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Additionally, a possible case of infanticide has been inferred, in which a mother orangutan had lost an infant and received a serious injury on her foot shortly after a new male had been introduced nearby. Although not directly observed, it is inferred this male attacked the female and killed her infant. [3]
Matricide – the act of killing one's mother (Latin: mater "mother"). Neonaticide – the act of killing an infant within the first twenty-four hours or month (varies by individual and jurisdiction) of its life. Nepoticide – the act of killing one's nephew. Parricide or parenticide – the killing of one's mother, father, or other close ...
Killings of newborn babies have been on the rise in Pakistan, corresponding to an increase in poverty across the country. [143] More than 1,000 infants, mostly girls, were killed or abandoned to die in Pakistan in 2009 according to a Pakistani charity organization. [144] The Edhi Foundation found 1,210 dead babies in 2010.
Female perpetrators were more likely to have given birth as teenagers. Fathers were more likely to have been convicted of violent offences and have a history of substance misuse, and were more likely to kill multiple victims. Infants were more likely to be victims than older children, and a link to post-partum depression was suggested. [4]
Ryana Davenport, 24, was arrested on a first-degree felony murder indictment for the July 7 apartment fire that killed her nine-month-old daughter, Jream Jenkins, and injured 5 other children.
When women give birth to their babies, they often kill them to escape the shame or persecution. However, the ratio of female babies being killed in these cases is much higher than the boys because boys are much more valued. Infanticide is illegal in Pakistan. However, people do not report these cases, making it impossible for police to investigate.
The California Supreme Court has overturned a Central Valley woman's murder conviction in the 2018 killing of her 2-month-old son, ruling that the law often holds victims of domestic violence to ...
In the end police discovered six more bodies, one of which was later confirmed in an autopsy to not have been murdered but was stillborn. After the full investigation it was determined that the babies were Darren West's children, but that Megan Huntsman, unbeknownst to him, had murdered them minutes after they were delivered. [5] [6] [7]