murder-suicide
Dual fatal act
Murder-suicide is a violent act in which someone kills one or more people and then kills themselves, typically in immediate succession.
The term usually describes domestic incidents—a spouse killing their partner and children before taking their own life—though it applies to any killing followed by the perpetrator's suicide: The case was ruled a murder-suicide after investigators found both bodies.
Cannot be undone
State without hope
- depressionProlonged low state
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
mental illness · isolation · desperation · psychosis · rage · jealousy · control · possessiveness
Causing another's death
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
evidence · prosecution · premeditation · felony · manslaughter · malice · motive · case
Intense sorrow from loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- survivorsThose still alive after
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
shock · loss · orphan · funeral · memorial · community · media coverage · sensationalism
irreversible
Cannot be undone
ending · permanent · no return · last act · final · ultimate
hopelessness
State without hope
- depressionProlonged low state
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
breakdown · mental illness · isolation · desperation · psychosis · rage · jealousy · control · possessiveness · entrapment
homicide
Causing another's death
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
detective · evidence · prosecution · premeditation · felony · manslaughter · malice · motive · case · victim
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
devastation · shock · loss · orphan · funeral · memorial · community · media coverage · sensationalism · copycat
murder-suicidemurder
Deliberate unlawful killing
homicide · killing · assassination · mass shooting · manslaughter
murder-suiciderescue
Save from harm
lifesaving · life preservation · mercy · protection · caregiving
murder-suicidereconciliation
Restoration of friendly relations
peaceful resolution · elopement · forgiveness · mediation · therapy
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