Familicide
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A familicide is a type of murder or murder-suicide in which a perpetrator kills one or more close family members (both biological and foster) in quick succession, most often children, relatives, spouse, siblings, or parents. In half the cases, the killer then kills themselves in a murder-suicide. If only the parents are killed, the case may also be referred to as a parricide. Where all members of a family are killed, the crime may be referred to as family annihilation.
There are various types of familicide:
- Matricide: The killing of the individual's mother.
- Paticide: The killing of the individual's father.
- Filicide: The killing of a child (or children) by one's own parent (or parents)
- 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.
- Uxoricide: The killing of a wife or significant other.
- Fratricide: The killing of the individual's own brother
- Sororicide: The killing of the individual's own sister
- Avunculicide: The killing of the individual's own uncle
Notable villains who have committed familicide
- Adam Lanza
- Alvaro Castillo
- Amanda Ramirez
- Amy Bishop
- Amy Hebert
- Andrew Kehoe
- Angelica Vazquez
- Anna Mae Blessing
- Ashley Auzenne
- Bradford Bishop
- Brian Blackwell
- Bruce Jeffery Pardo
- Brooke Skylar Richardson
- Bryan and David Freeman
- Brynn Hartman
- Caligula
- Candace Harbin
- Casey Anthony
- Celisa Henning
- Charles Whitman
- Chris Benoit
- Christopher Pittman
- Christopher Watts
- Christy Sheats
- Connor Betts
- Daniel Bartlam
- Deborah Jane Martin
- Derrick Bird
- Diane Downs
- Dipendra of Nepal
- Dorothy Flood
- Edmund Kemper
- Elizaveta Dubrovina
- Éric Borel
- Faisal bin Musaid
- Fedai baran
- Fred & Rosemary West
- Guadalupe Ronquillo-Ovalle
- Heather Reynolds
- Henry Lee Lucas
- Idi Amin Dada
- Jasmine Richardson
- Jeff Weise
- Jeremy Bamber
- Jerry Bradish
- Jesse Osborne
- Jesse Anderson
- John Christie
- John List
- John Zawahri
- Joseph Goebbels
- Joseph Nickell
- Josh Powell
- Julie Schenecker
- József Barsi
- Karla Homolka
- Kevin Janson Neal
- Kim Jong-un
- Kip Kinkel
- Lisa Borch
- Luke Woodham
- Maria Villalobos
- Marcus Wesson
- Matias Oyarzo (Planned)
- Mayra Perez
- Michael McLendon
- Michael Robert Ryan
- Mick Philpott
- Mike Ramirez
- Nannie Doss
- Pedro Rodrigues Filho
- Rebecca Olenchock
- Rekha Kumari-Baker
- Robert Spangler
- Robert William Fisher
- Ronald DeFeo, Jr.
- Ronald Gene Simmons Sr.
- Ryan Jenkins
- Sam DeStefano
- Stephanie Adams
- Susan Smith
- Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
- Terrance Peder Rasmussen
- Theresa Riggi
- Tobias Rathjen
- Trey Sesler
- Veronica Panarello
- Wu Zetian
- Yaser Abdel Said
- Yukio Yamaji
- Zachary Davis