in Bacolod

Goles, Remedio
(Died September 14, 2022, Age 74)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Moalboal, Cebu, Philippines
Disability: Deaf
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: After joining village fiesta, deaf Lolo in Moalboal stabbed to death

Meadows, Horace “Obie”
(Died September 14, 2022, Age 52)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Police say pellet gun used in Atlanta man’s murder, family looking for answers

*+Mendes, Frederico
(Died September 15, 2022, Age 10)
Cause of death: Homicide-suicide (Unspecified homicide)
Location: Leeds, England, UK
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Dalia Baptista (Mother)
Source: Mum and murdered son, 10, found dead in flat after both struggled with autism

*Kershaw, Stephen
(Died September 16, 2022, Age 65)
Cause of death: Homicide (Smothered)
Location: Bradford, England, UK
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Sarah Pearson (Stepson’s girlfriend) and Ian Mitchell (Stepson)
Source: Woman and her fiance who murdered his vulnerable stepfather, 65, then went on drunken Asda trolley spree with his money are jailed for life

#Yamanobe, Yoko
(Died September 16, 2022, Age 92)
Cause of death: Homicide (Traumatic injury, burns)
Location: Tokyo Province, Japan
Disability: Unspecified; nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Takashi Kikuch (Staff at Ukima Kohitsuji-en nursing home)
Source: Man wanted by Tokyo police over alleged nursing home murder caught in Hokkaido

*Bruno, Michael J.
(Died September 17, 2022, Age 74)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Boardman, Ohio, USA
Disability: Depression, PTSD, frail elder
Perpetrator: Michael N. Bruno (Son)
Source: Man who killed his father gets 18 to life

Moore, Gregiry
(Died September 17, 2022, Age 65)
Cause of death: Accidental (Hit-and-run)
Location: Amarillo, Texas, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Police Hunt For Driver Who Struck, Killed Man In

+#Reeder, Justin
(Died September 17, 2022, Age 32)
Cause of death: Restraint-related (Undetermined)
Location: Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Disability: Autism, mental illness, developmental delay
Perpetrator: North Texas State Hospital
Source: A state hospital death in restraints and seclusion: What happened to Justin Reeder?

#Sarkar, Preetam
(Died September 19, 2022, Age 16)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beaten to death)
Location: Sodepur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Rehabilitation center employees
Source: Teenager murder slur on rehabilitation centre in Sodepur

#(Unknown), (Male)
(Died September 21, 2022, Age Adult)
Cause of death: Neglect (Poisoning; dangerous drugs left within reach)
Location: Darlington, South Carolina, USA
Disability: Unspecified; care home resident
Perpetrator: Brian Anthony James and Myasia Toya McCoy (Care home staff)
Source: Second employee arrested in drug overdose death at care home in South Carolina

+#Dixon, Quincy J.
(Died September 21, 2022, Age 23)
Cause of death: Accidental/Neglect (Medication overdose)
Location: Darlington, South Carolina, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Briar Gate Community Training Home
Source: Family files wrongful death lawsuit after son allegedly overdosed at Darlington care facility

+Talotta, Anthony
(Died September 21, 2022, Age 57)
Cause of death: Medical neglect (Untreated infection)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: Autism, intellectual disability, diabetes, anxiety, depression
Perpetrator: Allegheny County Jail staff
Source: Lawsuit over death of autistic man in a Pittsburgh jail alleges negligence, systemic discrimination

*(n/a), Sandeep
(Died September 24, 2022, Age 47)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Vettoor, Kerala, India
Disability: Epilepsy, bedridden
Perpetrator: Santhosh (Brother)
Source: Drunk vet murders bedridden younger brother in Kerala; claims couldn’t take care of him

Sandberg, Ulf
(Died September 24, 2022, Age 52)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Oskarshamn, Kalmar County, Sweden
Disability: Two suspects arrested
Perpetrator: Brain tumor survivor; balance impaired, facial paralysis
Source: Disabled Ulf was stabbed to death in Oskarshamn: “Damned bastards”

*Huertas, Andreas
(Died September 25, 2022, Age 37)
Cause of death: Homicide (Blunt trauma; beating)
Location: Bronx, New York, New York, USA
Disability: Diabetes; received disability assistance
Perpetrator: Felix Perez (Boyfriend)
Source: Boyfriend of man beaten to death in NYCHA apartment arrested for his murder

*+Djuric, Joshua
(Died September 26, 2022, Age 18)
Cause of death: Neglect (Malnutrition)
Location: Yagoona, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Keti Jovanovska
Source: Yagoona mother charged with manslaughter after death of her autistic son

da Silva de Brito, Geane
(Died September 27, 2022, Age 19)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed; shot)
Location: Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: 14-year-old student at Municipal College Eurides Sant’Anna
Source: Teen in wheelchair shot and stabbed to death with machete in horror high school attack

Grubb, John E.
(Died September 30, 2022, Age 63)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified)
Location: Topeka, Kansas, USA
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Cody M. Degand
Source: Topeka homicide victim John Grubb Jr. ‘would have given you the shirt off his back’

Hartley, Anthony Matthew
(Died September 30, 2022, Age 40)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbing)
Location: Portland, Oregon, USA
Disability: Bipolar disorder
Perpetrator: Dorian Ambrose Cannon
Source: Homeless Army veteran, stabbed to death in Old Town, tried to spread joy on Portland’s streets, friends say

Kalwar, Abbas
(Died October 1, 2022, Age Young adult)
Cause of death: Homicide/Vigilante (Burned, drowned after being accused of blasphemy)
Location: Mirpur Mathilo, Ghotki, Sindh, Pakistan
Disability: Born without arms
Perpetrator: Muhammad Hasan, Hasan Kalwar
Source: Disabled man Abbas Kalwar killed on charges of blasphemy

+Lewis, Darien
(Died October 1, 2022, Age 6)
Cause of death: Homicide (Run over multiple times by intoxicated driver)
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Pedro Alberto Hernandez
Source: Driver Charged with DWI and Murder Allegedly Smirked as He Ran Over Boy, 6, Multiple Times: Grandfather

#Miller, Jonas
(Died October 2022, Age 80)
Cause of death: Unknown suspicious death (Heart disease; over-medicated with morphine)
Location: Canton, Maine, USA
Disability: Heart disease, diabetes, kidney and liver disease
Perpetrator: Unsolved; died while under guardianship
Source: Eight deaths raise questions about oversight of Maine’s public guardianships

!Burks, Porter
(Died October 2, 2022, Age 20)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Disability: Schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Police
Source: $50M wrongful death lawsuit filed in case of mentally ill man shot by Detroit police

#Hartman, Sheila
(Died October 2, 2022, Age 88)
Cause of death: Homicide (Head injury)
Location: Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Fellow resident at Ridgeway Lodge
Source: Police investigate alleged killing of grandmother at care home

Kovac, Sathya Dhara
(Died October 3, 2022, Age 44)
Cause of death: Voluntary euthanasia (Approved for euthanasia after being unable to obtain home care help)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Disability: ALS
Perpetrator: Systemic failure
Source: Winnipeg woman who chose to die with medical assistance said struggle for home care help led to decision

*Ghosh, Madhumita
(Died October 4, 2022 (Article Date), Age 27)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified)
Location: Dewar, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India
Disability: Deaf
Perpetrator: Prashant Ghosh (Husband)
Source: Husband is accused of murdering his wife along with their newborn daughter IV news

*Watts, Shanice Nicole
(Died October 5, 2022, Age 34)
Cause of death: Neglect (Unspecified neglect)
Location: Laurel, Mississippi, USA
Disability: Unspecified special needs
Perpetrator: Phyllis Watts-Tiller (Mother)
Source: Body ID’d as murder suspect’s daughter

!Gantt, Javarick
(Died October 9, 2022, Age 34)
Cause of death: Homicide (Strangled)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Disability: Deaf, cognitive disability
Perpetrator: Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center
Source: ‘He didn’t have a fighting chance’: Questions surround killing of deaf man in Baltimore jail

Kelly, Patricia
(Died October 10, 2022, Age 59)
Cause of death: Homicide (Blunt head trauma)
Location: Collumbia, Missouri, USA
Disability: Unspecified; mobility impaired, frail
Perpetrator: Adam Alfred Conner
Source: ‘That’s a Tough Question’: Missouri Man Allegedly Couldn’t Explain How a Woman Beaten to Death with a Claw Hammer Ended Up in Garage Closet

+Bowie, Kyan Michael
(Died October 15, 2022, Age 22)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot; drive-by shooting)
Location: Augusta, Georgia, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Evyn O’Conner, Diriuss Redd, Jaquez Davis, Jamari K. Williams, Lawrence M. Stephens
Source: Suspect in Olmstead drive-by that killed autistic man denied bond

*Brown, Mae
(Died October 15, 2022, Age 87)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beating)
Location: Bronzeville, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Disability: Disabled elder, wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Shearly Gaines
Source: ‘It’s scary’: Woman, 87, found beaten to death in wheelchair at senior home complex, officials say

*Steadman, Bernadette A.
(Died October 15, 2022, Age 92)
Cause of death: Homicide-suicide (Gunshot)
Location: Elyria, Ohio, USA
Disability: Chronic illness; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: James Steadman (Son)
Source: ‘I’m in shock’: Police release identities, details in the murder-suicide of Elyria family

*Steadman, Lisa B.
(Died October 15, 2022, Age 60)
Cause of death: Homicide-suicide (Gunshot)
Location: Elyria, Ohio, USA
Disability: Chronic illness
Perpetrator: James Steadman (Husband)
Source: Elyria police identify victims of murder-suicide

*+Steadman, Matthew J.
(Died October 15, 2022, Age 34)
Cause of death: Homicide-suicide (Gunshot)
Location: Elyria, Ohio, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: James Steadman (Father)
Source: Family of 4 found dead in Elyria home after apparent murder-suicide

*+(Unknown), (Male)
(Died October 17, 2022, Age 15)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified)
Location: Brownsville, Texas, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Julie Alexadria Brewington (Aunt) and Noe Garza (Aunt’s common-law husband)
Source: Teen with autism found dead, aunt and uncle charged with murder

Hennessey, Thomas
(Died October 18, 2022, Age 55)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Police: Death investigation reveals man in wheelchair was gunned down in Oxford Circle residence

*Karr, Eda Lyn
(Died October 18, 2022, Age 63)
Cause of death: Neglect (Unspecified neglect)
Location: Stevensville, Montana, USA
Disability: Parkinson’s disease
Perpetrator: Ronan Sterling-Shanahan, aka Justin Whitfield (Son)
Source: Stevi man sentenced to 30 years in mother’s death

#Polk, Vanessa L.
(Died October 19, 2022, Age 64)
Cause of death: Neglect (Infected bedsore)
Location: Waco, Texas, USA
Disability: Dementia, diabetes, leg amputee
Perpetrator: Waco Nursing and Rehab center; Lakeshore Village Nursing and Rehabilitation; Eduro Healthcare
Source: Woman files wrongful death lawsuit against Waco nursing home after mother dies from ‘severely infected’ pressure ulcer

*Drew, Hunter
(Died October 20, 2022, Age 3)
Cause of death: Homicide (Traumatic injury)
Location: Mount Auburn, Illinois, USA
Disability: Developmental delay
Perpetrator: Ashley N. Bottoms (Father’s girlfriend)
Source: Did custody change cause Hunter’s death?

*Kutty, Kannan Mukundan
(Died October 21, 2022, Age 39)
Cause of death: Homicide-suicide (Throat cut)
Location: Palakkad, Kerala, India
Disability: Diabetes
Perpetrator: Balakrishnan (Father)
Source: Murder-suicide in Palakkad: Man kills unwell son, then hangs …

*+Garreffa, Hayden Robert
(Died October 22, 2022, Age 19)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbing)
Location: Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Isaac Joel Buchkoski, Mia Shai Catalfano, Taylyn Nashell Edwards, Thomas Alan Rivera, Summer Isabella Settlemyer, Jesse Lee Wadsworth, Desean Garcia Alvarez, Harmony Rhyne Hayward
Source: Investigators working to sort out what happened before Ebensburg man’s stabbing death; 8 facing charges

#Ciger, Rasim
(Died October 27, 2022, Age 90)
Cause of death: Homicide (Blunt trauma; fight)
Location: Samsun, Turkey
Disability: Nursing home resident
Perpetrator: M.S., nursing home roommate
Source: One was 90 and the other 77! Horrible death in nursing home

*+(Unknown), (Male)
(Died October 29, 2022, Age 11)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stab wounds, head injury)
Location: Marseille, France
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: His mother, age 39
Source: Enfant autiste tué à Marseille: la mère mise en examen pour meurtre

*Rodriguez-Alvarez, Noel
(Died November 1, 2022 (Missing), Age 6)
Cause of death: Homicide (Missing, presumed dead)
Location: Everman, Texas, USA
Disability: Developmental disorder, unspecified lung condition
Perpetrator: Cindy Rodriguez-Singh (Mother) and Arshdeep Singh (Stepfather)
Source: Mother of presumed-dead disabled boy has been indicted in hopes of expediting return from India

!Beckler, Wyatt
(Died November 2, 2022, Age 18)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Disability: Unspecified serious mental illness
Perpetrator: Police
Source: MOTHER: ‘There needs to be some level of accountability’

*Fujiwara, Teruko
(Died November 2, 2022, Age 79)
Cause of death: Homicide (Drowning)
Location: Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Hiroshi Fujiwara (Husband)
Source: 81-year-old Japanese man arrested for murder after pushing wife’s wheelchair into sea

#Nicholls, Patricia
(Died November 3, 2022, Age 73)
Cause of death: Neglect (Propped in wheelchair unattended; circulation restricted, cardiac arrest)
Location: Gloversville, New York, USA
Disability: Unspecified special needs
Perpetrator: Sarah Mango and Jacquelyn Bayless
Source: Gloversville police charge 2 in 2022 supervised living facility death case

!Moorehead, Tyler
(Died November 6, 2022, Age 46)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Police
Source: After ‘No Shoot Zone’ activist killed by Baltimore Police, loved ones point to mental illness, lament police response

*(Unknown), (Male)
(Died November 8, 2022, Age 5)
Cause of death: Homicide (Suffocation)
Location: Hat Yai, Songkhla Province, Thailand
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Thitirat Kongkerd (Mother)
Source: Teacher murders her 5 year old autistic son in southern Thailand

#(Unknown), (Male)
(Died November 8, 2022, Age 70s)
Cause of death: Homicide (Head injury)
Location: Preston, England, UK
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Fellow resident at Hulton House Care Residence
Source: Murder probe launched after resident of care home specialising in dementia dies

Qandana, Lungile Irvin
(Died November 9, 2022, Age 61)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot; home invasion)
Location: Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Disability: Double amputee
Perpetrator: Three suspects at large
Source: Double-amputee shot dead while asleep in Eastern Cape

!Miller, Ki’Azia
(Died November 10, 2022, Age 27)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Disability: Schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Family of Detroit woman killed by police ‘won’t stop’ fighting for justice

*Zondi, Nondumiso
(Died November 10, 2022 (Body found; died November 5), Age 12)
Cause of death: Unknown suspicious death (Found buried in his backyard; death unreported)
Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Disability: Cerebral palsy
Perpetrator: His family; or, natural death
Source: KZN police investigating death of child

!Cooper, Dani
(Died November 12, 2022, Age 27)
Cause of death: Police Shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Psychosis. Then Gunshots from Police. Inside Dani Cooper’s Death

#(Unknown), (Male)
(Died November 13, 2022, Age 38)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beaten; fight)
Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Disability: Mental illness; inpatient in mental ward
Perpetrator: Fellow patient at Canberra Hospital Adult Mental Health Unit
Source: ‘Distressing’: 18-year-old hospital patient charged with murder after patient’s death

Macapia, Andres
(Died November 14, 2022, Age 55)
Cause of death: Homicide (Blunt/sharp trauma)
Location: Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Philippines
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: PWD mauled to death in Cagayan

Magar, Rabi
(Died November 14, 2022, Age 37)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beaten; blunt trauma)
Location: Tucson, Arizona, USA
Disability: Developmental disability
Perpetrator: 13 and 17 year old teens
Source: Two juveniles charged with murder of disabled man in central Tucson

+!Masalmeh, Fullah
(Died November 14, 2022, Age 15)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Beitunia, West Bank, Palestine
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Israeli soldiers
Source: Autistic Palestinian teen’s killing casts spotlight on Israel tactics

!Dizmang, Kevin
(Died November 15, 2022, Age 63)
Cause of death: Restraint-related (Death in restraint)
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Disability: Heart disease, lung disease, asthma, PTSD, personality disorder, brain injury
Perpetrator: Community Response Team (Police/Fire Department)
Source: Heartbreaking Footage Shows Man’s Death in Hands of Mental Health Team

*Matheny, Alice
(Died November 15, 2022, Age 93)
Cause of death: Homicide (Drowning)
Location: Eaton, Ohio, USA
Disability: Disabled elder
Perpetrator: Heidi Matheny (Granddaughter)
Source: Ohio woman confesses to drowning grandmother who needed nursing home: reports

*Day, Madelin Anika
(Died November 16, 2022, Age 4)
Cause of death: Neglect (Cocaine overdose)
Location: Mattoon, Illinois, USA
Disability: Unspecified; mobility impaired
Perpetrator: Taylor West (Mother) and Maverick Bowman (Mother’s boyfriend)
Source: Police: Disabled child dies of cocaine overdose; two individuals arrested

*Roebuck, Vincent
(Died November 16, 2022, Age 72)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbing)
Location: Mt. Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Javon Taylor (Son)
Source: Police: Man fatally stabbed father in Mt. Washington because he ‘wanted a cigarette’

*Johnson, Patrice
(Died November 18, 2022, Age 26)
Cause of death: Multiple homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Disability: Cerebral palsy
Perpetrator: Patrice’s step-nephew, age 22, unnamed
Source: Relative arrested in Friday triple killing

*Krueger, Ronald
(Died November 18, 2022, Age 89)
Cause of death: Acccidental/Negligence (Burns; left unattended with lit candles)
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Kendra Krueger (Daughter)
Source: Woman admitted lighting candles before dad’s death

(Unknown), (Female)
(Died November 21, 2022, Age 39)
Cause of death: Accidental (Hit-and-run)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Woman in wheelchair killed in hit-and-run; Neighbors say road needs to be safer

*+Poston, Landon Chance
(Died November 21, 2022, Age 14)
Cause of death: Undetermined (Oxycodone poisoning)
Location: Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Sonja Larae Campbell (Mother)
Source: Mother charged in teen’s overdose death at South Carolina motel

Nung, Pu Hau Cung
(Died November 22, 2022, Age Adult)
Cause of death: Homicide (Traumatic injury)
Location: Bualte, Falam Township, Chin, Burma
Disability: Deafness, mental illness or ID
Perpetrator: Burma Army
Source: Junta Soldiers Murder Disabled Man In Chin State

Waghmare, Sharda
(Died November 12, 2022, Age 65)
Cause of death: Homicide (Head injury; robbery)
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Disability: Blind, frail elder
Perpetrator: Unnamed 28-year-old and 15-year-old
Source: In Mumbai, blind elderly woman killed while resisting robbery attempt, two arrested

#Gash, Robert
(Died November 24, 2022, Age 54)
Cause of death: Neglect (Hypothermia; left outside nursing home)
Location: Port Allen, Louisiana, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Legacy Nursing Home staff
Source: Family says man died of hypothermia after he was neglected at nursing home

Bennett, Jerome
(Died November 25, 2022, Age 25)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified)
Location: Belize City, Belize
Disability: Intellectual Disability
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Special needs man and father murdered in own yard; investigations continue

!Whitley, Scott Michael
(Died November 25, 2022, Age 46)
Cause of death: Restraint-related (Suffocation and/or trauma)
Location: Ocala, Florida, USA
Disability: Schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Marion County Jail staff
Source: Family sues Marion County sheriff after man with mental illness dies in jail

Repko, William
(Died November 26, 2022, Age 38)
Cause of death: Accidental (Hit-and-run)
Location: Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Police: Man in wheelchair killed, child injured in crash as suspects flee police in Port Richmond

*Martin, Milagros Nazareth
(Died November 28, 2022 (Body found), Age 5)
Cause of death: Neglect (Respiratory infection)
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Disability: Prematurity, developmental delay, bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Perpetrator: Vanesa Mansilla (Mother)
Source: La autopsia a la niña hallada en una caja de madera determinó que murió por una infección

#Stockdale, Monica
(Died November 28, 2022, Age 70)
Cause of death: Homicide (Strangled)
Location: Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Disability: Nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Jacob Hoysted (Nursing home worker, Baptistcare Bethel Residential Care)
Source: Teenage nursing home worker is charged with murder for ‘strangling an elderly woman to death in her bed’

!Thurmond, Terry Lee
(Died November 28, 2022, Age 38)
Cause of death: Homicide (Restraint-related; taser used)
Location: Jonesboro, Georgia, USA
Disability: Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder
Perpetrator: Clayton County Jail staff
Source: Georgia Woman’s Search for Missing Brother Ends with His Shocking Jailhouse Death | Video

!Knotts, Kenneth
(Died November 29, 2022, Age 41)
Cause of death: Restraint-related (Sudden cardiac arrest while restrained)
Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
Disability: Mental illness; paranoia
Perpetrator: UT Southwestern hospital police
Source: Hospital police restrained a man in crisis. His Dallas death was ruled a homicide

+Goff, Landon
(Died December 1, 2022, Age 16)
Cause of death: Negligence (Suffocation; delay in first aid after he stopped breathing on the school bus)
Location: Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, USA
Disability: Rett Syndrome
Perpetrator: Cape May County Special Services School bus aide
Source: South Jersey family sues school bus company after teen’s death

*(n/a), Shivamma
(Died December 4, 2022, Age 50)
Cause of death: Homicide (Drowning)
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Disability: Stroke; paralysis
Perpetrator: Shankarappa (Husband)
Source: Security guard arrested for killing bedridden wife in Bengaluru

*(Unknown), (Female)
(Died December 4, 2022, Age 67)
Cause of death: Neglect (Dehydration)
Location: Puente de Vallecas, Madrid, Spain
Disability: Multiple sclerosis, COPD, Alzheimer’s
Perpetrator: Her husband
Source: Deja morir durante cinco días a su esposa con esclerosis tras caerse en su casa en Madrid

!(Unknown), (Male)
(Died December 4, 2022, Age 43)
Cause of death: Medical neglect (Kidney failure)
Location: Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Disability: Diabetes, mental illness
Perpetrator: Okazaki Police Station officers
Source: Diabetic who died in police cell was deprived of medication

*Colleson, Edwin
(Died December 4, 2022, Age 45)
Cause of death: Abuse (Undetermined)
Location: Hitchcock, Texas, USA
Disability: Intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Billie Jean Barnes (Mother) and Timothy Ray Ellis (Stepfather)
Source: Disabled man dies from injuries after subjected to torturous ‘holistic’ procedures by mother, stepfather, Hitchcock police say

*Drasher, Olivia
(Died December 4, 2022, Age 20)
Cause of death: Homicide (Fire; arson)
Location: Darby Township, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: Cerebral palsy
Perpetrator: Aaron Clark (Sister’s ex-boyfriend)
Source: A West Philly man, upset over a breakup, set a fire that killed his ex-girlfriend’s sister, DA says

*Green, Josiah
(Died December 4, 2022, Age 18)
Cause of death: Homicide (Burns)
Location: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Disability: Cerebral palsy
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Teenager with special needs found burned to death in bathtub

#J. B., (Male)
(Died December 4, 2022, Age 55)
Cause of death: Homicide (insulin poisoning)
Location: Chicora, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: Nursing home resident with “poor quality of life”
Perpetrator: Heather Pressdee (Serial killer,Quality of Life Services-Chicora nurse)
Source: Lawsuit claims nurse killed 3rd victim with insulin, blames Lower Burrell nursing home

Zoanelli, Karin
(Died December 4, 2022, Age 87)
Cause of death: Homicide (Died when oxygen concentrator stopped working because of a “criminal firearm attack” causing a power outage)
Location: Carthage, North Carolina, USA
Disability: Chronic lung disease
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Death of woman following attacks on North Carolina power stations ruled a homicide

!Harrington, Tavares
(Died December 5, 2022, Age 34)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Raeford, North Carolina, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Police
Source: ‘They got away with murder’: Father says Raeford police shot, killed son during mental health episode murder’: Father says Raeford police shot, killed son during mental health episode

Taylor, Jennell
(Died September 6, 2022, Age 58)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Woman in electric wheelchair shot to death in South LA

Glover, Tanya Lee
(Died December 7, 2022 (Body found; died cica January 2010), Age 38)
Cause of death: Unknown suspicious death (Found hidden in the walls of an apartment complex)
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Disability: Hearing and vision impaired
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: ‘Justice for Tanya’: Queensland police offer reward for woman whose body was found inside unit wall

*Brown, Sandra
(Died December 8, 2022, Age 69)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified homicide)
Location: Huddersfield, England, UK
Disability: Chronic illness, wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Michael Brown (Husband)
Source: Shocked neighbour’s tribute to Huddersfield woman Sandra Brown as husband faces murder charge

#Kestenbaum, Michael
(Died December 8, 2022, Age 62)
Cause of death: Homicide (Suffocation)
Location: Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
Disability: Physical disability
Perpetrator: Tyrone Closs and Aniesa Samad (Caregivers)
Source: Hackensack caretakers accused of tying up man, leaving him for dead

#Ende, Helen
(Died December 19, 2022, Age 89)
Cause of death: Negligence (Exposure; wandering; no precautions)
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Disability: Alzheimer’s disease
Perpetrator: Liliana B. Lozano, Susan Valentin, and Demontae M. Collins (Parkside Manor Assisted Living and Memory Care staff)
Source: hree charged in woman’s death at Kenosha assisted living center

Brathwaite, Michael
(Died December 10, 2022, Age 44)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Kingshill, Virgin Islands, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Unidentified man
Source: Police: Mentally ill man shot dead in ‘justifiable homicide’

*Reader, Barbara P.
(Died December 10, 2022, Age 83)
Cause of death: Homicide-Suicide (Gunshot)
Location: Portland, Oregon, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Peter L. Reader (Husband)
Source: Police: Elderly couple found dead in NE Portland home died in murder-suicide

#(Unknown), (Female)
(Died December 11, 2022, Age Adult/Elder)
Cause of death: Medical malpractice (Medication error; bled to death after being given two blood thinners at once)
Location: Mount Pleasant, Iowa, USA
Disability: Unspecified; nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Arbour Court care home staff
Source: Resident bleeds to death at Iowa care facility that has a history of violations

+Freckleton, Oliver
(Died December 11, 2022, Age 19)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed/Blood Loss)
Location: Burton-Upon-Trent, England, UK
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Chardon Carnagie, Mykel Paddifoot, Travel Reid, an unnamed 18-year-old woman
Source: Oliver Freckleton: Killers jailed for Burton house party stabbing

*Hau-ching, Yu
(Died December 11, 2022, Age 47)
Cause of death: Homicide (Bludgeoning; head injury)
Location: Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong, China
Disability: Chronic illness, bedridden
Perpetrator: Leung Yuet-mei (Mother) and Yu Ping (Father)
Source: Hong Kong elderly couple charged with murdering chronically ill daughter

Dorion, Carlos
(Died December 12, 2022, Age 29)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot; road rage)
Location: Chandler, Arizona, USA
Disability: Paralyzed; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Domingo Luz
Source: ‘He had a lot of life ahead of him’: Disabled dad killed in road rage shooting, police say

*(Unknown), (Female)
(Died December 14, 2022, Age 4)
Cause of death: Abuse (Beating)
Location: Geumjeong-gu, Busan, South Korea
Disability: Blind
Perpetrator: Her mother
Source: Mother apprehended over murder of blind 4-year-old daughter

!Cisneros, Mauricio
(Died December 16, 2022, Age 47)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Evansville, Indiana, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Kyle Campbell (Police)
Source: Homicides in Evansville: 2022 was one of the deadliest years in recent memory

!Goertzen, Calvin
(Died December 16, 2022, Age 56)
Cause of death: Restraint-related (Death while restrained)
Location: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Disability: Bipolar disorder, ADHD
Perpetrator: Burnaby RCMP
Source: Burnaby man who died in police interaction remembered as charming and kind

*(Unknown), (Female)
(Died December 17, 2022, Age 6)
Cause of death: Homicide (Beaten)
Location: Bau, Sarawak, Malaysia
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Then Chiew Yern (Mother’s boyfriend)
Source: Lovebirds in remand over murder of six-year-old girl

!Medina, Guillermo
(Died December 18, 2022, Age 39)
Cause of death: Police shooting (Gunshot)
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Disability: Schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Culver City police department hit with federal wrongful death lawsuit for killing domestic violence suspect

#(Unknown), (Female)
(Died December 19, 2022, Age 89)
Cause of death: Neglect (Hypothermia; left outside nursing home during a cold night)
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Disability: Memory care/Nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Parkside Manor staff
Source: Kenosha Police: 89-year-old resident of care center died from ‘weather exposure’

Holmes, Darius
(Died December 19, 2022, Age 55)
Cause of death: Homicide (Arson)
Location: Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, USA
Disability: Leg amputee; diabetes
Perpetrator: Austin Liston
Source: Man intentionally set deadly house fire after argument, police say

*(Unknown), (Female)
(Died December 20, 2022, Age 14)
Cause of death: Homicide (Asphyxia)
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Her mother
Source: Widow Strangles Handicapped Daughter to Death, Attempts Suicide

+Bonny, Malik
(Died December 20, 2022, Age 23)
Cause of death: Homicide (Unspecified)
Location: South Fulton, Georgia, USA
Disability: Autism, bipolar disorder
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Man with autism murdered in South Fulton, loved ones offer $10K reward for tips

Tiwari, Sunil
(Died December 20, 2022, Age 34)
Cause of death: Homicide (Strangled)
Location: Naigaon, Palghar, Maharashtra, India
Disability: Deaf
Perpetrator: Yashvardhan Ashok Jha
Source: Disabled man robbed, killed at Naigaon, 21-year-old arrested

#22 Nursing Home Residents, (Various)
(Died December 23, 2022, Age Adult-Elder)
Cause of death: Negligence (Fire; damaged stove not repaired)
Location: Kemerovo, Siberia, Russia
Disability: Nursing home residents
Perpetrator: 31-year-old owner of illegal nursing home
Source: 22 people died in a fire in a nursing home in Siberia

#Blodgett, Jakob
(Died December 23, 2022, Age 9)
Cause of death: Medical neglect (Diabetic ketoacidosis; allowed to refuse insulin)
Location: Arizona, USA
Disability: Type I diabetes
Perpetrator: Sunshine Residential Homes staff
Source: 9-year-old died after group home allowed him to refuse insulin, dad says. He’s suing

#Cary, Lois Kathryn
(Died December 23, 2022, Age 82)
Cause of death: Neglect (Hypothermia; worker did not prevent her from walking outside without proper clothing)
Location: Lansing, Michigan, USA
Disability: Nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Colleen Kelly O’Connor (Staff at Vista Springs Imperial Park at Timber Ridge)
Source: ‘Caregivers have a responsibility’: Nursing home employee arrested after 82-year-old woman freezes to death

!Whiting, Sean
(Died December 23, 2022, Age 35)
Cause of death: Suicide/Neglect (Choking/Suicide; denied mental health care)
Location: Santa Ana, California, USA
Disability: ADHD, insomnia, depression
Perpetrator: Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Source: Former newspaper columnist sues California sheriff’s department over son’s jail suicide

Brown, Nekeya
(Died December 24, 2022, Age 35)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Aurora, Colorado, USA
Disability: Mental illness due to grief
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Aurora police ask for public’s help solving Christmas Eve double homicide

!Carter, Richard
(Died December 24, 2022, Age 63)
Cause of death: Neglect (Hypothermia (while jailed))
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: COPD; mental illness
Perpetrator: Dauphin County Jail
Source: Questions remain in death of man at Dauphin County jail on coldest night of the year

Hutt, Katon
(Died December 24, 2022, Age 35)
Cause of death: Homicide (Gunshot)
Location: Aurora, Colorado, USA
Disability: Blindness
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Families in Christmas Eve murders speak out as search for killer continues

#Campbell, Joseph
(Died December 25, 2022, Age 83)
Cause of death: Homicide (Insulin overdose)
Location: Chicora, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: Nursing home resident
Perpetrator: Heather Pressdee (Nurse)
Source: Family suing nursing home after nurse accused of giving 83-year-old man lethal doses of insulin

#J. C., (Male)
(Died December 25, 2022, Age 83)
Cause of death: Homicide (insulin poisoning)
Location: Chicora, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Heather Pressdee (Serial killer,Quality of Life Services-Chicora nurse)
Source: Is Heather Pressdee a Healthcare Serial Killer?

*+Pickle, Jessie
(Died December 26, 2022, Age 10)
Cause of death: Neglect (Untreated infection)
Location: Athens, Texas, USA
Disability: Autism, fetal alcohol syndrome
Perpetrator: Shonna Pickle (Stepmother)
Source: Athens woman arrested in death of 10-year-old autistic non-verbal stepson

*+Smith, Arya
(Died December 27, 2022, Age 3)
Cause of death: Homicide (Stabbed)
Location: Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Jellisa Baxter (Mother)
Source: ‘She loved her baby,’ says dad of J’can held for killing 3-y-o in US

*Smith, Felicia
(Died December 28, 2022, Age 41)
Cause of death: Homicide (sharp-force trauma)
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Disability: Dwarfism, mental disability
Perpetrator: Michael Ralston (Ex-boyfriend)
Source: Mother describes finding daughter dead in west Las Vegas Valley apartment

!Brown, D’Angelo Dontrel
(Died December 29, 2022, Age 28)
Cause of death: Neglect (Malnutrition; untreated schizophrenia/self-neglect)
Location: North Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Disability: Schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Charleston County jail
Source: Charleston County jail documented schizophrenic man’s decline. Was his death preventable?

#Porter, Bennie
(Died December 29, 2022, Age 88)
Cause of death: Neglect (Hypothermia; kept in unheated group home)
Location: Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA
Disability: Unspecified; resident at group home for residents with intellectual disabilities
Perpetrator: Group home administration
Source: Death of Orangeburg man leads DHEC to order changes at group home