Christmas time murders. 12-21-09 WA Mother and Infant Daughter found dead.
12-19-09 UT Man Texts that he murdered his family. 4 dead.
12-17-09: CA Hours out of jail, Boyfriend arrested for murder.
12-14-09: CA Attorney Elizabeth Fontaine's mother kills the family.

Thanksgiving Murders: Three families gunned down by male family members over this past holiday period.

But the case that sums it up is James Kraig Kahler Kills Wife, Daughters. Spares Son.

Before scrolling for dead kids and families listed by state; please know attorneys are beginning to request and receive, A GPS device that warns victims. It makes sense. See below.

(As the results of this Study indicates - the police do not take reports seriously.)

MOST RECENT FAMILY MURDERS:
FL: Quadruple Murder Conviction.
IL: Arrest in Murder of Family of Five.
MD: Mount Airy Family of Four.
AZ: Mom kills two kids, self.
FL: Dad kills Wife, five kids. Blames wife.
CA: Dad kills kids. Self.
LA: Dennis Carter kills family, kids and self. (violated restraining orders three times...each time bailing out of jail. Why not charge the DA for malpractice?)

(Reporters didn't identify the judges who never sent him to jail.)

MO: Sheri Coleman and her sons, Garett and Gavin Found Murdered.
Dad wasn't working that night.

Family Murders stats MURDER - SUICIDE

As the economy heats up every possible stress level.
NY: Attorney carefully murders entire family.

Lately, family murders have been economically-related, and victims never see it coming. Parents murdering their children is an international crime, as these cases from Scotland, and the Aussie man in custody battle stops car on bridge, keeps sons in the car but throws daughter off bridge. demonstrate.

Unfortunately mainstream media covers family murders in a hit and miss way, so the public believes they are unusual. A sort of surprise which is disingenuous.

However, the children featured here are featured to give them their due.

With this in mind, begin scrolling for to read about children murdered by their parents, listed alphabetically, by state.

ALABAMA
Kevin Garner kills kids, and wife one day before custody Trial.
Eric Robinson kills his three young children, self, after violating restraining order.

ARIZONA
Christoper Payne charged with murder of daughter, Ariana Payne.
Tyler's body not found.
- Arizona Republican columnist, Laurie Roberts, detailed 69 deaths of kids at the hands of their Mother's boyfriends at years' end.
Eric Natzel arrested for daughter's death.
Former Phoenix Fireman Robert Fisher On FBI's Ten Most Wanted List for Murder of Family

CALIFORNIA
Mom-Son Murder.

Mom recants story, Arrested for death of baby daughter.
Although CPS had evidence he was abused, Seth Ireland was still beaten to death.

Legislators need to end the ability of state agencies to claim immunity in these types of situations.
Another Restraining Order Triple Murder.
Charles Bailey charged with ax attack on Mother and killing two year old son with screwdriver.
Thanksgiving Triple Murder Suicide
The holiday killings have begun. Silver Lake Dad kills kids, shoots wive, kills self. Yes, he *was* violating an existing restraining order.
Stressed Orland Cho, kills family; Maricel Cho, 39; Nicole Cho, 9; Kathleen Cho, 8, and Christopher Cho, 5, Headline writers suggest he was "unappreciated."
Ex Parted into a murder - Suicide?
Fired Kaiser employee Ervin Antonio Lupoe murders entire family.
Erhan Kayik, 41, arrested in son, Volkan Kayik's murder. Led authorities to the buried body.

Triple murder suicide Kevin Morrissey, guns down his wife, Dr. Mamiko Kawai,and their children, Nikki Morrissey, 8, and Kim "Elena" Morrissey, 6 over money problems.
Separated at Christmas,Josemari Dogoldogol stabs his two daughters Mary Jo, age five, and Jade, age three.

"If you leave I'm going to F*** him up."
Richmond's Teresa Marie Moses arrested on suspicion of murder, torture, child endangerment and child abuse of her eight year old son, Raijon Daniels.
San Pablo's Lavida Davis admits to smothering her two children.
over a two year period.
Security Guard Gideon Walter Omondi, Confesses to Drowning 4 year old Son During Divorce
Step-father Robert Phillips Shoots His Two Step-daughters to Death at Birthday Party.
Former Deputy John Hogan Kills 3 Kids, self.
Apple Valley's Wesley Burke kills his three kids, self.
Trevor Branscum kills his four kids, self.
Placerville's Roy Clayton Commits suicide after killing his son.
Riverside DA assistant (former cop) murders wife, kids, mother-in-law, self.
San Diego's William Hoffine Guns Down Son Running Track
San Mateo. Bodies of wife, kids, found stacked in California Freezer.

COLORADO
Denver Dad Kills Five year old son, self.
Father Violates Restraining Order, Kidnaps and Shotgun Murders His Three Daughters.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Banita Jacks guilty of murdering her four daughters.

FLORIDA
FL: Troy Ryan Bellar shot and killed his wife Wendy Rene Bellar, and their sons Ryan Patrick Bellar, 8, and Zack James Bellar, who would have turned 5 months today.

Boyfriend throws baby out on the freeway. Oliver Bernsdorff kills family. To better society. Note to Judge: Bernsdorff had legal custody of the kids and killed everyone within 12 hours of his gay ex-wife getting a restraining order against him.
Toddler dead after Longest "visit" with Chauncey Robinson, his Dad.
Oliver Thomas Bernsdorff kills family.

GEORGIA
1/9/07 - Police arrested Felicia Williams since her children were found stabbed to death in the family home in Bethlehem, Georgia. The children were 4-year-old James Ross Hill Jr. and 9-year-old Elexis Hill.
Some children spared
Lithonia Man Charged in Wife, Twins Murder.
Locust Grove Man kills three kids, self
Atlanta Day Trader Kills Wife, kids. Then goes on a rampage.

ILLINOIS

Mom Nimisha Tiwari burns self and two kids in double-murder, suicide fire.
Cassandra Isom, 40, and her two children, Michael Moore, 17, and 13-year-old Ciandre Cole killed.

Mila Petrov arrested for Two Counts of First Degree Murder .
Charles Dilworth admits Stomping Three month old son to death. Was upset with his wife.
Clarendon Hills Father rapes, drowns daughter in toilet. (Wife had protection order after filing for divorce.)

INDIANA
Eric Johnson pilots plane into ex mother-in-law's home with his eight year old daughter, Emily on board. Kills Emily and self.

Albert Ellington Stabs 12 year old Daughter to Death.
Ex-Trooper Gets Life For Killing Family
Kills pregnant wife and baby

IOWA
Sueppel kids, Ethan, Mira, Eleanor, Seth and their mother Sheryl Sueppel found murdered. Father Steven and family van, missing.

KANSAS
A murderous trifecta. Andrew Guerrero arrested for killing ex wife, her daughter and their unborn child.

KENTUCKY
You'd think in the murder of little Cole Frazier, by a father with a long, bad history, the press would at the very least, include the name of the judge.

But, you'd be wrong.
Ex Party, Deadly Screw-up
Mom, Three Kids Murdered (Dad murders them, commits suicide).
Said Biyad Confesses to killing his four children. (But then he plead "not guilty.")
Grayson's Randall King kills Nine Month old Son, self.
Newport's Michael Richardson messes up at work, kills family, friend and dog on lunch break.

LOUISANA
St. Tammany Parish Court records show Adrienne Magee had gotten a restraining order against her husband Jack Magee, citing his increasingly violent behavior and her fear for her children's safety. Later he crashed his car into hers, then shot Adrienne and two of their three children. One survived.

MARYLAND
Christopher Wood suspected of stabbing and shooting three kids and wife to death.
Stephen Todd Nelson Admits to Throwing His 3 year old son off Baltimore Bridge.

MASSACHUSETTS
Fang Chi Xue in hospital after killing daughter and unborn child.
Mark Benoit kills wife and daughter.
Father burns two kids to death in car in front of mother's workplace.

MICHIGAN
The tragedy of Ricky Holland School officials "suspected" and did nothing.

MISSOURI
Dan Andrews kills pregnant wife and nine month old son, Tayler, to undergo mental exam.
Gee. Ya think?
Man kills five, including his three kids.
Saint Louis Cancer Doctor Edward Van Dyk Hurls Kids, Self off Balcony.

The shocking part? This is not news.

NEW YORK
Manhattan attorney Bill Parente couldn't face his debts. Kills wife Betty Parente, 19-year-old Stephanie Parente and 11-year-old Catherine Parente, instead. Then, self.
Latrice Brewer kills her three kids.
Roscoe Glinton on trial for murder of Lisa Eatmon, his pregnant girlfriend.
Man with three families drowns two kids in tub.
Father held in first-grader Jerica Rhodes, Stabbing Death.
Tot Stabbed to death. Father arrested.

NEVADA
Zander Martino beaten to death. Dad charged, but the whole family has problems.

NORTH CAROLINA
Another, Mother-daughter murder-suicide.
Faye Vick kills two kids and self.
Matthews Senior Bank VP Stabs Five Year old Twin Girls to Death.

OHIO
Mom Microwaves Infant After Fight with Boyfriend.

OKLAHOMA
A years worth of dead kids.

PSTD Soldier tells wife he's going to kill the kids if she divorces him; and does.

OREGON
Rockland Stephens kills son, Shane and self Killer of tiny Dulce Samantha Hernandez Onofre,was sentenced to life in prison.
Portrait of three failures PENNSYLVANIA
Toddler Nyia Miangel Page, knocked out and left outside in freezing temperatures dies. Father, William Lorenzo Page arrested.

Adair Garcia Admits Killing His Five Children.

SOUTH CAROLINA
James Theordore Dickerson Jr. charged with beating his 7 year old to death.

Donald Joseph Mauldin's charge is now homicide by child abuse for the death of Alyssa Carver.
Michael Simmons charged in Five murders. One woman and her four children. The dead are Betra Rainey, 39, and her children William Rainey, 16, Hakiem Rainey, 13, Malachia Robinson, 8, and Samenia Robinson, 6.

From 2007 in the past two years, at least six other Charlotte-area parents have been accused of killing their children:
Esther Flores: The 21-year-old is in the Mecklenburg County jail, accused of stabbing her newborn daughter to death. The baby, who police believe was born and died May 21, was named Esmerelda Garcia Flores.
Mark Minor: Shot his two young sons and killed himself June 14 in their Union County home, authorities say. His 10-year-old son, Ryan, died from his injuries; 8-year-old Ross lost his sight but is recovering.
Gilberto Miranda Cuellar: In the Mecklenburg County jail awaiting trial. He is accused of fatally shooting his two children March 3, 2006, and setting the family's house on fire.
David Crespi: Serving life in prison without parole. He fatally stabbed his 5-year-old twin daughters, Tessara and Samantha, on Jan. 20, 2006, in the family's southeast Mecklenburg home.
Lisa Greene: On trial in Cabarrus County. She is accused of setting her home on fire Jan. 10, 2006, killing her 8-year-old daughter, Addison, and 10-year-old son, Daniel.

SOUTH DAKOTA
Brian Leingang is charged with murder of his wife Melissa Leingang and their 7-month-old son, Caden.

TENNESSEE - (too nuts not to profile.)
Man wins more visitation time - then kills mother, her mother and self
Daryl Holton, the Tennessee father who also killed his four children so they wouldn't have to be raised by their alcoholic mother.

TEXAS
Why was Robert Schaerer arriving at estranged wife's home at 2:00a.m? Robert and Marina Schaerer, as well as Salador Renteria Jr., 14, are now all dead.

Toby Payne booked for strangling his toddler. Father admits to stomping son's skull in.
Mother, 3 kids found handed in the closet.
Samir Kataria shot his wife and two sons in the head. Then killed himself in a Triple-Murder, Suicide.
Houston Mother Alma Avalos kills Eight year old Daughter Arleene Avalos in Murder-Suicide.
Houston Mother awarded full custody finds kids Dead in Their Beds. killed by Dad in divorce, murder-suicide.

VIRGINIA
Former Bush Aide Law Professor Kills Autistic Son, Self After Domestic Dispute.

WASHINGTON
Murdered Children's Mom Works to Save Others.
James Harrison murders his five kids, self; after fight with wife, Angela Harrison.

WEST VIRGINIA
September 2, 2006; Douglas W. Pennington, 49, shot sons Logan, 26, and Benjamin, 24, multiple times then shot himself once in the chest with a .38 caliber revolver on the Shepherd University campus, state police said. Both sons were identified as Shepherd students.
Police said the elder Pennington traveled to the campus to visit his sons, but authorities offered no reason for the shootings.

California Attorney General Lockyer evidenced voters should not look to him for relief after likening judicial abuse, including constitutional rights, to "policy disputes." His February 24th remarks, featured below, demonstrated a basic grasp of the situation.

At a meeting with the Independent Journal editorial board, Attorney General Bill Lockyer said that even if (Family Law) complaints are justified, recalls should be used to remove officials who have committed misdeeds - not to settle policy disputes.

"Family law seems to be a legitimate beef," Lockyer said. "Should you recall a DA because of that? Absolutely not."

Lockyer said he has heard complaints over the years that justice has not been done in family law courts in Marin.

"They were substantive and serious, and it seemed to me they needed to be addressed," Lockyer said.

We disagree. Losing one's job for non-performance, should be as equally available remedy in the public sector, as the private sector, and pressure should be brought on the Commission of Judicial Performance, the agency responsible for overseeing judicial behavior.

However, the point is missed. The reason for the recall was not, 'policy disputes' but the DA's callous disregard for the rights of all.

Why aren't Legislators introducing bills designed for judicial and state employee accountability?

So the killings continue. Simply put, our actions (or inaction) demonstrate we do not value our children. Ultimately, until we act to protect children they will continue to be killed or injured, either by abusive family members, or die from acute judicial indifference.

When it comes to judges ignoring warnings from parents claiming their kids in danger at the hands of the other parent, San Diego remains a bad kind of Mecca.

When Eric Eubanks warned a San Diego County judge his wife Susan had threatened to kill their four children; the judge, in a classic display of shooting the messenger, immediately sentenced Eric to Supervised Visitation. The reason? The judge was worried Eric was attempting to alienate the children from their mother.

After Susan Eubanks shot her four sons, ages 14, 7, 6 and 4, to death, (ignoring her nephew who was present at the time), the judge promptly sealed the file to protect herself from bad press. Eubanks received the death penalty. The judge? The media did not identify her.

Governmental ignorance Family Court operates as a business was best demonstrated with Amber Alerts. When first introduced one California senator appeared on national TV arguing (with attendant grave expression), parents should be excluded from Amber Alerts because they might clog up the process.

The general public remains unaware Lobbyists hired by the Association of Marriage and Family Therapists persuaded legislators to introduce a bill mandating six hours of mandatory "educational" counseling in the event of a divorce involving children, or the divorce would not proceed. It later died in committee.

Is there an answer? Yes. Media investigating the unregulated, divorce industry (few remember the Washington Sniper began his rampage after losing his parental rights), including why Family Court judges refuse to route obvious claims of perjury, such as Darren Mack's filing for bankruptcy to escape child and spousal support, to Criminal Court for prosecution. Otherwise, expect the carnage-like murders detailed below to continue without substantial media interest.

It is recognized any entity reporting numbers such as these, merits separate attention. For details of the workings of the Commission of Judicial Performance, please refer go to the Budget, (Where it all ends) portion of the site.

In the interim, an ongoing series to inform the public of the state of family law courts, is long overdue.

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