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Maternal Filicide

Florida Mother Charged With First-Degree Murder in 4-Year-Old Son’s Suffocation

The medical examiner says the child died by suffocation, revising early reports of a stabbing.

New Jersey Mother Charged With Murder in Deaths of Sons, 5 and 7

Louisiana Mother Charged With First-Degree Murder in New Year’s Day Shooting Death of 1-Year-Old

Queens Mother Charged With Murder After 15-Month-Old Found Unresponsive in Bathroom

Hakyung Lee Gets Life Sentence With 17-Year Minimum for New Zealand ‘Suitcase Murders’

Georgia Mother Charged With Murder in Deaths of Two Infants Three Years Apart

Illinois Mother Gets 35 Years for Killing 7-Year-Old Son After Guilty Plea

Mother Charged With Capital Murder After Toddler Found Dead in Funeral Home Hearse

Florida Mother Charged with Murder After Alleged Exorcism Kills 6-Year-Old Son