Filicide

psychology

Cases in which a mother kills her daughter are rare but deeply troubling, drawing sustained public and scholarly attention. When a parent ends the life of a child, it challenges...

health

Andrea Yates is a Texas woman convicted for the drowning death of her five children in the family bathtub in 2001. At the time, she was experiencing severe postpartum psychosis...

Crime & Legal

This structured summary presents verified details commonly reported in cases where a daughter plans to kill a parent. It is intended as a durable reference for understanding cha...

Society and Culture

When a mother kills her daughter, the event is rare but profoundly consequential for families, communities, and public understanding of caregiving, mental health, and violence....

parental violence and family safety

This evergreen explainer examines the extremely rare but highly consequential phenomenon of a father killing his son. Because these cases involve homicide between close family m...

family-and-relationships

When a mother kills her son, it involves a rare but deeply consequential form of homicide with legal, mental health, and social dimensions. In most documented cases, the son is...