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NEWS ABOUT: filicide

filicide stories: 15 news summaries

 Doc Busted in Death of Son, 9 

Oklahoma physician's wife injured trying to protect her son

Nov 17, 09 2:05 AM CST
(Newser) - An Oklahoma City doctor is being held without bail over the first-degree murder of his 9-year-old son. The boy was found dead when police arrived at Dr. Stephen Wolf's home in response to 9/11 calls. A knife was removed from the home and the boy's mother is being treated in... More »

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murder • Oklahoma • Oklahoma City • filicide • Stephen Wolf • Stephen Wolf murder

 NY Attorney 
 Beat, Suffocated 
 Family Over Hours 

Gig was about to be up on Parente investor scam, investigators believe

Apr 23, 09 3:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - A New York attorney beat and suffocated his wife and two daughters in a horrific attack that took hours, police told the New York Daily News. He then fatally slashed himself in a Baltimore hotel room where the four bodies were found. Investigators believe William Parente, 59, was ripping... More »

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parenting • New York • Manhattan • murder • scam • lawyer • father • attorney • filicide • William Parente

 Md. Man Who Killed Family 
 Was $460K in Debt 

Father detailed mortgage, credit card woes in notes

Apr 22, 09 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Maryland man who murdered his family before shooting and killing himself complained of his financial troubles in notes left at the scene, the Washington Post reports. Christopher Wood’s family was at least $460,000 in debt from two mortgages and credit card charges. The family owned a Florida... More »

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suicide • murder • foreclosure • family • father • financial crisis • recession depression • filicide

 Suicidal 
 NY Lawyer 
 Kills Family 
 in Hotel 

Family was in Baltimore visiting college daughter

Apr 22, 09 1:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A troubled Long Island attorney killed his wife, two children and himself in a Baltimore hotel, police said yesterday. "The why and the motive in this is just a big blank right now," said a police official of attorney William Parente, 59, who had an estate and tax... More »

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suicide • crime • murder • murder-suicide • Baltimore • lawyer • Long Island • attorney • filicide • law practice • William Parente

(Newser) - Police discovered five bodies in a Maryland house today after a man apparently butchered his family and killed himself, the Frederick News Post reports. Few details are known, but police in Middletown, Md., say Christopher Alan Wood, 34, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the AP reports. His wife, two... More »

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Maryland • police • murder-suicide • bodies • fatalities • recession depression • filicide

Mass. Mom Kills Child, Unborn Baby: Cops

Woman was 7½ months pregnant, stabbed herself

Apr 17, 09 10:15 AM CDT
(AP) - A pregnant woman killed her 9-year-old daughter and stabbed herself in the stomach to kill her unborn child, authorities in the Boston suburb of Quincy said today. Fang Chi Xue, 38, was treated for self-inflicted stab wounds to the arms and abdomen and is expected to be arraigned on two... More »

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pregnancy • crime • murder • Massachusetts • fetus • stabbing • daughter • mother • Quincy, Mass. • filicide

 Suicidal Alabama Dad 
 Kills 4 in Family 

Man kills two others in wife's family ahead of divorce trial

Apr 8, 09 2:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man shot dead his wife, teenage daughter, and two members of his wife's family before taking his own life in northern Alabama, AP reports. The man's body was found yesterday near his home, which had been burned to the ground. His divorce trial was due to start today and... More »

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divorce • murder • murder-suicide • Alabama • shooting • mass shootings • filicide

 Dad Killed 
 5 Kids After 
 Wife Dumped Him 

He was going to kill her, too: cops

Apr 6, 09 3:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The dad who killed his five children and himself near Tacoma, Wash., did so after discovering his wife was leaving him for another man, reports the Seattle Times reports. James Harrison, 34, confronted his wife at a convenience store Saturday before returning home to shoot each child multiple times. Four... More »

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crime • murder-suicide • children • family • Washington state • Seattle • father • filicide

 5 Children Found Slain in Home 

Tacoma police think father killed them,
then himself

Apr 4, 09 9:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five children ages 7 to 16 were found dead today in their home near Tacoma, Wash., the Seattle Times reports. Investigators say they might have been killed by their father, whose body was found at a different location after an apparent suicide. The youngest child was a boy and the... More »

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murder • Washington state • Seattle • father • shooting • filicide

 4 Kids Killed in 
 Calif. Murder-Suicide 



Apparent murder-suicide hits rich Santa Clara neighborhood

Mar 30, 09 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six people, including at least three children and one teenager or young adult, were killed in a shooting last night in an upscale neighborhood in Northern California, the San Jose Mercury News reports. A seventh person is in critical condition. Police don’t think anyone is at large. “... More »

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California • murder-suicide • shooting • filicide

 LA Dad Kills Wife, 5 Kids, Self 

Father cited 'job issues' in suicide note

Jan 27, 09 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Seven family members were found dead in their Los Angeles home today, apparent victims of a murder-suicide, police say. Police think a man shot and killed his wife and five children, and then turned the weapon on himself, the Los Angeles Times reports. The child victims were an 8-year-old, 5-year-old... More »

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suicide • police • murder • murder-suicide • Los Angeles • family • recession depression • filicide

Cops: Dad Killed Baby Son
to Dodge Child Support   

Child's body found stuffed in a bag

Jan 5, 09 1:51 AM CST
(Newser) - A young father has been charged with murdering his toddler son to avoid paying child support., reports the New Orleans Times-Picayune. The dad, 22, confessed to killing his son, stuffing the child's body in a bag and dumping it in a playground. He originally claimed the child was abducted.... More »

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New Orleans • murder • Amber Alert • child support • Central City • New Orleans Police Department • Orleans parish • filicide

Brit Found Guilty in Mass.
of Killing Wife, Baby

Entwistle, who fled to UK after 2006 incident, convicted of murder

Jun 25, 08 2:30 PM CDT
(AP) - A British man who fled the US after his wife and baby daughter were shot to death in their home was convicted of murder today by a Massachusetts jury. Neil Entwistle’s lawyer had argued that the wife killed her 9-month old baby and herself. Prosecutors said Entwistle was in... More »

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suicide • murder • Massachusetts • guilty verdict • Neil Entwistle • filicide

Austrian Man Murders
Family With Ax

Kills five relatives in several locations

May 15, 08 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Austria made crime headlines again yesterday when a man walked into a Vienna police station and confessed to killing five family members with an ax, CNN reports. He killed his wife and 7-year-old daughter, as well as his parents and father-in-law in other cities, a police spokesman said. Police found... More »

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murder • Austria • family • Vienna • ax • filicide

Dad Kills 3 Kids in Hotel Room, Calls Front Desk

Couple involved in custody battle

Mar 31, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man involved in a bitter custody battle murdered his three children in a Baltimore hotel yesterday afternoon, then called the front desk to report it, the Baltimore Sun reports. Police still aren’t sure how Mark Castillo killed the children, aged 6, 4, and 2; there was no... More »

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crime • murder • homicide • Baltimore • custody battle • Mark Castillo • Amy Castillo • filicide

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