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A familicide is a type of murder or murder-suicide in which an individual kills multiple close family members in quick succession, most often children, spouses, siblings, or parents.^[1]^[2] In half the cases, the killer lastly kills themselves in a murder-suicide.^[3]^[4]^[5] 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.

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