The USA TODAY Network examined 227 “family annihilation” cases that occurred in the U.S. from Jan. 1, 2020, to April 30, 2023, and found several common threads in the tragedies that killed more than 750.
Three scenarios repeatedly jumped out from the data: Men who killed their wives or girlfriends and children; young men who killed their parents and siblings; and couples who conspired to kill their children and themselves.