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1996 Jul 2
Seven years after they shot their parents to death in the family's Beverly Hills mansion, Lyle and Erik Menendez were sentenced to life in prison without parole.
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2008 Feb 1
In Loganville, Ga., Darryl Spearman (55) and Cherri Spearman (52) were found dead in their home by relatives. Investigators said they were beaten to death. The next day police arrested their son, Joshua Spearman (18), on two counts of murder.
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2008 Feb 1
In Cockeysville, Md., Nicholas Waggoner Browning (15) shot and killed his father John Browning (45) and mother Tamara (44) and his brothers Gregory (13) and Benjamin (11). On Oct 27 Browning pleaded guilty to first-degree murder charges and faced at least 2 decades in prison. On Jan 23, 2009, he was sentenced to 4 life terms, but could be eligible for parole in 23 years with good behavior.
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2008 Mar 14
In Pleasanton, Ca., Ernest Scherer (60), a real estate investor, and his wife Charlene Abendroth (57), an accounting lecturer, were found bludgeoned to death inside their home. In 2009 their son, Ernest Scherer III (30), was arrested in Las Vegas and charged with the murders. On may 20, 2011, Ernest Scherer III was sentenced to life in prison.
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2009 Aug 12
A French teenager (16) shot and killed his parents and twin brothers, apparently while they were asleep in their home on the island of Corsica.
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2011 Oct 23
In central Pakistan Mohammad Afzal (19) shot dead his parents and six siblings because his father, a poor donkey cart owner, could not feed the family.
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2015 Jan 5
In NYC Thomas Gilbert Jr., founder of hedge fund Wainscott Capital Partners, was shot and killed by his son Tommy Gilbert (29), who was soon arrested. In 2019 he was sentenced in Manhattan to at least 30 years in prison for the crime.
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2016 Apr 23
In San Jose, Ca., Shamina Rabbi (57) and her husband Golam Rabbi (59) were shot to death at their home at 3006 Lucas Court. Police soon arrested their sons, ages 22 and 17, as suspects. Hasib Golamrabbi said his younger brother Omar was not involved. In 2018 Hasib was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder.
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2017 Sep 26
In the Netherlands the bodies of a couple, reportedly 63 and 62, were discovered in Katlijk, a rural village with some 600 inhabitants that lies 140 km (87 miles) northeast of Amsterdam. Police detained the son (14) the same evening on suspicion of involvement in the deaths. The boy soon confessed to killing his parents with a knife.
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2018 Mar 2
James Eric Davis Jr. (19), shot and killed his parents, James and Diva Davis, this morning in a dormitory at Central Michigan Univ. in Mount Pleasant. The suspect, who was taken to a hospital the previous evening for a drug-related health problem, fled the campus. Davis was arrested shortly after midnight.
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2018 Jun 7
In South Africa Henri Van Breda (23), convicted of slaying his wealthy parents and brother and maiming his sister in a frenzied axe attack in 2015, was handed three life sentences.
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2018 Oct 14
In California a teenager in Fresno fatally shot his father and called the police. The man had been drinking and allegedly began choking his wife at their home.
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2018 Nov 23
In southern California the body of Christopher Ludwig (59) was found near a hiking trail in Laguna Niguel, Orange County. His son Maximilian Ludwig was soon arrested on suspicion of murder.
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2019 Feb 13
In southern California Camden Nicholson (27) was arrested for killing his parents and their housekeeper in Orange County. Court filings later said that authorities suspect Nicholson may have killed his parents on Feb. 11 and the housekeeper a day later.
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2019 Aug 21
In Minnesota former NFL player Barry Bennett (63) and his wife Carol Bennett (63) were found dead in their rural Long Prairie. Days later police in Mexico arrested their son Dylan John Bennett (22) as a suspect in the killings, believed to have taken place on Aug. 19.
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2020 Jul 13
It was reported that Russian prosecutors have brought charges of premeditated murder against three Moscow teenage sisters for killing their abusive father. Krestina, Angelina and Maria stabbed their 57-year old father Mikhail Khachaturyan in July 2018 after enduring years of intimidation, beatings and sexual abuse.
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