No crime is more horrific than murdering a child. Despite this, several thousand child murders occur in the United States each and every year. Most of these child victims are either killed by their parents, or felled by gun violence, often as unintended targets. This area explores the topic of child murder, discussing how and why these crimes happen and covering some of the stories behind the statistics.
Children Murdered by their parents
Children Murdered by Neighbors
- Police in Nashville, Tennessee, arrested the neighbor of a 12-year-old girl who was strangles to death in April. Forty-five-year-old Roy D. Coons was indited on two counts of 1st-degree murder, 1 count each of 1st degree premeditated murder, attempted rape of a child, and aggravated burglary. (USA Today, 9-27-3017)