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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").
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.
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 .
August 11, 2024 at 4:00 AM. Rusty Yates, whose ex-wife Andrea Yates drowned their five children one by one in 2001, has reportedly forgiven the notorious killer mom and even speaks with her on a ...
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.
A Kentucky woman police say killed her husband and sister before being shot and killed by her brother last week suffered with mental health problems, according to a court motion filed nearly 15 ...
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 ...
A small group of neighbors gathered at the beach in Alameda on Thursday evening to mourn the loss of nearly an entire family: Police say a husband killed his wife, 6-year-old son and mother-and ...