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Parricide is the deliberate killing of one's own father and mother, spouse (husband or wife), children, and/or close relatives. However, the term is sometimes used more generally to refer to the intentional killing of a near relative. [1]
Familicide – is a multiple-victim homicide where a killer's spouse and children are slain (Latin: familia "family"). Filicide – the act of a parent killing their child (Latin: filius "son" and Latin: filia "daughter"). Fratricide – the act of killing a brother (Latin: frater "brother"); also, in military context, death by friendly fire.
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. [3] [4] [5] If only the parents are killed, the case may also be referred to as ...
The brothers admitted to killing their parents, but contended that they did so out of fear, especially of their father, who they claimed was a violent paedophile. As evidence, the defence called ...
She set fire to her Ohio home in hopes of joining the 31-year-old in California.
Investigators are still trying to figure out what led two brothers to allegedly attempt to kill their parents in a Georgia neighborhood Saturday.
A deadly weapon was used to kill. If the defendant was a juvenile, they are given a sentence under California’s three-strikes law) Second Degree Murder by shooting from a motor vehicle with intent to cause great bodily injury (intent to cause death is prosecuted as 1st Degree Murder) 20 years to life First Degree Murder 25 years to life
Two parents allegedly tried to choke their 17-year-old daughter outside her high school in an attempted “honor killing” for refusing an arranged marriage with an older man, according to police.