Citation

Scheinin L, Rogers CB, Sathyavagiswaran L. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 2011; 32(4): 327-330.

Affiliation

From the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, Los Angeles, CA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PAF.0b013e31821a555a

PMID

21512375

Abstract

Familicide and familicide-suicide have not been extensively documented or adequately defined in forensic and psychiatric literature. Such incidents occupy a distinct epidemiological niche and are often precipitated by financial stressors. We present a cluster of 3 such cases, all of which occurred within a 4-month period in Los Angeles County, Calif. The dynamics of these cases are evaluated relative to the literature.

Language: en