More than 40% of the killers in these crimes were mothers, with fathers making up about 57% of those who killed their own offspring.
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A Parent Killing a Child Happens More Often Than We Think
It's the most unfathomable of crimes: a parent killing their own child. It grabs headlines when it happens -- like this week in Georgia, where a mom is accused of stabbing four of her children to death. The reality is, filicides happen with depressing regularity in the US. And mothers are almost as likely to be the killers as fathers.
