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{{Short description|Deliberate act of a parent killing their own child}}
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[[File:Rubens saturn.jpg|thumb|upright=.55|Painting by [[Peter Paul Rubens]] of [[Cronus]] devouring one of his children]]
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'''Filicide''' is the deliberate act of a parent killing their own child. The word ''filicide'' is derived from the [[Latin]] words {{lang|la|filius}} and {{lang|la|filia}} ('son' and 'daughter') and the suffix ''-cide'', from the word {{lang|la|caedere}} meaning 'to kill'. The word can refer to both the crime and perpetrator of the crime.

==Statistics==
A 1999 U.S. Department of Justice study concluded that mothers were responsible for a higher share of children killed [[infanticide|during infancy]] between 1976 and 1997 in the United States, while fathers were more likely to have been responsible for the murders of children aged eight or older.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/wo.pdf |title=Women Offenders |access-date= 2018-05-29 |author1=Greenfeld, Lawrence A. |author2=Snell, Tracy L. |date=2000-03-10 |work=NCJ 175688 |publisher=U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100603113816/http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/wo.pdf |archive-date= 2010-06-03 }}</ref> Parents were responsible for 61% of child murders under the age of five.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Friedman | first1 = S. H. | last2 = Horwitz | first2 = S. M. | last3 = Resnick | first3 = P. J. | year = 2005 | title = Child murder by mothers: A critical analysis of the current state of knowledge and a research agenda | journal = [[Am J Psychiatry]] | volume = 162 | issue = 9| pages = 1578–1587 | pmid=16135615 | doi=10.1176/appi.ajp.162.9.1578}}</ref><!--{{verify credibility|date=April 2013}}discussed in section Friedman source of the talk page, tag put inside comments on May 2014--> Sometimes, there is a combination of murder and suicide in filicide cases. On average, according to FBI statistics, 450 children are murdered by their parents each year in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bello |first=Marisol |last2=Hoyer |first2=Meghan |date=2014-09-10 |title=Parents who do the unthinkable -- kill their children |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/10/parents-kill-children-fbi-data/15280259/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215222658/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/10/parents-kill-children-fbi-data/15280259/ |archive-date=15 February 2020 |accessdate=1 May 2023 |website=USA TODAY}}</ref>

An in-depth [[longitudinal study]] of 297 cases convicted of filicide and 45 of filicide-suicide in the [[United Kingdom]] between 1997 and 2006 showed that 37% of the perpetrators had a recorded mental illness at the time. The most common diagnoses were [[mood disorder]]s and [[personality disorder]]s rather than [[psychosis]], but the latter accounted for 15% of cases. However – similar to findings in a large Danish study – the majority had not had contact with mental health services prior to the murders, and few had received treatment. 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.<ref>{{cite web |url =https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/findings-from-most-in-depth-study-into-uk-parents-who-kill-their-children/ |title =Findings from most in-depth study into UK parents who kill their children |date =5 April 2013 |website =University of Manchester |access-date =26 February 2020 |archive-date =16 May 2020 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200516212915/https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/findings-from-most-in-depth-study-into-uk-parents-who-kill-their-children/ |url-status =live }}</ref>

== Types of filicide ==
Dr. Phillip Resnick published research on filicide in 1969 and stated that there were five main motives for filicide, including "altruistic", "fatal maltreatment", "unwanted child", "acutely psychotic" and "spousal revenge".<ref name=CTV>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/spousal-revenge-rare-motive-for-killing-kids-experts-say-1.575187|title=Spousal revenge rare motive for killing kids, experts say|publisher=CTV News|date=2010-11-16|access-date=2017-01-25|archive-date=2021-08-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821232455/https://www.ctvnews.ca/spousal-revenge-rare-motive-for-killing-kids-experts-say-1.575187|url-status=dead}}</ref> "Altruistic" killings occur because the parent believes that the world is too cruel for the child, or because the child is enduring suffering (whether this is actually occurring or not). In fatal maltreatment killings, the goal is not always to kill the child, but death may occur anyway, and [[Munchausen syndrome by proxy]] is in that category. Spousal revenge killings are killings of children done to indirectly harm a domestic partner; they do not frequently occur.<ref name=CTV/> Glen Carruthers, author of "Making sense of spousal revenge filicide", argued that those who engage in spousal revenge killings see their own children as objects.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Carruthers, Glen|title=Making sense of spousal revenge filicide|journal=[[Aggression and Violent Behavior]]|date=July–August 2016|volume=29|pages=30–35|doi=10.1016/j.avb.2016.05.007}}</ref>

== Children at risk ==
In 2013, in the United States, homicide was in the top five causes of deaths of children, and in the top three causes of death in children between 1 and 4 years old.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_02.pdf|access-date=1 May 2023|website=cdc.gov|date=February 16, 2016|author=Jiaquan Xu|display-authors=et. al.|title=Deaths: Final Data for 2013|archive-date=31 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531154153/http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_02.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> A direct correlation has been identified between child abuse rates and child homicide rates. Research suggests that children murdered by their parents were physically abused by them prior to their deaths.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Murder in America|last1 = Holmes|first1 = Ronald M.|publisher = Sage Publications, Inc.|year = 2001|location = Thousand Oaks, California|pages = 116|last2 = Holmes|first2 = Stephen T.}}</ref>

In [[South Asia]] and the [[Middle East]], many homicide cases were due to parents killing their children after being accused of [[Honor killing|violating the family's reputation]]; daughters were most likely to be murdered in these killings.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holt |first=Gerry |date=2014-05-29 |title=Why do families kill their daughters? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27619669 |access-date=2024-07-04 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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== Notable examples ==
{{Incomplete list|date=November 2022}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Victim(s)
!Perpetrator(s)
!Relation of parent to child(ren)
!Date
!Location
!Notes
|-
|Titus and Tiberius Junius Brutus
|[[Lucius Junius Brutus]]
|Father
|509 BC
|[[Roman Republic]]
|Lucius Junius Brutus, who is usually credited with overthrowing the final [[King of Rome]] [[Lucius Tarquinius Superbus]] and establishing the Roman Republic, executed his sons Titus and Tiberius when they were implicated in a plot to restore the [[monarchy]].{{Sfn|Drummond|2012|p=765}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/5A*.html|title=LacusCurtius • Dionysius' Roman Antiquities — Book V Chapters 1‑20|website=penelope.uchicago.edu|accessdate=1 May 2023|archive-date=1 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601142302/https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/5A%2A.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Son of [[Aulus Postumius Tubertus]]
|Aulus Postumius Tubertus
|Father
|431 BC
|Roman Republic
|There is a story that Aulus Postumius Tubertus, who served as [[Roman dictator|dictator]] in the year 431 BC, had his son put to death when he abandoned a post assigned to him in order to attack the enemy. The account is doubted by Roman [[historian]] [[Livy]], due to similarities to stories about the family of Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus (see below).<ref>Livy, iv. 29.</ref>
|-
|Son of [[Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus]]
|Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus
|Father
|340 BC
|[[Latium]], [[Italian Peninsula]], Roman Republic
|During the [[Latin War]], [[Roman consul]] Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus executed his own son after he left his post in order to attack a group of [[Latins (Italic tribe)|Latins]], leading to a reputation in his family for extreme discipline.<ref>{{cite book |author=John Rich, Graham Shipley |title=War and Society in the Roman World |publisher=Routledge |year=1993 |isbn=0-415-12167-1}}</ref>
|-
|Decimus Junius Silanus Manlianus
|[[Titus Manlius Torquatus (consul 165 BC)|Titus Manlius Torquatus]]
|Father
|140 BC
|Roman Republic
|While serving as [[Praetor]] in [[Macedonia (Roman province)|Macedonia]], Decimus Junius Silanus Manlianus was accused of corruption by Macedonian envoys. His father [[Titus Manlius Torquatus (consul 165 BC)|Titus Manlius Torquatus]], a senior [[Roman Senate|Senator]], was granted permission to privately try his son in his home. Despite knowing that the family code of honour would compel his son to commit [[suicide]], Titus sentenced his son to banishment from his sight, causing Manlianus to take his own life. His severity was supposedly inspired by his descendance from the equally severe Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus (see above).<ref>Alexander, ''Trials in the Late Roman Republic'', p. 6.</ref><ref>Mitchell, "The Torquati", p. 25.</ref>
|-
|Son of [[Quintus Fabius Maximus Eburnus]]
|Quintus Fabius Maximus Eburnus
|Father
|{{circa|116 BC}}
|Roman Republic
|[[Quintus Fabius Maximus Eburnus]], consul in 116 BC, condemned one of his sons to death for "immorality".<ref>Valerius Maximus 6.1.5–6; Pseudo-Quintilian, ''Decl.'' 3.17; [[Orosius]] 5.16.8; Broughton, ''MRR<sup>1</sup>'', p. 549.</ref>
|-
|Jin Nong'er
|[[Jin Midi]]
|Father
|121-87 BC
|[[Western Han Empire]]
|Jin Midi killed his own son Nong'er after the latter entered the imperial harem. This cemented the respect Jin Midi, by descent a Xiongnu prince, already had from [[Emperor Wu of Han]]; later Jin ascended to the rank of general of chariots and cavalry.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Theobald |first1=Ulrich |title=Jin Midi 金日磾 |url=http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Han/personsjinmidi.html |website=ChinaKnowledge.de |publisher=Ulrich Theobald |access-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-date=December 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211084118/http://chinaknowledge.de/History/Han/personsjinmidi.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[Alexander, son of Herod|Alexander I]] and [[Aristobulus IV]]
|[[Herod the Great]]
|Father
|7 BC
|[[Herodian Kingdom of Judea]]
|According to [[Josephus]], King Herod of [[Judea]] had his sons Alexander and Aristobulus strangled because he feared they would usurp him.
|-
|[[Livilla|Claudia Livia]] (Livilla)
|[[Antonia Minor]]
|Mother
|31
|[[Roman Empire]]
|Livilla, along with her lover [[Sejanus]], was accused of poisoning [[Drusus Julius Caesar]], the son of [[Roman emperor|Emperor]] [[Tiberius]]. According to historian [[Cassius Dio]], Tiberius placed Livilla in the custody of her mother Antonia, who locked her up in a room where she was [[Starvation|starved]] to death.<ref>Dio Cassius, 58.11.7</ref>
|-
|Aulus Vitellius Petronianus
|[[Vitellius]]
|Father
|69
|Roman Empire
|[[Suetonius]] wrote that Vitellius was widely believed to have murdered his son in order to inherit the fortune of the boy's maternal grandparents. In this account, Vitellius claimed that his son had attempted [[parricide]] beforehand and killed himself out of shame.<ref>[[Suetonius]], Vitellius, 6</ref>
|-
|Children of [[Liu Chen (Shu Han)]]
|Liu Chen (Shu Han)
|Father
|December 263
|[[Shu Han]], [[Ancient China]]
|It is recorded in the ''[[Records of the Three Kingdoms]]'' that Liu Chen killed himself and his family after the surrender of his father led to the fall of the Shu Han empire.<ref>''Sanguozhi'' vol. 33.</ref>
|-
|[[Crispus]]
|[[Constantine the Great]]
|Father
|326
|[[Pula]], [[Istria]], Roman Empire
|For unclear reasons, Crispus was sentenced to death by his father Emperor Constantine the Great in 326 AD.{{sfn|Guthrie|1966|p=325}}{{sfn|Pohlsander|1984|p=101}}
|-
|[[Constantine VI]]
|[[Irene of Athens]]
|Mother
|c. 797 (before 805)
|[[Byzantine Empire]]
|Irene of Athens organised a conspiracy to have her son Constantine VI eliminated so she could become sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. On 19 August 797, her supporters [[Political mutilation in Byzantine culture|gouged out his eyes]] and had him imprisoned. He died sometime before 805, possibly as a result of his injuries.<ref name="ODB">Cutler & Hollingsworth (1991), pp. 501–502</ref>
|-
|[[Savcı Bey]]
|[[Murad I]]
|Father
|c. 1373
|[[Ottoman Empire]]
|Convinced by [[Andronikos IV Palaiologos]], son of [[John V Palaiologos]], [[Savcı Bey]] rebelled against his father Murad I, [[Sultan]] of the Ottoman Empire, in an attempt to seize power. He was unsuccessful and his father had him executed.<ref>Gibbon, Edward, ''Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'', Modern Library, v. iii, p. 651</ref><ref>Lord Kinross: ''The Ottoman Centuries'', (Trans. by Nilifer Epçeli) Altın Kitaplar, İstanbul, 2008, {{ISBN|978-975-21-0955-1}} p. 49</ref>
|-
|Cristobal
|Acxotécatl
|Father
|1527
|[[Tlaxcala]], [[New Spain]]
|After Cristobal [[Religious conversion|converted]] from the [[Mesoamerican religion|indigenous religion]] of his family to [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]], he started to destroy religious icons in his family home. This provoked his father Acxotécatl to viciously beat him – in an attempt to make him renounce his new faith – before he burnt his son to death over a fire. He is one of the [[Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala]].<ref name="SQPN">{{cite web |title=Three Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala |url=http://catholicsaints.info/tag/three-child-martyrs-of-tlaxcala/ |access-date=1 November 2016 |publisher=Saints SQPN |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223044642/http://catholicsaints.info/tag/three-child-martyrs-of-tlaxcala/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="EC">{{cite web |date=2003 |title=Tlaxcala, Martyrs of, Bb. |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/tlaxcala-martyrs-bb |access-date=1 November 2016 |publisher=Encyclopedia.com |archive-date=24 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924051957/https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/tlaxcala-martyrs-bb |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[Şehzade Mustafa]]
|[[Suleiman the Magnificent]]
|Father
|6 October 1553
|[[Ereğli, Konya|Ereğli]], Ottoman Empire
|Suleiman I, [[Sultan]] of the Ottoman Empire, ordered the death of his son Şehzade Mustafa after mistakenly believing that he was conspiring against him. The responsibility for this is usually placed on [[Rüstem Pasha]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Table of Contents |url=http://mateo.uni-mannheim.de/camenaref/cmh/cmh304.html |website=mateo.uni-mannheim.de |access-date=2022-11-14 |archive-date=2020-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809121320/http://mateo.uni-mannheim.de/camenaref/cmh/cmh304.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A General History of the Near East, Chapter 13 |url=http://xenohistorian.faithweb.com/neareast/ne13.html#Suleiman |website=xenohistorian.faithweb.com |access-date=2022-11-14 |archive-date=2018-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506154523/http://xenohistorian.faithweb.com/neareast/ne13.html#Suleiman |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[Tsarevich]] [[Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia|Ivan Ivanovich]]
|[[Ivan the Terrible]]
|Father
|19 November 1581
|[[Alexandrov Kremlin]], [[Tsardom of Russia]]
|Although exact details are unconfirmed, it is believed that Ivan Ivanovich confronted his father [[Tsar]] Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Ivan the Terrible) after his pregnant wife [[Yelena Sheremeteva]] was physically assaulted by him, which possibly caused her to subsequently [[miscarriage|miscarry]]. The confrontation led to an argument, during which Tsar Ivan became enraged and hit his son over the head with a [[sceptre]], an injury which he died from a few days later.<ref name="Karamzin">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Продолжение царстования Иоанна Грозного. Г. 1577–1582 |encyclopedia=History of the Russian State |author-link=Nikolay Karamzin |volume=9 |language=ru |trans-title=Continuation of the reign of Ivan the Terrible. 1577–1582 |author=Karamzin, Nikolay |chapter=9}}</ref><ref name="Klyuchevsky">{{cite book |last1=Klyuchevsky |first1=Vasily |title=Курс русской истории |location=Saint Petersburg |language=ru |trans-title=A History of Russia |author1-link=Vasily Klyuchevsky}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=[[Simon Sebag Montefiore|Sebag Montefiore]] |first=Simon |title=The Romanovs 1613–1918 |publisher=Vintage |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-307-28051-0 |page=17 |language=en}}</ref> Tsar Ivan felt great regret following the act, and his grief is famously depicted in [[Ilya Repin]]'s painting, ''[[Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan]]''.
|-
|[[Mohammad Baqer Mirza]]
|[[Abbas the Great]]
|Father
|1615
|[[Rasht]], [[Safavid Iran]]
|After starting to believe that his son Mohammad Baqer Mirza was planning to overthrow him, Abbas the Great ordered [[Behbud Khan Cherkes]] to murder him in a [[hammam]] in the city of Resht. He immediately regretted the decision and was plunged into despair.<ref>{{harvnb|Bomati|Nahavandi|1998|pp=235–236}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Bomati|Nahavandi|1998|pp=236–237}}</ref>
|-
|Tsarevich [[Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia|Alexei Petrovich]] of Russia
|[[Peter the Great]]
|Father
|26 June 1718
|[[Petropavlovskaya fortress]], [[Russian Empire|Empire of Russia]]
|Alexei was suspected of being involved in a plot to overthrow his father, Tsar Peter I of Russia, who had him [[torture]]d into making a confession – possibly taking part personally. Alexei was convicted and sentenced to death, but died of his injuries before the execution could be carried out, most likely due to him having received over forty lashes with a [[knout]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Sebag Montefiore |first=Simon |title=The Romanovs |date=2016 |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson |isbn=978-0-307-28051-0 |location=United Kingdom |page=123}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Massie |first=Robert K. |title=Peter the Great: His Life and World |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf |year=1980 |isbn=978-0-307-29145-5 |location=New York |pages=76, 377, 707}}</ref>
|-
|[[Crown Prince Sado]]
|[[Yeongjo of Joseon]]
|Father
|1762
|[[Seoul]], [[Joseon Dynasty]]
|After being estranged by his father, he got depression and PTSD. He was closed into a closet for a week and died due to starvation.
|-
|Gracie, Alice, Mabel, and Willis
|[[Mary Cowan]]
|Mother
|1884–1894
|[[Maine]], [[United States]]
|After getting away with the murder of her first husband and their three children, Mary Cowan poisoned her second husband and their son with [[Arsenic poisoning|arsenic]]. The husband survived and she was sentenced to [[life imprisonment]].<ref name="all">{{Cite web |date=February 9, 1895 |title=An Alleged Poisoner. |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016025/1895-02-09/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1895&sort=date&rows=20&words=Cowan+Mary&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=2&state=&date2=1898&proxtext=Mary+Cowan&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 |publisher=The Portland Daily Press}}</ref><ref name="had">{{Cite web |date=January 20, 1899 |title=Had Many Victims |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92070446/1899-01-20/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1789&index=2&rows=20&words=BORGIA+MAINE&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=Maine+Borgia&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 |publisher=San Juan County Index}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 19, 1896 |title=Sentenced to Life Imprisonment. |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042354/1896-02-19/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1895&sort=date&rows=20&words=Cowan+Mary&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=3&state=&date2=1898&proxtext=Mary+Cowan&y=14&x=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=4 |publisher=[[The News Journal]]}}</ref>
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|Ponciano and Feliza Rojas
|[[Francisca Rojas]]
|Mother
|29 June 1892
|[[Necochea]], [[Buenos Aires Province]], [[Argentina]]
|In 1892, Francisca Rojas murdered her two children and attempted to blame her neighbour, her motive being to appease a man who was reluctant to marry her due to her "two brats". When presented with evidence against her, she broke down and confessed. She is believed to be the first criminal in the world to be convicted with [[fingerprint]] evidence.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 July 2016 |title=La masacre de Necochea que dio origen a las huellas digitales |language=es |newspaper=[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]] |url=https://www.clarin.com/policiales/masacre-necochea-origen-huellas-digitales_0_HJ2vRGa8.html}}</ref>
|-
|[[Harry Fragson]]
|Victor Pot
|Father
|31 December 1913
|56 [[Rue La Fayette]], [[Paris]], [[France]]
|On 31 December 1913, [[Great Britain|British]] [[music hall]] star Harry Fragson returned to his home in Paris to discover his mentally ill father Victor Pot about to commit suicide. There was an argument that led to Victor fatally shooting his son. Victor then died six weeks later in an [[Psychiatric hospital|asylum]].<ref name="nyt311213">[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/12/31/100293830.pdf Music Hall Star Killed By Father], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 31 December 1913</ref><ref>"Harry Fragson's Father", ''Coventry Evening Telegraph'', 16 February 1914, p. 3</ref>
|-
|The [[Goebbels children]]
|[[Joseph Goebbels|Joseph]] and [[Magda Goebbels]]
|Father and mother
|1 May 1945
|''[[Führerbunker]]'', [[Berlin]], [[Nazi Germany]]
|As it became clear to them that Germany was going to lose the [[Second World War]], [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda|Propaganda Minister]] Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda made the decision to kill themselves and their children, rather than succumb to capture by the [[Battle of Berlin|advancing]] [[Red Army|Russian Army]]. [[Schutzstaffel|''SS'']] dentist ''[[Sturmbannführer]]'' [[Helmut Kunz]] injected the children with morphine, after which Magda and ''SS''-''[[Obersturmbannführer]]'' [[Ludwig Stumpfegger]] ([[Adolf Hitler|Adolf Hitler's]] personal doctor) crushed ampules of [[cyanide]] in their mouths.{{sfn|Beevor|2002|pp=380, 381}}
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|Gennady Motsny
|[[Anatoly Motsny]]
|Father
|31 March 1952
|[[Soviet Union]]
|Anatoly Motsny, veteran of the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]] during World War II, former [[Senior lieutenant|Senior Lieutenant]] in the Red Army, and former [[Hero of the Soviet Union]], was stripped of all titles and awards after he murdered his five-year-old son.<ref>[[State Archive of the Russian Federation]] Р-8131 28 1052 "Supervisory proceedings in the case of Anatoly Andreevich Motsny"</ref>
|-
|Kimberly and Kristen MacDonald
|[[Jeffrey R. MacDonald]]
|Father
|17 February 1970
|[[Fort Bragg]], [[North Carolina]], United States
|In the early hours of the morning on 17 February 1970, Colette Stevenson and her two children were bludgeoned to death in their home at Fort Bragg. Her husband and father of her children, [[United States Army|US Army]] [[physician]] Jeffrey R. MacDonald, was present at the scene and claimed that three intruders had broken into the house and attacked them in a manner which resembled the [[Tate–LaBianca murders|Manson Family murders]]. Evidence suggested that the story was fabricated and he was charged with the murders in 1979, after nearly a decade of legal proceedings.<ref name="Crime Science P. 50">{{cite book |last1=Nickell |first1=Joe |title=Crime Science: Methods of Forensic Detection |last2=Fischer |first2=John F. |publisher=Neil Wilson Publishing Ltd. |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-813-12091-1 |location=Castle Douglas, Scotland |page=50}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">''Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century'' {{ISBN|978-0-671-71876-3}} p. 160</ref>
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|Patricia, Frederick, and John List
|[[John List (murderer)|John List]]
|Father
|9 November 1971
|[[Westfield, New Jersey|Westfield]], [[New Jersey]], United States
|On 9 November 1971, John List murdered his mother, wife, and three children. He then assumed a new identity and disappeared. He was apprehended over seventeen years later in June 1989 after being featured in an episode of ''[[America's Most Wanted]]''.<ref name="ramsland">{{cite web |last=Ramsland |first=Katherine |title=John List |url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/family/list/11.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528043621/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/family/list/11.html |archive-date=May 28, 2008 |access-date=September 27, 2013 |publisher=[[TruTV]]}}</ref><ref name="NYT20081228">{{cite news |last=McCracken |first=Elizabeth |date=December 28, 2008 |title=Wanted: A Killer Disappears Into Another Life |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=New York City |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/magazine/28List-t.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105215737/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/magazine/28List-t.html |archive-date=January 5, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MyCentralJersey.com |url=https://www.mycentraljersey.com/restricted/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mycentraljersey.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fhistory%2F2020%2F06%2F01%2Fremember-when-westfield-killer-john-list-arrested%2F5192043002%2F |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=www.mycentraljersey.com}}</ref>
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|Cheryl Downs
|[[Diane Downs]]
|Mother
|19 May 1983
|[[Springfield, Oregon|Springfield]], [[Oregon]], United States
|Diane Downs shot her three children and drove them to [[McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center]], where she claimed that the shootings had happened during an attempted carjacking. Cheryl (aged seven) was dead upon arrival and the other two children, Danny (aged three) and Christie (aged eight), suffered serious injuries. Hospital staff found Diane's behaviour suspicious and [[Forensic identification|forensic evidence]] did not match her statements to police. She was charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder and assault and sentenced to life in prison.<ref>{{cite news |last=Banks |first=Carolyn |date=May 13, 1987 |title=Portrait of an Atrocity |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/05/13/portrait-of-an-atrocity/a78994a5-6e6a-4699-9029-e52fef693217/ |access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref><ref name="wapo">{{Cite news |last1=Saund |first1=Jas |last2=Bumiller |first2=Elisabeth |date=June 12, 1984 |title=The Mother & |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1984/06/12/the-mother-38/13b24fdf-7294-4623-ad2d-0665435ceed4/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025222356/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1984/06/12/the-mother-38/13b24fdf-7294-4623-ad2d-0665435ceed4/ |archive-date=October 25, 2019 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
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|[[Marvin Gaye]]
|[[Marvin Gay Sr.]]
|Father
|1 April 1984
|[[Los Angeles]], [[California]], United States
|During an argument, American musician Marvin Gaye was [[Killing of Marvin Gaye|shot and killed]] by his father Marvin Gay, Sr. at their home in [[Arlington Heights, Los Angeles|Arlington Heights]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Marvin Gaye House |url=http://www.hollywoodusa.co.uk/deathsites/marvingayehouse.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425034718/http://hollywoodusa.co.uk/deathsites/marvingayehouse.htm |archive-date=April 25, 2013 |access-date=June 18, 2012}}</ref>
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|[[Judith Barsi]]
|József Barsi
|Father
|25 July 1988
|[[Canoga Park, Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California, United States]]
|Child actress Judith Barsi was killed in a murder-suicide by her abusive, alcoholic father in a fit of rage after learning that his wife was leaving him.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=John |last2=Fuentes |first2=Gabe |date=1988-08-07 |title=A Script of Fear : Repeated Threats by Father of Child Actress Carried to Tragic End |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-07-me-382-story.html |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> 
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|Ulrich Luthe
|[[Claus Luthe]]
|Father
|13 April 1990
|[[Munich]], Germany
|Famed German car designer Claus Luthe fatally stabbed his 33-year-old son following an argument. His career at BMW abruptly ended, Luthe was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 33 months in prison.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Buckley |first1=Martin |title=Obituary: Claus Luthe |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/apr/03/automotive.germany |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref> 
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|Michael and Alexander Smith
|[[Susan Smith]]
|Mother
|October 1994
|[[John D. Long Lake]], [[South Carolina]], United States
|On 25 October 1994, Susan Smith reported to police that she had been carjacked by a black man while her children were still inside the vehicle. However, on 3 November she confessed to letting her car roll into John D. Long Lake.<ref name="NBC News">{{cite web |title=Susan Smith, Mother Who Killed Kids |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/susan-smith-mother-who-killed-kids-something-went-very-wrong-n397051 |access-date=June 9, 2016 |website=[[NBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Grant |first=Lorrie |date=February 27, 1995 |title=LAWYERS TO REVEAL DEFENSE FOR SUSAN SMITH COULD PLEAD INSANITY OR MENTAL ILLNESS FOR MOTHER OF DROWNED BOYS |newspaper=[[Buffalo News]] |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/lawyers-to-reveal-defense-for-susan-smith-could-plead-insanity-or-mental-illness-for-mother/article_7822e23f-d0d2-5064-8445-85303b18c556.html |accessdate=February 19, 2022}}</ref>
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|Robert, Jr. and Britney Fisher
|[[Robert William Fisher]]
|Father
|10 April 2001
|[[Scottsdale, Arizona|Scottsdale]], [[Arizona]], United States
|On 10 April 2001, the Fisher family home exploded. The bodies of Mary Fisher and her two children were found inside the remains; their throats had been slit and Mary had been shot in the back of the head. Husband and father Robert William Fisher had a history of cruel and controlling behaviour and is the only suspect in the case. His current whereabouts are unknown (as of November 2022).<ref name="homicide">{{cite news |last=Zoellner |first=Tom |date=April 14, 2001 |title=Family in blaze slashed, shot |newspaper=The Arizona Republic |url=http://www.azcentral.com/specials/special22/articles/0414firefolo14.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827084955/http://archive.azcentral.com/specials/special22/articles/0414firefolo14.html |archive-date=August 27, 2020}}</ref><ref name="AZCentral4122021">{{cite web |last=Ryman |first=Anne |date=April 12, 2021 |title=Still missing: Inside the Robert Fisher fugitive case 20 years later |url=https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/news/local/arizona-investigations/2021/04/08/robert-fisher-fbi-most-wanted-fugitive-scottsdale/4671954001/ |access-date=November 28, 2021 |publisher=Arizona Central}}</ref>
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|Noah, John, Paul, Luke, and Mary Yates
|[[Andrea Yates]]
|Mother
|20 June 2001
|[[Houston]], [[Texas]], United States
|While suffering from severe [[postpartum depression]], [[postpartum psychosis]], and [[schizophrenia]], Andrea Yates drowned her five children in their bathtub on 20 June 2001. She was sentenced to life imprisonment before being found [[Not guilty by insanity|not guilty by reason of insanity]], after which she was moved to the [[North Texas State Hospital]], a high-security mental health facility.<ref>{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Pete |date=January 6, 2005 |title=Convictions overturned for mom who drowned 5 kids |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6794098/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/convictions-overturned-mom-who-drowned-kids/ |access-date=August 21, 2019 |website=[[NBC News]] |publisher=[[NBCUniversal]] |location=New York City}}</ref><ref>[https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ng/date/2006-07-26/segment/01 "Not Guilty Verdict for Andrea Yates"], [[CNN]], July 26, 2006.</ref>
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|Margaret Schlosser
|[[Dena Schlosser]]
|Mother
|22 November 2004
|[[Plano, Texas|Plano]], Texas, United States
|Dena Schlosser was diagnosed with [[hydrocephalus]] at the age of eight and suffered from a variety of [[mental health problems]] throughout her life. During an episode described as a "[[Religious delusion|religious frenzy]]", she [[Amputation|amputated]] the arms of her eleven-month-old daughter, Margaret, who died as a result.<ref name="beltway">{{cite news |date=April 8, 2006 |title=Dena Schlosser Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity |work=OTB News |url=http://news.outsidethebeltway.com/2006/04/dena-schlosser-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity |url-status=dead |access-date=March 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209152939/http://news.outsidethebeltway.com/2006/04/dena-schlosser-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity |archive-date=December 9, 2007}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite news |date=February 21, 2006 |title=Mother Says God Told Her to Cut Baby |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/20/AR2006022001197.html |access-date=March 19, 2007}}</ref> She was committed to the North Texas State Hospital, where she became a roommate of Andrea Yates (see above).<ref name="dallasnews">{{cite news |date=April 8, 2006 |title=Schlosser and Yates find solace in friendship |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/100806dnmetdenafriend.36e291a.html |access-date=March 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211161616/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/100806dnmetdenafriend.36e291a.html |archive-date=December 11, 2008}}</ref>
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|Bobby Äikiä
|Niina Äikiä
|Mother
|14 January 2006
|[[Nässjö]], [[Sweden]]
|Niina Äikiä and her boyfriend Eddy Larsson began to torture her intellectually disabled son Bobby in late 2005, which culminated in [[Murder of Bobby Äikiä|his death the following year]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Flytt raserade tryggheten |language=Swedish |work=[[Svenska Dagbladet]] |url=http://www.svd.se/dynamiskt/inrikes/did_12604441.asp |url-status=dead |access-date=12 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009180637/http://www.svd.se/dynamiskt/inrikes/did_12604441.asp |archive-date=October 9, 2007}}</ref>
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|Daniel Benoit
|[[Chris Benoit]]
|Father
|23 June 2007
|[[Fayetteville, Georgia|Fayetteville]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States
|Over a of period of three days beginning on 22 June 2007, [[Canadian]] [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] Chris Benoit [[Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide|murdered]] his wife [[Nancy Benoit|Nancy]] and their seven-year-old child Daniel, before killing himself. It was determined that Daniel had been sedated with [[Xanax]] before being [[asphyxia]]ted.<ref name="Divorce">{{cite web |author1=Saeed Ahmed|author2=Kathy Jefcosts |author3=S.A. Reid |date=June 25, 2007 |title=Police: Benoit killed wife, son, left Bibles by their bodies |url=http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/fayette/stories/2007/06/25/0625benoit.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629211435/http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/fayette/stories/2007/06/25/0625benoit.html |archive-date=June 29, 2007 |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Kevin Duffy |date=June 27, 2007 |title=Chokehold may have killed Benoit's son |url=http://www.wrestlingdotcom.com/almanac/detailed-report-on-the-death-of-the-beniot-family/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515084925/http://www.wrestlingdotcom.com/almanac/detailed-report-on-the-death-of-the-beniot-family/ |archive-date=May 15, 2008 |access-date=May 21, 2008 |via=WrestlingDotCom |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution}}</ref><ref name="press conference">{{cite news |author=David Lohr |date=June 25, 2007 |title=Authorities Confirm Chris Benoit Murdered Wife and Son |publisher=CrimeLibrary.com |url=http://www.crimelibrary.com/news/original/0607/2701_chris_benoit.html |access-date=May 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417023522/http://www.crimelibrary.com/news/original/0607/2701_chris_benoit.html |archive-date=April 17, 2008}}</ref>
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|Charles and Braden Powell
|Joshua Powell
|Father
|5 February 2012
|[[South Hill, Washington|South Hill]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States
|After Joshua Powell was named a [[person of interest]] in the investigation into the [[Disappearance of Susan Powell|disappearance of his wife Susan]], custody of their two children was awarded to Susan's parents. This led to Joshua blowing up his house with him and the children inside in an apparent murder-suicide.<ref name="KSL.com_1">{{cite news |date=February 5, 2012 |title=3 die in Powell home explosion, family says |publisher=KSL.com |url=http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=19132089&title=3-die-in-powell-home-explosion-family-says |url-status=live |access-date=February 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115215921/https://www.ksl.com/article/19132089/3-die-in-powell-home-explosion-family-says |archive-date=November 15, 2020}}</ref><ref name="guardian blows himself up">{{cite news |date=February 6, 2012 |title=US father Josh Powell blows himself up with two young children |work=[[The Guardian]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/06/josh-powell-blows-up-children |url-status=live |access-date=February 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115215859/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/06/josh-powell-blows-up-children |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |quote=[...] police said he appeared to intentionally blow up a house with all three inside [...] Ed Troyer, the county sheriff's spokesman, said emails that Powell sent authorities seemed to confirm that Powell planned the deadly blast. Troyer didn't elaborate on the contents of the emails, but said they make police believe "this is intentional, this is planned".}}</ref>
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|Daniel Pełka
|Magdalena Łuczak
|Mother
|3 March 2012
|[[Coventry]], [[England]], United Kingdom
|[[Murder of Daniel Pelka|Daniel Pełka was severely abused by his mother]] Magdalena Łuczak along with her new partner Mariusz Krężołek until it resulted in his death in March 2012. The extent of Daniel's injuries and failure of [[social services]] to identify him as a victim of [[child abuse]] caused a shock in the [[UK media]]. Magdalena and Mariusz were jailed for life and both later died in prison.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |date=2 August 2013 |title=Daniel Pelka murder: Mother and partner given life |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23544717 |accessdate=29 January 2014}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2013-09-17 |title=Timeline: Daniel Pelka's death |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-24111535 |access-date=2018-03-28}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35443416 Daniel Pelka's killer found dead in prison] ''[[BBC News]]''. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.</ref>
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|Lama al-Ghamdi
|[[Fayhan al-Ghamdi]]
|Father
|October 2012
|[[Saudi Arabia]]
|Five-year-old Lama al-Ghamdi died in hospital after being severely beaten and raped by her father Fayhan al-Ghamdi. Her injuries included a crushed skull, a broken arm, and broken ribs. Fayham was sentenced to eight years in prison and eight hundred lashes, although this was reduced to three years. He was also ordered to pay a sum equivalent to $267,000 in [[Blood money (restitution)|blood money]] to Lama's mother.<ref name="BBC">{{Cite news |last=Usher |first=Sebastian |date=2013-10-07 |title=Saudi jailed over daughter's death |language=en-GB |publisher=[[BBC News]] |location=London |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-24438375 |access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref><ref name="Gulf News">{{Cite news |last=Toumi |first=Habib |date=2015-08-26 |title=Saudi preacher who killed his daughter released |language=en-GB |publisher=[[Gulf News]] |location=Bahrain |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/saudi-preacher-who-killed-his-daughter-released-1.1573360 |access-date=2022-02-06}}</ref><ref name="NYDaily">{{Cite web |date=8 October 2013 |title=Saudi Arabian preacher gets 8 years in jail for raping and killing five-year-old daughter |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/saudi-arabian-preacher-8-years-jail-raping-killing-five-year-old-daughter-article-1.1479978 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220181354/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/saudi-arabian-preacher-8-years-jail-raping-killing-five-year-old-daughter-article-1.1479978 |archive-date=2019-02-20 |location=New York |newspaper=NY Daily News}}</ref>
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|Children of [[Jaime Iván Martínez]]
|Jaime Iván Martínez
|Father
|November 2015
|[[Antioquia Department|Antioquia]], [[Colombia]]
|Jaime Iván Martínez is a Colombian [[serial killer]] who murdered somewhere between twenty and twenty-five people, including his wife and two children (aged five and seven).<ref name="BBC2">Natalio Cosoy (20 de junio de 2016). [https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-36582249 Jaime Iván Martínez Betancur, el colombiano que confesó ser asesino en serie y haber matado al menos a 20 personas] [[BBC]]. Consultado el 24 de mayo de 2019.</ref><ref name="TIEMPO2">[https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-16623809 Capturan en Antioquia a asesino en serie que mató a 20 personas] [[El Tiempo (Colombia)|''El Tiempo'']]. Consultado el 24 de mayo de 2019.</ref>
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|Paul Murdaugh
|[[Trial of Alex Murdaugh|Alex Murdaugh]]
|Father
|June 7, 2021
|[[Colleton County, South Carolina|Colleton County]], [[South Carolina (U.S. state)|South Carolina]], United States
|Disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh convicted of murdering his wife Maggie, 52, and son Paul, 22, on the evening of June 7, 2021.  Prosecutors argued that Alex Murdaugh's financial crimes, opioid addiction, and other misdeeds were soon to be made public, which motivated Murdaugh to gain sympathy while keeping his secrets from being revealed.<ref name="The New York Times">{{cite news |date=March 2, 2023|title=Alex Murdaugh Convicted of Murdering Wife and Son |newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/02/us/alex-murdaugh-guilty.html|accessdate=March 3, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Greenville News">{{cite news |date=March 2, 2023|title=Verdict: Jury finds disbarred SC attorney Alex Murdaugh guilty of murder of wife, son|newspaper=Greenville News|publisher=greenvilleonline.com|url=https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/crime/2023/03/02/alex-murdaugh-guilty-verdict-former-sc-attorney-updates-jury-trial-double-murder-maggie-paul/69962884007/|accessdate=March 3, 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Killing of Lacey Fletcher|Lacey Fletcher]]
|Sheila and Clay Fletcher
|Parents
|January 3, 2022
|[[Slaughter, Louisiana]], United States
|36-year-old Lacey Fletcher died of neglect by her parents after suffering cognitive decline 12 years previously. Lacey was left to die on her parents couch in her own excrement after her parents abandoned her.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosato |first=Chris |last2=Alvarado |first2=Amanda |date=2024-03-21 |title=GRAPHIC: Parents of autistic daughter who ‘melted’ into couch sentenced |url=https://www.kplctv.com/2024/03/21/parents-autistic-daughter-who-melted-into-couch-sentenced/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=www.kplctv.com |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Murder of Jailyn Candelario|Jailyn Candelario]]
|Kristel Candelario
|Mother
|June 2023
|[[Cleveland, Ohio]]
|16-month-old Jailyn Candelario died of starvation after her mother abandoned her for 10 days in their apartment to travel to Puerto Rico and Detroit on vacation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Karimi |first=Faith |date=2024-03-20 |title=An Ohio toddler died after her mom left her alone in a playpen while she took a 10-day vacation. A judge called it the ‘ultimate act of betrayal’ |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/20/us/ohio-mom-toddler-death-sentencing-cec/index.html |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
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==Gallery==
{{gallery|mode=packed
|Domenico Beccafumi 014.jpg|''Postumius [[Aulus Postumius Tubertus|kills his son]] for betraying his orders'' by [[Domenico Beccafumi]]
|Constantine Chiaramonti Inv1749.jpg|[[Constantine the Great]], who executed his son for unknown reasons
|SLObispoHuamantla15.JPG|Cristobal (centre) was murdered by his father and is one of the [[Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala]], who were [[canonization]] as [[saint]]s by [[Pope Francis]] in 2017.
|EmperorSuleiman.jpg|[[Suleiman the Magnificent]] had his son executed
|Iván el Terrible y su hijo, por Iliá Repin.jpg|''[[Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan]]'', by [[Ilya Yefimovich Repin]]
|MaryCowanpoisoner.png|[[Mary Cowan]], who murdered her children
|Harry Fragson.jpg|British [[Music hall]] star [[Harry Fragson]], who was fatally shot by his father in Paris in 1913
|Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1978-086-03, Joseph Goebbels mit Familie.jpg|[[Joseph Goebbels|Joseph]] and [[Magda Goebbels]] with their [[Goebbels children|children]]. They would murder them at the [[end of World War II in Europe]], with the exception of [[Harald Quandt]] (in uniform), Magda's son from a previous marriage.
|Diane Downs 1984.JPG|[[Diane Downs]], who shot her three children, killing one of them
|Marvin Gaye (1973 publicity photo).jpg|[[Marvin Gaye]] was shot and [[Killing of Marvin Gaye|killed by his father]] during an argument in 1984.
|Chris Benoit in the Ring.jpg|[[Chris Benoit]], who [[Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide|murdered his wife and child]] before killing himself
}}

==See also==
* [[Foeticide]], the killing of a fetus
* [[Neonaticide]], the killing of a child during the first 24 hours of life 
* [[Infanticide]], the killing of an infant from birth to 12 months
* [[Child murder|Pedocide]], the murder of a child in general
* Filial cruelty, abuse toward one's own child
* [[Child abuse]], abuse toward any child
* [[Avunculicide]], the killing of one's uncle
* [[Fratricide]], the killing of one's brother
* [[Mariticide]], the killing of one's husband
* [[Matricide]], the killing of one's mother
* Nepoticide, the killing of one's nephew
* [[Parricide]], the killing of one's parents or another close relative
* [[Patricide]], the killing of one's father
* [[Sororicide]], the killing of one's sister
* [[Uxoricide]], the killing of one's wife or girlfriend
* [[Nepiticide]], the killing of one's niece
* [[Amiticide]], the killing of one's aunt
* [[La Llorona]]
* [[Medea]]
* [[Honor killing]], murder of a person for violating the strict reputation of the family.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Works cited===
* {{cite book |last=Beevor |first=Antony |author-link=Antony Beevor |title=Berlin: The Downfall 1945 |year=2002 |url=https://archive.org/details/berlindownfall190000beev_e9y1 |publisher=Viking-Penguin Books |location=London |isbn=978-0-670-03041-5}}
* {{cite book |last1=Bomati |first1=Yves |last2=Nahavandi |first2=Houchang |title=Shah Abbas, empereur de Perse 1587–1629 |trans-title=Shah Abbas, Emperor of Persia, 1587–1629 |publisher=Perrin |location=Paris, France |year=1998 |isbn=2-2620-1131-1 |lccn=99161812 |language=French}}
* {{Cite encyclopedia |last=Drummond |first=Andrew |entry=Iunius Brutus, Lucius |encyclopedia=The Oxford classical dictionary |year=2012 |editor-first1=Simon |editor-last1=Hornblower |editor-first2=Antony |editor-last2=Spawforth |editor-first3=Esther |editor-last3=Eidinow |isbn=978-0-19-954556-8 |edition=4th |location=Oxford |oclc=959667246 |publisher=Oxford University Press}}
* {{cite journal |last=Guthrie |first=Patrick |year=1966 |journal=Phoenix |title=The Execution of Crispus |volume=20 |issue=4 |pages=325–331 |doi=10.2307/1087057 |jstor=1087057}}
* {{cite journal |last=Pohlsander |first=Hans A. |year=1984 |journal=Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte |title=Crispus: Brilliant Career and Tragic End |volume=33 |issue=1}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite book|last=Douglas|first=John|author2=Olshaker, Mark|title=Journey Into Darkness|year=1996|publisher=Arrow Books|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-0-749-32394-3}}
* Meyer, Cheryl; Oberman, Michelle; White, Kelly (2001). ''Mothers who Kill Their Children''. New York University Press. {{ISBN|0-814-75643-3}}
* {{Cite book|last=Rascovsky|first=Arnaldo|title=Filicide: The Murder, Humiliation, Mutilation, Denigration, and Abandonment of Children by Parents|year=1995|publisher=Jason Aronson Incorporated|location=Northvale, New Jersey|isbn=978-1-568-21456-6}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120414214219/http://www.publications.villanova.edu/Concept/2005/Filicide.pdf Classifications and Descriptions of Parents Who Commit Filicide] ([[PDF]])
* [https://www.aic.gov.au/crg/reports/crg-5214-15 CRG 52/14-15: Filicide in Australia, 2000–2012 A National Report]

[[Category:Filicides| ]]
[[Category:Homicide]]
[[Category:Killings by type]]

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