Why do parents kill their children? The facts about filicide in Australia
- Written by Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University
Most victims of filicide are under 17 years old.from shutterstock.com
A six-month-old baby was killed earlier this week in what is suspected to be a murder-suicide. Police are investigating whether the child was killed by its father, after their bodies were found in a car on the Sunshine Coast.
At least one child in Australia is killed by a parent...
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