July 2016
(46 Hospital Patients), (Unknown)
(Died July 1-September 20, 2016, Age Elder)
Cause of death: Murder (Serial; poisoned with antiseptic in their IV bags)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Disability: Elderly disabled
Perpetrator: Unsolved; serial murderer
Source: Japanese police fear 'angel of death' hospital worker has killed 48 patients | Daily Mail Online
*Johnson, Janelle Abriana
(Died July 2, 2016, Age 5)
Cause of death: Negligence (?) (Put in bathtub and left there; drowned)
Location: Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Disability: Paralyzed; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Jermaine Johnson (Father)
Source: Police investigating drowning death of 5-year-old Port Arthur girl
De Nardo, Angelo
(Died July 3, 2016, Age 53)
Cause of death: Murder (Bludgeoned, burned)
Location: Mission Bay, California, USA
Disability: Schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Jon David Guerrero (Serial killer)
Source: First San Diego homeless murder victim attended MCC
!Labit, Shannon
(Died July 3, 2016, Age 40)
Cause of death: Police shooting; holding a knife
Location: New Iberia, Louisiana, USA
Disability: Schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Sherrif's deputies
Source: Victim’s family speaks out after man shot dead by deputy
!Jaramillo, Jose
(Died July 4, 2016, Age 60)
Cause of death: Brain damage from untreated pneumonia; denied vaccine, delayed treatment
Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Disability: Diabetes
Perpetrator: Cibola county Correctional Center staff
Source: Man's death hints at wretched medical care in private immigration prisons
Morrison, James
(Died July 4, 2016, Age 75)
Cause of death: Unknown (Body burned)
Location: McCalla, Alabama, USA
Disability: Dementia, diabetes
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Missing Bessemer senior’s family thinks someone took advantage of him before he died
!Daidone, Robert "RJ"
(Died July 5, 2016, Age 28)
Cause of death: Medical neglect (Suicide; painful infected spider bite left untreated, put in solitary confinement despite mental illness, also untreated.)
Location: Hookerton, North Carolina, USA
Disability: Bipolar disorder
Perpetrator: Maury Correctional Institution staff
Source: Mother says prison waited days to respond to son’s infected spider bite. Then, officials say, he killed himself.
*Lamar, William A.
(Died July 5, 2016, Age 74)
Cause of death: Murder-suicide (Shot)
Location: Dale, Indiana, USA
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Martha E. Lamar (Wife)
Source: Husband, wife dead in apparent murder-suicide
Mason, Brendan
(Died July 5, 2016, Age 23)
Cause of death: Lynched, beaten, drowned
Location: Abbey Park, Leicester, England, UK
Disability: Intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Joshua Hack and Keith Lowe
Source: A young, disabled man has been lynched in an English town
*Mohammed, Rifat
(Died July 5, 2016, Age 3 months)
Cause of death: Fatal physical abuse; head injury
Location: Poplar, East London, England, UK
Disability: Symbrachydactyly
Perpetrator: Mohammed Miah and Rebeka Nazmin (Parents)
Source: Baby who suffered 46 fractures and a broken spine ‘was mistreated for having deformity’
Foots, Kevin Sr.
(Died July 7, 2016, Age 55)
Cause of death: Murder (Shooting; during robbery)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Disability: Mobility impaired, from foot injury
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: After gunshots killed her son, a fire took what remained
Rolland, Archie
(Died July 7, 2016, Age 52)
Cause of death: Suicide by withdrawal of treatment, after abuse and lack of care at long-term care facility
Location: Metis Beach, Quebec, Canada
Disability: ALS
Perpetrator: Staff of Camille-Lefebvre wing, Lachine Hospital
Source: Doctors quit Lachine chronic-care unit slammed by patients' families
Glenn, Jimmy "Zeke"
(Died July 8, 2016 (Missing), Age 78)
Cause of death: Murder (Unknown)
Location: Eufaula, Alabama, USA
Disability: Unspecified; drove a vehicle with handicapped tags
Perpetrator: Travis Byfield
Source: Teenager charged in murder of missing Alabama man
Ketchum, Brandon
(Died July 8, 2016, Age 33)
Cause of death: Suicide (Denied treatment at VA)
Location: Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Disability: PTSD, substance abuse; veteran
Perpetrator: Iowa City veterans' hospital
Source: Veteran's suicide raises concern about Iowa City VA care
*Pawar, Kaushal
(Died July 8, 2016, Age 14)
Cause of death: Murder-suicide (Carbon monoxide poisoning)
Location: Belapur, India
Disability: Cognitively disabled
Perpetrator: Mahesh Kumar Pawar (Father)
Source: Man uses carbon monoxide to kill disabled son, self in Navi Mumbai
!Gebhard, Tyler
(Died July 9, 2016, Age 20)
Cause of death: Shot by off-duty policeman after breaking into the policeman's home during an argument about black rights
Location: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Disability: Bipolar disorder
Perpetrator: A police officer
Source: Off-duty cop shoots dead black football star
!Valenzuela, Fermin Vincent Jr.
(Died July 10, 2016, Age 32)
Cause of death: Taser to the heart
Location: Anaheim, California, USA
Disability: PTSD
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Anaheim man's family alleges excessive force by officers in his Taser death
Dande, Anil Tulsiram
(Died Unknown; article published July 11, 2016, Age 42)
Cause of death: Negligence (Asked to drive a tractor despite being unable to do so; he fell from the tractor, was run over and died.)
Location: Aurangabad, India
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Agrotech manager and co-workers
Source: Disabled employee dies in accident, manager booked
!Mann, Joseph
(Died July 11, 2016, Age 51)
Cause of death: Police shooting
Location: Sacramento, California, USA
Disability: Mental health crisis
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Family sues city of Sacramento over fatal police shooting
Needs, Rebecca "Becky" Jean
(Died July 11, 2016, Age 51)
Cause of death: Stress/self-neglect after rape
Location: Bucyrus, Ohio, USA
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Benefit planned for woman who died after attack
*Schaible, Nadia Evanowicz
(Died July 12, 2016, Age 91)
Cause of death: Murder (Bludgeoned)
Location: Parkville, Maryland, USA
Disability: Mobility impaired; used a walker
Perpetrator: John Malko (Cousin)
Source: Man charged with murder of 91-year-old cousin
+!Mohammed, Mzee
(Died July 13, 2016, Age 18)
Cause of death: Death in restraint
Location: Liverpool, England, UK
Disability: Autism, ADHD
Perpetrator: Police
Source: ‘He died like a slave’: the tragic death of Mzee Mohammed
!Swayzer, (Baby Girl)
(Died July 14, 2016, Age Newborn)
Cause of death: Stillborn or died shortly after birth (Labor ignored by jail staff; denied medical help and delivered baby alone)
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Disability: None; child of prisoner with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Milwaukee County Jail staff
Source: Mother Blames Jail Staff for Newborn Baby's Death; Says Deputy Did Not Listen to Pleas for Help
+Whitford, Lydia
(Died July 14, 2016, Age 18)
Cause of death: Homicide, unknown type
Location: Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Disability: Autism, epilepsy
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: 'How could somebody hurt someone like her?' Family searches for answers after woman with autism killed
Galindo, Carlos Valles
(Died July 16, 2016, Age 74)
Cause of death: Murder (Stabbed, during home invasion)
Location: El Paso, Texas, USA
Disability: Mobility impaired; used walker
Perpetrator: Esteban Richard Andrada
Source: Arrest Made in 2016 Murder of Elderly Man
Metcalfe, James
(Died July 17, 2016, Age 85)
Cause of death: Neglect; heart failure
Location: Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Disability: Chronic illness
Perpetrator: Staff at Sowerby House
Source: Hundreds of ants and faeces strewn across the floor - 3 pensioners died in squalid Sowerby House care home
*Warren, Russell
(Died July 17, 2016, Age 30)
Cause of death: Murder (Shot)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Disability: Schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Erika Warren (Wife)
Source: Family member accused of shooting man to death
Shafiq, Nabila
(Died July 19, 2016, Age 24)
Cause of death: Suicide; care worker switched off phone to ignore SOS texts from suicidal client
Location: Burnley, England, UK
Disability: Mental illness; depression, psychosis
Perpetrator: Her aide
Source: University student leaps to death after care worker ignores series of SOS texts
+!Wartena, Alexis
(Died July 19, 2016, Age 7)
Cause of death: Accidental drowning (Police detained family rather than searching for Alexis)
Location: Amarillo, Texas, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Texas Police Detain Family who Called for Help Instead of Searching for Missing Autistic Girl who Later was Found Drowned
Schrader, Kimberly Rainer
(Died July 20, 2016, Age 51)
Cause of death: Murder (Bludgeoned, During robbery)
Location: Rankin County, Mississippi, USA
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Rankin investigators probe death of woman in wheelchair
Edmunson, David
(Died July 22, 2016, Age Elderly)
Cause of death: Murder
Location: Pinetown, South Africa
Disability: early stage Alzheimer’s
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Pinetown murder shocks community
*Gray, Ricky
(Died July 22, 2016, Age 60)
Cause of death: Murder (Shooting)
Location: Oildale, California, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Christopher Gray (Nephew)
Source: Killer ends life after triggering mayhem in Oildale - The Bakersfield Californian
+!Abdi, Abdirahman "Abdi"
(Died July 24, 2016, Age 37)
Cause of death: Death in police custody; during beating/restraint
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Disability: Mental illness, developmental disability, possibly autism
Perpetrator: Dave Weir and Daniel Montsion (Police officers)
Source: ‘We are scared of the police’: Community reels after Abdirahman Abdi’s death
Williams, Bella Regina "Gina"
(Died July 25, 2016, Age 31)
Cause of death: Murder (Raped, bludgeoned)
Location: Belmopan, Belize
Disability: Learning disability (Could not read or write--dyslexia?)
Perpetrator: Josue Ortiz
Source: Young Girl Finds Mom Murdered in Western Belize
(19 disabled people), (9 male, 10 female)
(Died July 26, 2016, Age 19 to 70)
Cause of death: Mass murder (Stabbing)
Location: Sagamihara, Japan
Disability: Various disabilities
Perpetrator: Satoshi Uematsu
Source: Sagamihara stabbings
Rodriguez, Diego
(Died July 26, 2016, Age 17)
Cause of death: Murder (Shooting)
Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Disability: Leg cancer
Perpetrator: Unnamed 15-year-old male
Source: Teen killed days before receiving Make-A-Wish gift
Gerrity, Sally K.
(Died July 27, 2016, Age 79)
Cause of death: Heat stroke (Negligence; left outside during heat wave, nurses failed to check on her)
Location: Shelton, Connecticut, USA
Disability: Mobility impairment from stroke; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Gardner Heights Health Care Center staff
Source: Citation: ‘Forgotten’ nursing home patient died in 95-degree heat
*Wright, Nancy
(Died July 27, 2016, Age 85)
Cause of death: Murder-suicide (Shot)
Location: Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA
Disability: Dementia, chronic pain
Perpetrator: Jack Wright (Husband)
Source: 'Lifelong Best Friends': Senior Couple Dead in Murder-Suicide
*Meyer, Margaret
(Died July 28, 2016, Age 85)
Cause of death: Murder (Bludgeoned)
Location: Heath, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Angus Mayer (Husband)
Source: Husband who cared for Alzheimer's suffering wife 'reached breaking point' before being arrested for her murder
!Thompson, Donnell
(Died July 28, 2016, Age 27)
Cause of death: Police shooting
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Disability: Developmental disability
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Man shot to death by L.A. County deputy was not a carjacking suspect, officials say
+Williams, Frederick
(Died July 30, 2016, Age Adult)
Cause of death: Hit-and-run
Location: Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Miami Police Seeking Help In Finding Driver Who Struck and Killed Autistic Man Crossing Street
Zebro, Scott
(Died July 31, 2016, Age 64)
Cause of death: Murder
Location: Eugene, Oregon, USA
Disability: Knee injury from assault
Perpetrator: Amanda Josette Adele McKenna and Jedediah Brooks Donley (Housemates)
Source: Suspects Arrested in Eugene Homicide Investigation
(Died July 1-September 20, 2016, Age Elder)
Cause of death: Murder (Serial; poisoned with antiseptic in their IV bags)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Disability: Elderly disabled
Perpetrator: Unsolved; serial murderer
Source: Japanese police fear 'angel of death' hospital worker has killed 48 patients | Daily Mail Online
*Johnson, Janelle Abriana
(Died July 2, 2016, Age 5)
Cause of death: Negligence (?) (Put in bathtub and left there; drowned)
Location: Port Arthur, Texas, USA
Disability: Paralyzed; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Jermaine Johnson (Father)
Source: Police investigating drowning death of 5-year-old Port Arthur girl
De Nardo, Angelo
(Died July 3, 2016, Age 53)
Cause of death: Murder (Bludgeoned, burned)
Location: Mission Bay, California, USA
Disability: Schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Jon David Guerrero (Serial killer)
Source: First San Diego homeless murder victim attended MCC
!Labit, Shannon
(Died July 3, 2016, Age 40)
Cause of death: Police shooting; holding a knife
Location: New Iberia, Louisiana, USA
Disability: Schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Sherrif's deputies
Source: Victim’s family speaks out after man shot dead by deputy
!Jaramillo, Jose
(Died July 4, 2016, Age 60)
Cause of death: Brain damage from untreated pneumonia; denied vaccine, delayed treatment
Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Disability: Diabetes
Perpetrator: Cibola county Correctional Center staff
Source: Man's death hints at wretched medical care in private immigration prisons
Morrison, James
(Died July 4, 2016, Age 75)
Cause of death: Unknown (Body burned)
Location: McCalla, Alabama, USA
Disability: Dementia, diabetes
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Missing Bessemer senior’s family thinks someone took advantage of him before he died
!Daidone, Robert "RJ"
(Died July 5, 2016, Age 28)
Cause of death: Medical neglect (Suicide; painful infected spider bite left untreated, put in solitary confinement despite mental illness, also untreated.)
Location: Hookerton, North Carolina, USA
Disability: Bipolar disorder
Perpetrator: Maury Correctional Institution staff
Source: Mother says prison waited days to respond to son’s infected spider bite. Then, officials say, he killed himself.
*Lamar, William A.
(Died July 5, 2016, Age 74)
Cause of death: Murder-suicide (Shot)
Location: Dale, Indiana, USA
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Martha E. Lamar (Wife)
Source: Husband, wife dead in apparent murder-suicide
Mason, Brendan
(Died July 5, 2016, Age 23)
Cause of death: Lynched, beaten, drowned
Location: Abbey Park, Leicester, England, UK
Disability: Intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Joshua Hack and Keith Lowe
Source: A young, disabled man has been lynched in an English town
*Mohammed, Rifat
(Died July 5, 2016, Age 3 months)
Cause of death: Fatal physical abuse; head injury
Location: Poplar, East London, England, UK
Disability: Symbrachydactyly
Perpetrator: Mohammed Miah and Rebeka Nazmin (Parents)
Source: Baby who suffered 46 fractures and a broken spine ‘was mistreated for having deformity’
Foots, Kevin Sr.
(Died July 7, 2016, Age 55)
Cause of death: Murder (Shooting; during robbery)
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Disability: Mobility impaired, from foot injury
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: After gunshots killed her son, a fire took what remained
Rolland, Archie
(Died July 7, 2016, Age 52)
Cause of death: Suicide by withdrawal of treatment, after abuse and lack of care at long-term care facility
Location: Metis Beach, Quebec, Canada
Disability: ALS
Perpetrator: Staff of Camille-Lefebvre wing, Lachine Hospital
Source: Doctors quit Lachine chronic-care unit slammed by patients' families
Glenn, Jimmy "Zeke"
(Died July 8, 2016 (Missing), Age 78)
Cause of death: Murder (Unknown)
Location: Eufaula, Alabama, USA
Disability: Unspecified; drove a vehicle with handicapped tags
Perpetrator: Travis Byfield
Source: Teenager charged in murder of missing Alabama man
Ketchum, Brandon
(Died July 8, 2016, Age 33)
Cause of death: Suicide (Denied treatment at VA)
Location: Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Disability: PTSD, substance abuse; veteran
Perpetrator: Iowa City veterans' hospital
Source: Veteran's suicide raises concern about Iowa City VA care
*Pawar, Kaushal
(Died July 8, 2016, Age 14)
Cause of death: Murder-suicide (Carbon monoxide poisoning)
Location: Belapur, India
Disability: Cognitively disabled
Perpetrator: Mahesh Kumar Pawar (Father)
Source: Man uses carbon monoxide to kill disabled son, self in Navi Mumbai
!Gebhard, Tyler
(Died July 9, 2016, Age 20)
Cause of death: Shot by off-duty policeman after breaking into the policeman's home during an argument about black rights
Location: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Disability: Bipolar disorder
Perpetrator: A police officer
Source: Off-duty cop shoots dead black football star
!Valenzuela, Fermin Vincent Jr.
(Died July 10, 2016, Age 32)
Cause of death: Taser to the heart
Location: Anaheim, California, USA
Disability: PTSD
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Anaheim man's family alleges excessive force by officers in his Taser death
Dande, Anil Tulsiram
(Died Unknown; article published July 11, 2016, Age 42)
Cause of death: Negligence (Asked to drive a tractor despite being unable to do so; he fell from the tractor, was run over and died.)
Location: Aurangabad, India
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Agrotech manager and co-workers
Source: Disabled employee dies in accident, manager booked
!Mann, Joseph
(Died July 11, 2016, Age 51)
Cause of death: Police shooting
Location: Sacramento, California, USA
Disability: Mental health crisis
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Family sues city of Sacramento over fatal police shooting
Needs, Rebecca "Becky" Jean
(Died July 11, 2016, Age 51)
Cause of death: Stress/self-neglect after rape
Location: Bucyrus, Ohio, USA
Disability: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Benefit planned for woman who died after attack
*Schaible, Nadia Evanowicz
(Died July 12, 2016, Age 91)
Cause of death: Murder (Bludgeoned)
Location: Parkville, Maryland, USA
Disability: Mobility impaired; used a walker
Perpetrator: John Malko (Cousin)
Source: Man charged with murder of 91-year-old cousin
+!Mohammed, Mzee
(Died July 13, 2016, Age 18)
Cause of death: Death in restraint
Location: Liverpool, England, UK
Disability: Autism, ADHD
Perpetrator: Police
Source: ‘He died like a slave’: the tragic death of Mzee Mohammed
!Swayzer, (Baby Girl)
(Died July 14, 2016, Age Newborn)
Cause of death: Stillborn or died shortly after birth (Labor ignored by jail staff; denied medical help and delivered baby alone)
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Disability: None; child of prisoner with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Milwaukee County Jail staff
Source: Mother Blames Jail Staff for Newborn Baby's Death; Says Deputy Did Not Listen to Pleas for Help
+Whitford, Lydia
(Died July 14, 2016, Age 18)
Cause of death: Homicide, unknown type
Location: Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Disability: Autism, epilepsy
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: 'How could somebody hurt someone like her?' Family searches for answers after woman with autism killed
Galindo, Carlos Valles
(Died July 16, 2016, Age 74)
Cause of death: Murder (Stabbed, during home invasion)
Location: El Paso, Texas, USA
Disability: Mobility impaired; used walker
Perpetrator: Esteban Richard Andrada
Source: Arrest Made in 2016 Murder of Elderly Man
Metcalfe, James
(Died July 17, 2016, Age 85)
Cause of death: Neglect; heart failure
Location: Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Disability: Chronic illness
Perpetrator: Staff at Sowerby House
Source: Hundreds of ants and faeces strewn across the floor - 3 pensioners died in squalid Sowerby House care home
*Warren, Russell
(Died July 17, 2016, Age 30)
Cause of death: Murder (Shot)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Disability: Schizophrenia
Perpetrator: Erika Warren (Wife)
Source: Family member accused of shooting man to death
Shafiq, Nabila
(Died July 19, 2016, Age 24)
Cause of death: Suicide; care worker switched off phone to ignore SOS texts from suicidal client
Location: Burnley, England, UK
Disability: Mental illness; depression, psychosis
Perpetrator: Her aide
Source: University student leaps to death after care worker ignores series of SOS texts
+!Wartena, Alexis
(Died July 19, 2016, Age 7)
Cause of death: Accidental drowning (Police detained family rather than searching for Alexis)
Location: Amarillo, Texas, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Texas Police Detain Family who Called for Help Instead of Searching for Missing Autistic Girl who Later was Found Drowned
Schrader, Kimberly Rainer
(Died July 20, 2016, Age 51)
Cause of death: Murder (Bludgeoned, During robbery)
Location: Rankin County, Mississippi, USA
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Rankin investigators probe death of woman in wheelchair
Edmunson, David
(Died July 22, 2016, Age Elderly)
Cause of death: Murder
Location: Pinetown, South Africa
Disability: early stage Alzheimer’s
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Pinetown murder shocks community
*Gray, Ricky
(Died July 22, 2016, Age 60)
Cause of death: Murder (Shooting)
Location: Oildale, California, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Christopher Gray (Nephew)
Source: Killer ends life after triggering mayhem in Oildale - The Bakersfield Californian
+!Abdi, Abdirahman "Abdi"
(Died July 24, 2016, Age 37)
Cause of death: Death in police custody; during beating/restraint
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Disability: Mental illness, developmental disability, possibly autism
Perpetrator: Dave Weir and Daniel Montsion (Police officers)
Source: ‘We are scared of the police’: Community reels after Abdirahman Abdi’s death
Williams, Bella Regina "Gina"
(Died July 25, 2016, Age 31)
Cause of death: Murder (Raped, bludgeoned)
Location: Belmopan, Belize
Disability: Learning disability (Could not read or write--dyslexia?)
Perpetrator: Josue Ortiz
Source: Young Girl Finds Mom Murdered in Western Belize
(19 disabled people), (9 male, 10 female)
(Died July 26, 2016, Age 19 to 70)
Cause of death: Mass murder (Stabbing)
Location: Sagamihara, Japan
Disability: Various disabilities
Perpetrator: Satoshi Uematsu
Source: Sagamihara stabbings
Rodriguez, Diego
(Died July 26, 2016, Age 17)
Cause of death: Murder (Shooting)
Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Disability: Leg cancer
Perpetrator: Unnamed 15-year-old male
Source: Teen killed days before receiving Make-A-Wish gift
Gerrity, Sally K.
(Died July 27, 2016, Age 79)
Cause of death: Heat stroke (Negligence; left outside during heat wave, nurses failed to check on her)
Location: Shelton, Connecticut, USA
Disability: Mobility impairment from stroke; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Gardner Heights Health Care Center staff
Source: Citation: ‘Forgotten’ nursing home patient died in 95-degree heat
*Wright, Nancy
(Died July 27, 2016, Age 85)
Cause of death: Murder-suicide (Shot)
Location: Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA
Disability: Dementia, chronic pain
Perpetrator: Jack Wright (Husband)
Source: 'Lifelong Best Friends': Senior Couple Dead in Murder-Suicide
*Meyer, Margaret
(Died July 28, 2016, Age 85)
Cause of death: Murder (Bludgeoned)
Location: Heath, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Angus Mayer (Husband)
Source: Husband who cared for Alzheimer's suffering wife 'reached breaking point' before being arrested for her murder
!Thompson, Donnell
(Died July 28, 2016, Age 27)
Cause of death: Police shooting
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Disability: Developmental disability
Perpetrator: Police
Source: Man shot to death by L.A. County deputy was not a carjacking suspect, officials say
+Williams, Frederick
(Died July 30, 2016, Age Adult)
Cause of death: Hit-and-run
Location: Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source: Miami Police Seeking Help In Finding Driver Who Struck and Killed Autistic Man Crossing Street
Zebro, Scott
(Died July 31, 2016, Age 64)
Cause of death: Murder
Location: Eugene, Oregon, USA
Disability: Knee injury from assault
Perpetrator: Amanda Josette Adele McKenna and Jedediah Brooks Donley (Housemates)
Source: Suspects Arrested in Eugene Homicide Investigation