*(Unknown), (Female)
(Died September 2, 2016, age 68)
Cause of death: Murder-suicide (Shot)
Location: Spanaway, Washington, USA
Disability: Alzheimer's disease
Perpetrator: Her husband
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Elderly couple found dead in suspected murder-suicide in Pierce County *Leonard, Terry "Pete"
(Died September 2, 2016, Age 66)
Cause of death: Murder (Stabbed; argument)
Location: York, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: Amputee (Leg); diabetes
Perpetrator: Ronald Carter (Nephew)
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Man arrested in York murder case Smith, Allen H.
(Died September 5, 2016, age 80)
Cause of death: Murder (Shot)
Location: South Shore, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Disability: Unspecified; elderly resident of retirement home
Perpetrator: A fellow resident
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Elderly Preacher In Wheelchair Guns Down Fellow Preacher, Witnesses Say Suryavanshi, Santosh
(Died September 6, 2016, Age 25)
Cause of death: Murder (Beating, during exorcism)
Location: Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra, India
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Unidentified priest, priest's son, and a transgender person
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Man beaten to death by priest, transgender Garza, Joseph
(Died September 8, 2016, Age 63)
Cause of death: Murder (Arson; smoke inhalation)
Location: San Diego, California, USA
Disability: Unspecified; group home resident
Perpetrator: Glenda Coronado (Fellow resident)
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Woman Accused of Torching Group Home Could Face Homicide Charge Jones, Lester Roy
(Died September 8, 2016, Age 44)
Cause of death: Murder (Robbed; beaten)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Disability: PTSD
Perpetrator: Several people
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Gay metro Atlanta man robbed, beaten to death Hall, Norman
(Died September 9, 2016, Age 71)
Cause of death: Murder
Location: Radcliff, Kentucky, USA
Disability: Mobility impaired; diabetes; kidney failure; required oxygen
Perpetrator: Aaron Pearson and a 16-year-old girl
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Radcliff police ask for help after disabled veteran found dead in home Kaur, Balwinder
(Died September 11, 2016, Age 55)
Cause of death: Murder (Vigilanteism; hacked to death--charged with blasphemy)
Location: veroke village, Punjab, India
Disability: Mental impairment from electric shock
Perpetrator: Three or more "radical Sikh"
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Christian woman with mental impairment hacked to death in India Smith, Randy
(Died September 11, 2016, Age 58)
Cause of death: Murder (Shot), while confronting squatters on his property
Location: Decatur, Georgia, USA
Disability: Unspecified; disabled veteran
Perpetrator: Tarik Vasquez
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Bond granted for teen murder suspect, then suspended (Unknown), (Female)
(Died September 12, 2016, Age 49)
Cause of death: Homicide
Location: Stockton, California, USA
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source:
Stockton Woman Found Dead Inside Home Barnhart, Janaia
(Died September 12, 2016, Age 15)
Cause of death: Death in restraint
Location: Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Disability: Bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, ADHD
Perpetrator: Staff at AdvoServ group home
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Camera Catches Shoving Match with Group Home Worker Before Teenager’s Heart Stopped *Coleman, Earl
(Died September 12, 2016, Age 81)
Cause of death: Fatal abuse (Burned with boiling water)
Location: Jackson, Mississipi, USA
Disability: Chronic illness, paralysis, wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Diane Coleman (Daughter)
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Woman charged with killing father with boiling water Ghafoor, Muhammad
(Died September 13, 2016, Age 15)
Cause of death: Negligence (Left unsupervised at the top of stairs, with his wheelchair brakes off and not belted in; fatal fall down stairs)
Location: Lozells, Birmingham, England, UK
Disability: Blind, mobility-impaired, intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Mayfield School staff
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Blind wheelchair-bound schoolboy dies after plunging down a flight of stairs (Unknown), (Female)
(Died September 14, 2016, Age 15)
Cause of death: Death in restraint
Location: Bear, Delaware, USA
Disability: Developmental disability
Perpetrator: Staff at AdvoServ group home
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Maryland's Move to Pull Children From Group Homes Came Too Late for Teenager Who Died +Achalal, Carla
(Died September 15, 2016, Age 30)
Cause of death: Murder (Strangled; during robbery)
Location: Gasparillo, Trinidad and Tobago
Disability: Autism
Perpetrator: Unsolved
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Circumstances surrounding autistic woman’s death now subject to a police investigation Fombelle, Daniel
(Died September 15, 2016, Age 50)
Cause of death: Multiple murder; arson (Smoke inhalation)
Location: Shenango Township, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: Mentally disabled
Perpetrator: Unsolved
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Deaths of 3 mentally disabled brothers in fire investigated as triple homicide Fombelle, Richard
(Died September 15, 2016, Age 57)
Cause of death: Multiple murder; arson (Smoke inhalation)
Location: Shenango Township, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: Mentally disabled
Perpetrator: Unsolved
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Deaths of 3 mentally disabled brothers in fire investigated as triple homicide Fombelle, Robert
(Died September 15, 2016, Age 56)
Cause of death: Multiple murder; arson (Smoke inhalation)
Location: Shenango Township, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: Mentally disabled
Perpetrator: Unsolved
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Deaths of 3 mentally disabled brothers in fire investigated as triple homicide Goodman, Timothy
(Died September 15, 2016, Age 49)
Cause of death: Murder
Location: Mount Vernon, Missouri, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Unsolved
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Mt. Vernon homicide investigation: Neighbors say victim used a wheelchair !Schlosser, Joseph
(Died September 15, 2016, Age 69)
Cause of death: Police shooting
Location: Weeki Wachee, Florida, USA
Disability: Chronic pain; wheelchair user; depression/suicidal crisis
Perpetrator: Police
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Man shot by Hernando deputies was a struggling disabled veteran, ex-wife says Welch, DeSean
(Died September 16, 2016, Age 18)
Cause of death: Murder (Shot)
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Disability: Deaf
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source:
Teen shot dead after friend texts to gunman, 'we are deaf. we can't hear you.' Whittaker, DeWitt
(Died September 16, 2015, Age 92)
Cause of death: Negligence; unsupervised, fell down stairs
Location: Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
Disability: Dementia
Perpetrator: Staff at Golden Living Home
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Failing the Frail Peck, Denny
(Died September 17, 2016, Age 58)
Cause of death: Suicide; denied treatment for chronic pain
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
Disability: Chronic pain; crushed vertebrae
Perpetrator: n/a
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Desperation and death after Seattle Pain Centers close: ‘The whitecoats don’t care’ Atterberry, Charles
(Died September 18, 2016, Age 49)
Cause of death: Hit-and-run
Location: Pomona, California, USA
Disability: Leg amputee, wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Alejandro Ambriz
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Arrest made in Pomona hit-and-run death of man in wheelchair Nishikawa, Sozo
(Died September 18, 2016, Age 88)
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 !Miller, Michelle Dietrich
(Died September 19, 2016, Age 46)
Cause of death: Police shooting
Location: Waco, Texas, USA
Disability: Mental illness
Perpetrator: Police
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Armed woman shot by constable's deputy suffered from mental illness !Scott, Keith Lamont
(Died September 20, 2016, Age 43)
Cause of death: Police shooting
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Disability: TBI
Perpetrator: Police
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Charlotte erupts with protests after police kill disabled black man family says was “reading book in car” Yamaki, Nobuo
(Died September 20, 2016, Age 88)
Cause of death: Murder (Serial; poisoned with antiseptic in their IV bags)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Disability: Elderly disabled
Perpetrator: Unsolved; serial murderer
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Japanese police fear 'angel of death' hospital worker has killed 48 patients !Boyd, Tawon
(Died September 21, 2016, Age 21)
Cause of death: Beaten by police who responded to his 911 call
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Disability: Mental health crisis
Perpetrator: Police
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Baltimore man dies after being beaten by cops following 911 call to take him to the hospital Tirey, Robert D.
(Died September 22, 2016, Age 44)
Cause of death: Hit by car; drunk driver
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Disability: Wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Jasmain L. Grier
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Police: Man in wheelchair killed in alcohol-related crash in Silverton Barratt, Adam James
(Died September 24, 2016, Age 29)
Cause of death: Alcohol poisoning; given a dangerous amount of alcohol to drink
Location: Newstead, England, UK
Disability: Intellectual disability
Perpetrator: Unsolved; most likely someone who thought it was "funny" to see Adam drunk
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Newstead man with special needs drank himself to death, inquest heard Green, David
(Died September 24, 2016, Age 58)
Cause of death: Murder (Beaten/shot, robbery)
Location: Oxford, New York, USA
Disability: Disabled veteran; unspecified
Perpetrator: Jeremy Coates and Melissa Crispell
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Gruesome details surrounding murder of disabled veteran heard in court !Lafont, Cody
(Died September 25, 2016, Age 25)
Cause of death: Police shooting
Location: Claremont, New Hampshire, USA
Disability: Depression
Perpetrator: Police
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Mom of New Hampshire man shot by police says he struggled with depression (Unknown), (Male)
(Died September 26, 2016, Age 16)
Cause of death: Suspicious death; police investigating
Location: Prince George County, Virginia, USA
Disability: Special needs
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source:
Prince George County Police investigating death of special needs student *(n/a), Shobhana
(Died September 26, 2016, Age 55)
Cause of death: Neglect (Starvation; ignored by family, not receiving social security pension)
Location: Edappal, Malappuram, Kerala, India
Disability: Mentally disabled
Perpetrator: Family; government
Source:
Mentally disabled woman starves to death in Edappal (Unknown), Patricia
(Died September 27, 2016, Age 73)
Cause of death: Hit-and-run
Location: Hollywood, California, USA
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source:
Woman in wheelchair fatally struck by hit-and-run driver in North Hollywood, LAPD says !Olango, Alfred
(Died September 27, 2016, Age 30)
Cause of death: Police shooting
Location: El Cajon, California, USA
Disability: Mental disability, epilepsy; complicated grief
Perpetrator: Police
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Alfred Olango, Reportedly Disabled Black Man, Shot Dead By Police In San Diego *Parsons, Erica
(Died sometime after November 1, 2011; reported missing July 30, 2013; body found September 27, 2016, Age 13)
Cause of death: Unknown; went missing; unreported for two years
Location: Northport, Alabama, USA
Disability: Learning disability, hearing impairment
Perpetrator: Sandy Parsons (Adoptive father) and Casey Parsons (Adoptive mother)
Source:
Erica Parsons (Unknown), (Female)
(Died September 29, 2016, Age 76)
Cause of death: Murder (Stabbed; during burglary)
Location: Elsburg, South Africa
Disability: Blind
Perpetrator: Unsolved
Source:
Blind woman murdered in her home Moss-Freese, Kay
(Died September 30, 2016, Age 60)
Cause of death: Hit-and-run; drunk driver
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Disability: Unspecified; wheelchair user
Perpetrator: Rodney Locke
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Former DWI officer with APD charged in death of woman in wheelchair !Thomas, Reginald
(Died September 30, 2016, Age 36)
Cause of death: Died after being hit with taser twice
Location: Pasadena, California, USA
Disability: Bipolar disorder
Perpetrator: Police
Source:
Armed man dies after struggle with police in California