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Filicide is the deliberate act of a parent killing his or her own son or daughter. List of countries by homicide rate Homicide ( Latin homicidium, homo human being + caedere to cut kill refers to the act of killing another Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. Note for practices of systematically killing very young children see Infanticide. Consensual homicide, also called assisted suicide, refers to a killing in which the victim wants to die Contract killing occurs when a private contractor or a government hires someone to kill a specific person or people for a sum of money An honor killing or honour killing is generally the Murder of a family or clan member most often females when they (and maybe the wider community believe A lust murder is a Homicide in which the offender searches for erotic satisfaction by killing someone Lynching is an Extrajudicial punishment meted out by a mob Lynching an enumerated Felony in some states in the United States, is defined by some This article deals with mass killings that are not considered Genocide. A murder-suicide is an act in which an individual kills one or more other persons immediately before or at the same time as killing him or herself A proxy murder is a Murder in which the murderer does so at the behest of another acting as his or her proxy Human sacrifice is the act of Homicide (the Killing of one or several Human beings in the context of a Religious ritual ( ritual killing A serial killer is a person who Murders usually three or more people with a "cooling off" period between each murder and whose motivation for killing is largely based A spree killer, also known as a rampage killer, is someone who embarks on a Murderous assault on his victims in a short time in multiple locations Torture murder is a loosely defined term to describe the process used by Murderers who kill their victims by slowly torturing them Manslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being in a manner considered by law as less culpable than Murder. For a discussion of the law in other countries see Manslaughter In the English law of Homicide, manslaughter is a less serious Negligent homicide is a charge brought against people who by inaction allow others under their care or presence intentionally to die Vehicular Homicide ( or sometimes known as Vehicular Manslaughter) in most states in the United States is a crime The United States' concept of justifiable homicide in Criminal law stands on the dividing line between an Excuse, justification and an Exculpation Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. Avunculicide is the act of killing an Uncle. The term is derived from the Latin words avunculus meaning "maternal uncle" and caedere Definition According to Rummel Genocide has three different meanings A familicide is a type of Murder or Murder-suicide in which at least one spouse and one or more children are killed Gendercide is a Neologism that refers to the systematic killing of members of a specific Sex, either Males or Females The term is intended to Fratricide (from the Latin word frater, meaning "brother" and cide meaning to kill is the act of a person Killing his or her Gendercide is a Neologism that refers to the systematic killing of members of a specific Sex, either Males or Females The term is intended to Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction in whole or in part of an ethnic racial religious or national group Infanticide is the practice of someone intentionally causing the death of an Infant. Mariticide (from Latin maritus "married" + -cide, from caedere "to cut to kill" literally means the murder of one's married Matricide is the act of Killing one's Mother. As for any type of killing motives can vary a great deal Neonaticide is the killing of a newborn within the first 24 hours of life Parricide ( Latin "parricida" killer of a close relative stemming from ( Latin "parri" alike or equal and "-cida" -cide or killer Patricide is (i the act of killing one's father or (ii a person who kills his or her father The broad definition of regicide is the deliberate killing of a Monarch, or the person responsible for it Sororicide (from Latin soror "sister" + -cide, from caedere "to cut to kill" is the act of killing one's own sister Tyrannicide literally means the killing of a Tyrant. Typically the term is taken to mean the killing or Assassination of tyrants for the common good Uxoricide (from Latin uxor meaning "wife" is murder of one's wife An For the American death metal band see Deicide (band Deicide is the killing of a god either the God of a monotheistic religion Feticide or foeticide is an act that causes the death of a fetus The term can also be applied to the parent who has committed such an act. The word filicide derives from the Latin word filius meaning "son". Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome.
In some cultures, killing a daughter who is deemed to have disgraced the family is a common occurrence (see honor killing). An honor killing or honour killing is generally the Murder of a family or clan member most often females when they (and maybe the wider community believe
A 1999 US Department of Justice Study concluded that between 1976 and 1997 in the U.S., mothers were responsible for a higher share of children killed during infancy while fathers were more likely to have been responsible for the murders of children age 8 or older. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Furthermore, 52% of the children killed by their mothers were male (maternal filicide), while 57% of the children killed by their fathers were male (paternal filicide).
Sometimes there is a combination of murder and suicide in filicide cases. A murder-suicide is an act in which an individual kills one or more other persons immediately before or at the same time as killing him or herself
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Psychology
A number of academics attribute it, both modern and historical, to psychological inability to raise children. Infanticide is the practice of someone intentionally causing the death of an Infant. Contemporary data suggests that modern filicide is sometimes brought about by a psychological unreadiness to raise children. It could also be exacerbated by schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia ( from the Greek roots schizein (σχίζειν "to split" and phrēn It is also attributed, in some cases, to the desire of unwed, underage parents to conceal their sexual relations and/or avoid the responsibility of childrearing. It is attributed in other cases to a strong feeling of alienation or genetic disaffection; in such cases other children are not thought to be at risk and the mother often takes on a new role in child care.
Known or suspected filicides
- Karen McCarron is suspected of smothering her three-year-old autistic daughter, Katie. Karen McCarron is an Illinois Physician who has admitted to smothering her autistic daughter Katherine 'Katie' McCarron to death
- Lucius Sergius Catilina, the notorious Roman insurrectionist was said to have murdered his only son to persuade Aurelia Orestilla to marry him. Lucius Sergius Catilina (108 BC–62 BC known in English as Catiline, was a Roman Politician of the 1st century BC who is best known for the
- Neil Entwistle - Was charged in the January 2006 killing of his baby daughter Lillian in Hopkinton, MA - (infanticide). Hopkinton is best known as the starting point of the Boston Marathon, held annually on Patriot's Day in April and as the home of computer storage firm EMC Corporation Infanticide is the practice of someone intentionally causing the death of an Infant.
- Marvin Pentz Gaye, Sr. shot his son, singer Marvin Gaye, during an argument in Los Angeles, California, in 1984. Marvin Pentz Gay Jr, known as Marvin Gaye ( April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American Singer-songwriter Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West He was sent to a rest home for the rest of his life.
- Susan Smith drowned her two sons Michael and Alex in a maroon Mazda Protegé in Union, South Carolina, in 1994. Susan Smith (born September 26, 1971 as Susan Leigh Vaughan) of Union, South Carolina, and a student at the University The Mazda Familia is a long-running nameplate used by Mazda for their Small family cars manufactured between 1964 and 2003 with 10589052 sold worldwide Union is a city in and the County seat of Union County, South Carolina, United States. She was sentenced to life in prison in Union, South Carolina, in 1995. Union is a city in and the County seat of Union County, South Carolina, United States.
- Andrea Yates - Drowned her five children in a bathtub in 2001, in Clear Lake City, Texas, due to postpartum depression and other mental disorders. Andrea Pia Yates (born July 2 1964 a Houston, Texas resident is known for killing her five young children on June 20 2001 by drowning them in the Bathtub Clear Lake City is a Master-planned community located in southeast Harris County Texas and is the second-largest master-planned community in Houston&mdashbehind Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. She was sentenced to life in prison in Gatesville, Texas in 2002, but the sentence was later overturned and was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Gatesville is a city in Coryell County, Texas, United States. She is now committed to a mental hospital.
- Bradford Bishop bludgeoned his three children, spouse and mother to death in 1976. William Bradford Bishop Jr (born August 1, 1936) was a United States Foreign Service officer who has been a fugitive from justice since Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was indicted for murders and remains at large.
- Debora Green burned two of her three children to death in an arson attack, out of fear she would lose custody of them to her estranged husband Michael Farrar. Dr Debora Green (born February 28 1951) was a former Oncologist living in Prairie Village Kansas, married to Michael Farrar a Cardiologist Sentenced to life imprisonment. Life imprisonment or life incarceration is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime often for most
- Ivan IV of Russia (Ivan the Terrible) killed his son and heir to the throne in a fit of rage.
- Peter the Great of Russia had his son tortured to death, being present at several of the torture sessions and allegedly participating in some of them.
- Ronald Clark O'Bryan poisoned his son on Halloween 1974 with cyanide-laced candy for $20,000 of life insurance money. Ronald Clark O'Bryan (nicknamed The Candyman) ( October 19, 1944 – May 31, 1984) was a Murderer from Pasadena Executed in 1984.
- John Emil List murdered his three children, mother and his wife on November 9, 1971. John Emil List ( September 17 1925 - March 21 2008) was an American convicted Mass murderer On November 9 He was a fugitive for 18 years. He was apprehended on June 1, 1989 after an episode of America's Most Wanted aired. America's Most Wanted is an American TV show produced by 20th Century Fox, and is the longest-running program of any kind in the history On May 1, 1990 he was sentenced to 5 life terms in prison.
- Sharon Amos, a prominent member of the Peoples Temple church in Guyana (who was not present at Jonestown, but rather at Guyana headquarters in Georgetown) slit the throats of her two children and then herself after hearing the news of mass suicide from Jonestown over the ham radio. Peoples Temple was an organization founded in 1955 by Jim Jones that by the mid-1970s possessed over a dozen locations in California including its headquarters in San
- Jozsef Barsi. On July 25, 1988 child actress Judith Barsi's father entered her bedroom and shot her in her head. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Judith Eva Barsi ( June 6, 1978 &ndash July 25, 1988) was an American child actress. Judith's mother heard the gunshot and came running down the hall where she was met by her father; he then shot his wife. He then drenched the bodies in gasoline and set the house on fire before finally shooting himself in the garage.
- Josef and Magda Goebbels poisoned their six children before committing suicide. Paul Joseph Goebbels (German pronunciation ˈɡœbəls English generally ˈɡɝbəlz (29 October 1897 1 May 1945 was a German politician and Reich Minister of Public Johanna Maria Magdalena "Magda" Goebbels ( November 11, 1901 &ndash May 1, 1945) was the wife of Nazi Germany 's Propaganda The Goebbels children were the five daughters and one son born to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda Goebbels.
- Yeongjo, king of Korea (r. Yeongjo (1694-1776 r 1724-1776 was the twenty-first king of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. 1724-1776), ordered the death of his son, Crown Prince Sado, in 1767. Crown Prince Sado (1735&ndash1762 was born as the second son of the Korean king Yeongjo of Joseon. The crown prince had murdered people within the royal palace and was most likely mentally ill. He obeyed his father’s order to climb into a rice chest, where he subsequently suffocated to death.
- Selim I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1512-1520), had all possible competitors for the sultanate assassinated, including two of his brothers, his nephews, and all of his sons but one, Suleiman I. Selim I ( Ottoman: سليم الأول, Turkish: ISelim; also known as "the Grim" or "the Brave" Yavuz in Suleiman I (سليمان Sulaymān, Süleyman almost always Kanuni Sultan Süleyman) ( 6 November 1494 5/ 6 September 1566
- Ptolemy XII of Egypt had his daughter Berenice IV and her husband beheaded in 55 BC. Ptolemy Neos Dionysos Theos Philopator Theos Philadelphos ( Ptolemaĩos Néos Diónusos Theós Philopátōr Theós Philádelphos) New Dionysus, God Beloved Berenice IV ( Greek: Βερενίκη) born in Alexandria, Egypt in 77 BC, died in Alexandria 55 BC, was the daughter of Ptolemy This was after she had dethroned him and poisoned her sister, Cleopatra VI. Cleopatra VI Tryphaena ( Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Τρύφαινα) was an Egyptian Ptolemaic queen
- Dena Schlosser murdered her young daughter by cutting off both of her arms with a kitchen knife because "God told [her] to". Dena Schlosser, born in 1969 in Plano, Texas, killed her eleven-month-old daughter Margaret Schlosser in 2004 amputating the baby's arms with a knife and offering
- Diane Downs shot her three children in Oregon and shot herself in the arm. Elizabeth Diane Frederickson Downs (born on August 7, 1955) was convicted June 17 1984 for the May 19 1983 shooting of her three children Stephen Daniel Downs She claimed a bushy haired man shot her and her kids. Her story was made into a book written by Ann Rule and movie titled Small Sacrifices starring Farrah Fawcett
- Mark O. Barton killed several family members including his own children before going on a shooting spree and committing suicide
- Professional wrestler Chris Benoit killed his seven year old son Daniel, along with his wife and himself, on June 23, 2007. Ann Rule (born October 22, 1935 in Lowell Michigan) is a popular American true crime writer Small Sacrifices is a 1989 made for TV movie based on the real life events of Diane Downs, a mother who on May 19 1983 at approximately Ferrah Leni Fawcett (born February 2 1947) is an American actress Mark Orrin Barton (1955 &ndash July 29, 1999) was a Spree killer from Stockbridge Georgia, who on July 29, 1999 Christopher Michael Benoit (bə'nwɑ (May 21 1967—June 24 2007 was a Canadian professional wrestler who in 2007 received extensive media coverage as a Nancy Elizabeth Benoit (née Toffoloni) (born May 21 1964 &ndash June 22 2007) (more commonly known by her in-ring names Woman
- In 2003, Manuel Gehring of Concord, New Hampshire shot and killed his two children-- Sarah, 14, and Philip, 11-- before driving cross-country to California, where he was arrested, and burying them along the way. The city of Concord (ˈkɒnkərd often mispronounced as " Concorde " is the Capital of the state of New Hampshire in the United States Manuel hung himself in prison awaiting trial in early 2004, and the bodies were recovered in Ohio in late 2005. His motives were unknown. [1]
- Robert Latimer killed his daughter Tracy on October 24, 1993, claiming it was to end her pain of being a quadraplegic with cerebral palsy. Robert William "Bob" Latimer (born March 13 1953) a Canadian Canola and Wheat Farmer, was convicted of second-degree Euthanasia (literally "good death" in Ancient Greek) refers to the practice of ending a life in a painless manner Cerebral palsy ( CP) is an Umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non- contagious conditions that cause Physical disability
- In June 6, 1996, Darlie Routier murdered her two sons, Damon and Devon. Darlie Routier (born January 4, 1970) is a woman from Rowlett, Texas who was convicted of murdering her young son Damon and is currently on Both boys were stabbed in their Rowlett, Texas home. Routier suffered self-inflicted wounds. Routier is currently serving life without parole.
- Muhammad Parvez killed his daughter, Aqsa Parvez, on December 10, 2007, because of her refusal to wear a hijab outside her home. Aqsa "Axa" Parvez (1991 &ndash December 10, 2007) was the victim of either an alleged Honour killing or an act of Domestic violence
- Chizuko Okamoto was convicted of the October 2005 killing her daughter, and she was suspected of four others of her three children and her stepson. is a Japanese woman who was convicted of killing her own daughter.
- Anna Maria Franzoni killed her son Samuele Lorenzi in their home in Cogne Italy
Filicides in myth and fiction
- In the PS2 God of War (video game) series, Kratos is tricked, by Ares, previous god of war, in the series, into killing his own child and his wife. The so-called Cogne case (known in Italian as the caso Cogne) involved the death of 3-year-old Samuele Lorenzi on 31 January 2002 in his family home in Cogne is a town in Aosta Valley, northern Italy with 1469 inhabitants as of 2005 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest God of War is a Video game for the PlayStation 2 console released on March 22, 2005. Kratos decides to get back at Ares for doing so, as well as for what Ares did to Athens. In Greek mythology, Ares ( Ancient Greek:, Μodern Greek Άρης) is the son of Zeus and Hera.
- In the PS2 sequel to God of War (video game), God of War II, Zeus, attempts to kill Kratos, who at the end of the game is revealed to be Zeus's son. God of War is a Video game for the PlayStation 2 console released on March 22, 2005. God of War II is a Hack and slash action-adventure Video game and the sequel to the 2005 game God of War for the PlayStation Although this merely counts as attempted filicide, due to Kratos' release from the grips of Hades (The Greek god of the Underworld). Hades (from Greek, Hadēs, originally, Haidēs or, Aidēs, probably from Indo-European *n̥-wid- 'unseen' refers both to the ancient
- Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare - Title character kills his daughter Lavinia. Titus Andronicus may be Shakespeare's earliest Tragedy; it is believed to have been written sometime between 1584 and the early 1590s William Shakespeare ( baptised This is an attempt to restore her honor after she was raped, her hands were amputated, and her tongue cut out. Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma or Surgery. Titus previously kills her attackers (then apparently puts pieces of the men's dead bodies into a pie that he serves their mother), marking this play as Shakespeare's most gruesome.
- La Llorona (The Weeping Woman) - This Hispanic American folktale tells of a woman, Maria, whose husband is unfaithful. La Llorona (la ʝoˈɾona or approximately "lah yoh-ROH-nah" Spanish for "the crying woman" sometimes called the Woman in White or the In her rage, she throws their children into the river, where they are drowned. [2]
- In the Medea of Euripides, Medea kills her children, in retaliation for being abandoned by her husband, Jason. Medea (Μήδεια / Mēdeia) is a tragedy play written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced Euripides ( Ancient Greek:) (ca 480 BC–406 BC was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens (the other two being Aeschylus Medea (Μήδεια Mēdeia) in Greek mythology was the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of Jason ( Greek: Ἰάσων, Etruscan: Easun, Laz: Yason) was a late ancient Greek mythological
- In The Bacchae, also by Euripides, Agave kills her son Pentheus while possessed by Dionysus. The Bacchae (Βάκχαι / Bakchai; also known as The Bacchantes) is a Athenian Tragedy by the ancient Greek In Greek mythology, Agave (or Agaue, English translation: "illustrious" was the daughter of Cadmus, the king and founder of the city In Greek mythology, Pentheus was a king of Thebes, son of the strongest of the Spartes, Echion, and of Agave, daughter of In Classical mythology, Dionysus or Dionysos (in Greek, Διόνυσος or Διώνυσος; associated with Roman
- Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter, Iphigeneia, to the goddess Artemis in Aeschylus' The Oresteia and in Euripides' Iphigeneia at Aulis. In Greek mythology, Agamemnon (very resolute / ( ancient Greek:) is a hero, the son of King Atreus of Mycenae 112 Iphigenia is an Asteroid. Iphigeneia (Eng /ɪfədʒə'naɪə/, also Iphigenia In Greek mythology, Artemis language|Greek] ( Nominative), ( Genitive))] was the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister Aeschylus (ˈɛskɨləs or /ˈiːskɨləs/ Greek: Ασχύλος, Aischylos, 525 BC/524 BC 456 BC/455 BC was an ancient Greek Playwright Euripides ( Ancient Greek:) (ca 480 BC–406 BC was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens (the other two being Aeschylus Iphigenia at Aulis (Ιφιγένεια εν Αυλίδι / Iphigeneia en Aulidi) is the last extant work of the playwright Euripides.
- Orchamus, a king in Greek mythology ordered his daughter Leucothea buried alive upon learning that she was in love with Apollo. Orchamus was a king in Greek mythology. He had two daughters Leucothea and Clytia. Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance In Greek mythology, Leucothea ( Greek: Leukothea (Λευκοθέα English translation: "white goddess" was one of the aspects
- In the HBO series Oz, white supremacist Schillinger has his son killed by providing him with poisoned narcotics while he is in solitary confinement. Oz is an American Television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes The term narcotic (ναρκωτικός is believed to have been coined by the Greek physician Galen to refer to agents that benumb or deaden causing loss Solitary confinement, colloquially referred to in American English as "the hole" or "the pound" (or in British English "the block" is a Punishment
- In the video game Castlevania, a witch named Actrise relishes the memory of sacrificing her child to the Devil in return for eternal life. Castlevania is a video game developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo 64. Castlevania is a video game developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo 64.
- In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Cuchulainn unwittingly kills his son Conlaoch when Conlaoch arrives in Ulster and, under a geis from his mother, the warrior queen Aoife, refuses to give his name to the king. Texts in translation Most of the important Ulster Cycle tales can be found in the following publications Thomas Kinsella, The Táin, Oxford University The Mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved shorn of its religious meanings Cúchulainn /kuːˈxʊlɪnʲ/ ( ( Irish for "Hound of Culann " also spelled Cú Chulainn, Cú Chulaind, Cúchulain, or Connla or Conlaoch is a character in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, the son of the Ulster champion Cúchulainn and the Scottish In Irish mythology and folklore a geis ( plural geasa) is an idiosyncratic Taboo, whether of obligation or prohibition similar to being under Aífe ( Modern Irish Aoife /iːfʲə/ is a character from the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Cuchulainn recognizes his son by a golden ring only after he inflicts a mortal wound with his magical spear, the Gae Bolga. The Gáe Bulg (also Gáe Bulga, Gáe Bolg, Gáe Bolga, meaning "notched spear" "belly spear"
- In the 1990 film The Grifters, con artist Lilly Dillon unintentionally kills her son while trying to take his money. The year 1990 in film involved some significant events Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for This article discusses the movie The Grifters. See Grifters for information about the rock band from Tennessee A confidence trick or confidence game (also known as a bunko, con, flim flam, gaffle, grift, scam, scheme
- In Beloved, Sethe kills her daughter Beloved to save her from being returned to slavery.
- Hercules of Greek Mythology killed his wife and children in a fit of rage induced by Hera
- In the FOX Network show Justice, a woman is tried and convicted of shooting her son, who threatened to reveal the mother's drug dealing business. Hercules is the Roman name for the Mythical Greek hero Heracles, son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmena. Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera (ˈhɪərə or /ˈhɛrə/ Greek) or Here ( in Ionic and Homer JUSTICE is a Human rights and law reform organisation based in the United Kingdom.
- In the FOX Network show 24, Graem Bauer (Paul McCrane) is killed by his father, Phillip Bauer (James Cromwell) before he can reveal Phillip's involvement in the nuclear attacks against America in Season 6. 24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American action Drama Television series. Paul David McCrane (born January 19, 1961) is a Grammy Award -nominated American movie, Television and Theatre Phillip Bauer is a Fictional character in the FOX television series 24 and is portrayed by James Cromwell. James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) sometimes credited as Jamie Cromwell, is an American Film and Television
- In the V.C. Andrews novel Flowers in the Attic, Corrine kills her young son Cory and then tries to kill her other children (including main character Cathy) with aresnic in order to get her parents' inheritance. Cleo Virginia Andrews ( June 6, 1923 – December 19, 1986) better known as V Flowers in the Attic is a 1979 novel by V C Andrews. It is the first book in the Dollanganger Series, and was followed by Petals on the
- The 2007 film Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ends with a scene in which the character played by Albert Finney smothers his son (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman) with a pillow after Hoffman's character confesses that he was responsible for the botched robbery that resulted in his mother's death. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is a 2007 film written by Kelly Masterson and directed by Sidney Lumet. Albert Finney Jr (born 9 May 1936 is a five-time Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning English Actor. Philip Seymour Hoffman (born July 23, 1967) is a BAFTA - Golden Globe - SAG - and Academy Award -winning American
Related terms
- Prolicide is the killing of offspring.
- Infanticide is the killing of an infant from birth to 12 months. Infanticide is the practice of someone intentionally causing the death of an Infant.
- Patricide and matricide are the converse of filicide: the killing of a parent by his or her child. Patricide is (i the act of killing one's father or (ii a person who kills his or her father Matricide is the act of Killing one's Mother. As for any type of killing motives can vary a great deal
- Fratricide and sororicide refer to the killing of one's sibling. Fratricide (from the Latin word frater, meaning "brother" and cide meaning to kill is the act of a person Killing his or her Sororicide (from Latin soror "sister" + -cide, from caedere "to cut to kill" is the act of killing one's own sister
And as for non-familial killing terms from the same root:
- Regicide is the killing of a king or ruler. The broad definition of regicide is the deliberate killing of a Monarch, or the person responsible for it
- Tyrannicide is the killing of a tyrant. Tyrannicide literally means the killing of a Tyrant. Typically the term is taken to mean the killing or Assassination of tyrants for the common good
- Homicide is the killing of a human. List of countries by homicide rate Homicide ( Latin homicidium, homo human being + caedere to cut kill refers to the act of killing another
- Genocide is the killing of an ethnic, religious or national group. Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction in whole or in part of an ethnic racial religious or national group
- Ecocide is the damaging of the ecosystem
- Suicide is the killing of oneself. The neologism Ecocide can be used to refer to any large-scale destruction of the environment.
- Deicide is the killing of a god. For the American death metal band see Deicide (band Deicide is the killing of a god either the God of a monotheistic religion
- Uxoricide is the killing of one's wife. Uxoricide (from Latin uxor meaning "wife" is murder of one's wife
Also consider filial cruelty (cruelty toward one's own child), child cruelty (cruelty toward an unrelated child), and child murder (the murder of a child in general). Child abuse is the physical, psychological or sexual maltreatment of children Child abuse is the physical, psychological or sexual maltreatment of children Note for practices of systematically killing very young children see Infanticide.
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