Family Violence & Homicide

An in-depth look at familicide and family annihilators through the use of case studies, exploring the psychology, characteristics, possible trigger factors and profiles of individuals who decide to take the...

At 16 years old Sarah Johnson murdered both her parents in a shocking case of parricide in Idaho in 2003. Although she has always protested her innocence, she remains behind...

In the concluding part of the series, witness testimony and the decisions not to let the jury hear their evidence is examined during MacDonald's 1979 trial.

A closer look at the complex evidence in the 1979 murder trial of Green Beret Captain Jeffrey MacDonald in the second of a 3-part series on the case.

In the first of a 3-part series, Australian true crime writer Stephen Karadjis discusses the case of Green Beret Captain Jeffrey MacDonald, who was given three consecutive life sentences in...

The role of first-love and powerful emotions in adolescent female parricide including the cases of Jasmine Richardson, Erin Caffey, Kim Edwards and Sarah Johnson.

When multiple wives suddenly die in mysterious accidents it is often not until the second death occurs that police begin digging a bit deeper.

While love can be a wonderful thing, it is a powerful emotion and one that can prove deadly. In October 2016, Stuart Gallear stabbed his wife to death after discovering...

The judge in Casey Anthony's murder trial from 2011 suggests she killed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee by accident using chloroform trying to keep her quiet.

On 20th June 2001 in Houston, Texas, Andrea Yates drowned her five children one after the other in the bathtub of her family home. Four sons, John (5), Luke (2),...

Given Charles Lindbergh's stature as an international hero, investigators in 1932 didn't consider the unthinkable... that Lindbergh was a suspect in the death of his son.

The Canadian case of Jennifer Pan in 2010 features some unique characteristics within the dark world of parricide; when a child kills their own parents.