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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"). Matricide – the act of killing one's mother (Latin: mater "mother").
Filicide – the killing of a child (or children) by one's own parent (or parents) Fratricide – the killing of one's brother; Infanticide – the killing of one's child (or children) up to 12 months of age; Mariticide – the killing of a husband or significant other; current common law term for either spouse of either sex/gender
Filicide is the deliberate act of a parent killing their own child. The word filicide is derived from the Latin words filius and filia ('son' and 'daughter') and the suffix -cide, from the word caedere meaning 'to kill'.
A Lancaster man was convicted this week of the brutal murders of his four children and his mother-in-law in 2021. Father convicted of murdering his 4 children and their grandmother in their ...
Pedicide, child murder, child manslaughter, or child homicide is the homicide of an individual who is a minor. In many legal jurisdictions it is considered an aggravated form of homicide. The age of the victim may constitute an aggravated factor for homicide offenses, or child murder may be a stand-alone criminal offense.
A man has been jailed for life for the murder of a convicted paedophile in Gloucestershire. Anthony Gardiner attacked John Coxon, 76, at his home address in Park Road, Stonehouse, in January 2022 ...
An American woman accused of killing her two youngest children in Colorado last December told her 11-year-old daughter who survived the attack that God made her do it, a prosecutor said in a ...
Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants or offspring. Infanticide was a widespread practice throughout human history that was mainly used to dispose of unwanted children, [1]: 61 its main purpose being the prevention of resources being spent on weak or disabled offspring.