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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 .
Killing of self. Suicide, intentionally causing one's own death. Altruistic suicide, suicide for the benefit of others. Autocide, suicide by automobile collision. Medicide, a suicide accomplished with the aid of a physician. Murder-suicide, a suicide committed immediately after one or more murders. Self-immolation, suicide by fire, often as a ...
v. t. e. A familicide is a type of murder or murder-suicide in which an individual kills multiple close family members in quick succession, most often children, spouses, siblings, or parents. [1] [2] In half the cases, the killer lastly kills themselves in a murder-suicide.
David R. Ekers, 38, is still charged with three counts of second-degree intentional murder in connection with the attacks in July 2020 that killed his sister, 34-year-old Eleanor Ekers; his mother ...
Adam Lanza at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting shot and killed his mother along with 20 children, 6 other adults and then himself on December 14, 2012. David Rodenbarger murdered his mother Michelle Haskins and 6-year-old sister Jillian Haskins in February 2013.
On February 4, 2007, Paris Lee Bennett, a 13-year-old American boy, murdered his 4-year-old sister, Ella Bennett, in Abilene, Texas.Paris stabbed Ella 17 times.. The motive for the murder was Paris's resentment towards his mother, Charity Bennett, as he believed the best way to emotionally damage her was to take away one of her children.
Synonym for death (neutral) Pop one's clogs: To die Humorous, Informal: 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 Army terminology.
A 23-year-old nurse, mother to a 10-month-old girl, is among the four people killed in Friday’s mass shooting at an Arkansas grocery store.. Callie Weems died when rounds and fragments from a ...