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Geronticide – the abandonment of the elderly to die, die by suicide or be killed. Honour killing – the act of murdering a family member perceived to have brought disgrace to the family. Infanticide – the act of killing a child within the first year of their life. Mariticide – the act of killing one's husband (Latin: maritus "husband").
Parricide refers to the deliberate killing of one's own father and mother, spouse (husband or wife), children, and/or close relative. However, the term is sometimes used more generally to refer to the intentional killing of a near relative. [ 1] It is an umbrella term that can be used to refer to acts of matricide and patricide .
Banks shot dead three siblings, two nieces, one sister-in-law and two family employees. Charles Lawson, December 25, 1929, North Carolina. Lawson killed six children and his wife with a 12-gauge shotgun, bludgeoned the bodies to make sure they were dead, and then walked into the woods and shot himself.
Browning family murders. The Browning family murders were the quadruple homicide of a family in Maryland in 2008. The victims were a father and mother and their two youngest sons. The perpetrator was the family's eldest son, Nicholas, who is now serving multiple life sentences for the murder of his parents and brothers.
v. t. e. Patricide (or paternal homicide) is the act of killing one's own father. The word patricide derives from the Latin word pater (father) and the suffix -cida (cutter or killer). Patricide is a sub-form of parricide, which is defined as an act of killing a close relative. [ 1] In many cultures and religions, patricide was considered one ...
Grant Tiernan Amato [2] (born May 20, 1989) is an American murderer who was convicted of a familicide that occurred on the evening of January 24, 2019. Amato shot his father, mother, and brother Cody in the head at their home in Chuluota, Florida, while attempting to stage it as a murder-suicide committed by his brother before fleeing the residence.
Jessie Rosales, his wife Lorena and their children Stephanie, 13, and Angel, 6, were killed in a fiery car crash on Aug. 10 in Grand Prairie, Texas Their 17-year-old son, Anthony, survived the ...
Synonym for death (neutral) Pop one's clogs [2] To die Humorous, [1] Informal [2] British. "Pop" is English slang for "pawn." A 19th-century working man might tell his family to take his clothes to the pawn shop to pay for his funeral, with his clogs among the most valuable items. Promoted to Glory: Death of a Salvationist: Formal Salvation ...