Category Archives: Child Murders

Job Loss Leads to Murder of Family

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1-27-09 A poor economy can kill. Literally. In yet another example of how secondary family factors such as economics can affect a child’s welfare, a man who was distraught over losing his job fatally shot his wife, his five young children, and finally himself at their home in Los Angeles, California. Ervin Antonio Lupoe had been working as a technician at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in West Los Angeles, along with his wife. Shortly before the killings, TV station KABC … Continue reading →

Boys Bludgeoned to Death At Park

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12-23-2008 Two young cousins, ages 7 and 10, headed out on a walk to play at the park in their neighborhood on Christmas Eve. They never made it back. Both boys were found beaten so badly that they no longer had identifiable facial features, and police initially couldn’t even determine an exact cause of injury. Both were rushed to St. Joseph’s Hospital in critical condition. Sadly, their injuries were too severe to overcome. Both boys — 10-year-old Edwin Pellecier and … Continue reading →

Children Who Are Murdered By Family Members

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Starving Children for Insurance Money In Forest, Mississippi, authorities say money may have been the key motive in the starvation death of a 4-year-old-boy.  Police say Austin Watkins weighed a mere 19 pounds when he died on November 9th, 2008.  Scott County Sheriff Mike Lee said the family had taken out an insurance policy on the boy.  His grandmother and aunt were arrested and charged with murder.  (USA Today, 11-17-2008, p. 12A)

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Father Sets His Kids Ablaze

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In Wheaton, Illinois, a man offered to plead guilty to killing his two sons, ages 4 and 7, by dousing them with gasoline and lighting them ablaze. Kaushik, Patel’s public defender says his plea depends on the prosecution’s agreeing to not seek the death penalty, which is ironic, because Patel apparently told reporters that he had actually intended to kill himself (not his son’s) -when the crime occurred. Aug. 22, 2008  

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Mother Drowns Her Two Daughters in Brook

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April 13, 2008 Forty-year-old Nicole Waring stood at the edge of an icy brook in Wardsboro, Vermont, just about 100 yards from her parents home. A mother of two young girls, her children, six-year-old Dakota Waring and two-year-old Grace Waring stood at her side. Why she did what she did next is a puzzle to everyone. Earlier that day, Nicole had been reported missing from her parent’s home in Wardsboro, where she and the girls were staying. She had alarmed … Continue reading →

Judge Rules Against Murder Charge in Fetus’ Death

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3-20-08 Twenty-four-year-old Logan Lage was originally charged with murder and 16 other related charges in connection with a November 6, 2007 head on collision. His vehicle rammed a car driven by 26-year-old Shea Lehnen. Shea was 8 1/2 months pregnant at the time, and was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Denver, where doctors performed a cesarean  section. Her daughter was born alive but died hours later of asphyxia. Mesa County coroner Rob Kurtzman ruled the baby’s death a homicide, … Continue reading →

Mother Shoots 3 Kids, Herself

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1-24-2008 A mother of eight used a gun against 3 of her children before turning the gun on herself in a murder-suicide. Authorities were still trying to determine a motive, and couldn’t determine whether the woman had tried to seek mental health counseling. It’s a somewhat unusual murder-suicide in that not all of the kids were shot. Thirty-one-year-old Elizabeth Duman or Clarkston, Washington, was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Also killed was her 18-month-old son, Abraham. Two other … Continue reading →

Toddler Thrown Off Highway Overpass

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1-17-08 Nancy Chanco left her 21-month-old son in the supervision of his grandfather on one weekday in January. The child’s grandfather then allowed a neighbor to take the boy for a walk. The neighbor, 23-year-old Mathew Higa, had babysat the toddler on several occasions before, according to friends and family, but on this day in paradise, something would go horribly wrong. The pair walked to a pedestrian overpass on the busy H-1 freeway, which cuts through the heart of Honolulu, … Continue reading →

Dad Throws Four Kids Off Bridge

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1-9-08 Upset after getting into a fight with his wife, 37-year-old Lam Luong did the unthinkable. He got in the car and drove his four young children, ranging in ages from 4 months to 3 years, to the Dauphin Island Bridge on the Alabama coastline. He then got out and lined the children up alongside the railing. One by one, he tossed the youngsters over the 80-foot bridge into the icy waters below, sometime on Monday morning. Mr. Luong originally … Continue reading →

Girl Killed In Gang Related Robbery

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November/December 2007 It was the kind of knock on the door at night that everyone fears. Such late night callers rarely bring good news. When Leo Cisneros, or “Mickey” as he is known on the streets, answered the door on November 26, 2007, he says he encountered two men who were there to Rob him. When they pulled out guns and opened fire, family members say Mickey pulled his gun and returned fire. Bullets started flying everywhere. Leo Cisneros and … Continue reading →