List of rampage killers (familicides in the Americas) explained

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This is a list of mass or spree killers in the Americas, excluding the United States that committed a familicide. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills three or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period, not including themselves.[1] [2] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others.[3] [4] [5]

The victims must have been largely the relatives of the perpetrator to be considered a familicide.

This list does not include serial killers, members of democidal governments, or major political figures who orchestrated such actions.

Rampage killers

PerpetratorDateYearLocationCountryKilledInjuredWAdditional NotesRef.
1. Medana, Jose* May 1891 Argentina [6]
2. Ramos de Araujo, Sidnei, 46 Dec. 31 2016 Brazil F Committed suicide
3. Torres, Benito, 25* Sept. 20 1938 Cuba FMA Committed suicide [7]
4. Chahal, Mark Vijay, 30 April 5 1996 Canada F Committed suicide [8]
5. Alvarez, Antonio* Dec. 1 1923 Mexico M Committed suicide [9]
6. Silva, Maximiliano* April 1943 Brazil Committed suicide [10]
7. Sovereign, Henry* Jan. 21 1832 British North America MO Sentenced to death and executed [11]
8. Banks y Keena, Mateo, April 18 1922 "La Buena Suerte" and "El Trébol" farms, Parish, Azul, Buenos Aires Province Argentina F Sentenced to life imprisonment [12]
9. Day, Andrew, 40* Dec. 16 1929 Canada M Found mentally unfit to stand trial [13]
10. Lam, Phu, 53* Dec. 29 2014 Canada F Committed suicide [14]
11. Maria José* Dec. 4 1951 Brazil P Arrested [15]
12. Unknown* March 1961 Brazil P Committed suicide [16]
13. Herod, Raul, 36* July 7 1999 Guyana FA Committed suicide [17]
14. Pinto, Domingos Amorim Jan. 28 2000 Brazil F Committed suicide [18]
15. Laventure, Mathilde, 33* July 20/21 1862 Canada M Committed suicide [19]
16. Lavera, Carmen, 34* Oct. 31 1918 Cuba Killed numerous animals [20]
17. Loweree, Elfren* March 15 1926 Mexico M Committed suicide [21]
18. Jose de Souza, Apollinario 1932 Brazil M Committed suicide [22]
19. Hreczkosy, Thomas, 28* Jan. 29 1932 Canada MA Sentenced to death, later changed to life imprisonment [23]
20. Shimizu, Mamoru Nov. 2/3 1944 Peru Arrested [24]
21. Clark, John Etter, June 3 1956 Canada F Committed suicide [25]
22. Cook, Robert Raymond, 22* June 25 1959 Canada FM Sentenced to death and executed
23. Ramirez Camacho, José Rosario* June 1962 Mexico M Sentenced to 37 years in prison [26]
24. Sandoval Troncoso, Luis Avelino* July 15 1963 Chile MP Committed suicide [27]
25. Hogue, Leonard Raymond, 34* April 20 1965 Canada F Committed suicide [28]
26. Adão Vilnei Teixeira* Dec. 10 1976 Brazil MA Arrested [29]
27. de Oliveira, José Valdir, 52* Oct. 30 2000 Brazil MA Committed suicide [30]
28. Ladron de Guevara, Rafael, 40* Jan. 13 1941 Argentina MA [31]
29. Bilodeau, Jean Rosaire, 45 Oct. 25 1934 Canada F Sentenced to death and executed [32]
30. Silas Freire Cantor, 24* Oct. 25 2000 Brazil M Arrested
Killed his cousin on July 20, 2000 		[33]
31. Macloud, Luis Antonio, 45^ Nov. 1991 Panama F Committed suicide [34]
32. 1878 Canada FM Sentenced to death and executed
33. McGee, Minnie* April 1912 Canada P Sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment [35]
34. Basora Montejo, Santiago, 38* April 24 1932 Cuba MA Committed suicide [36]
35. Ingunza, Juan, 46* Jan. 1 1964 Peru Committed suicide [37]
36. Kosberg, Thomas Gordon, * Dec. 10 1965 Canada MP Found not guilty by reason of insanity [38]
37. Klick, João, 56* April 26 1970 Brazil MA Arrested [39]
38. Emidio da Silva, José* March 7 1972 Brazil M Sentenced to 30 years in prison [40]
39. Hurtado Vega, Liberata, 38 Sept. 18 1973 Peru MO Arrested [41] [42] [43]
40. Garcia de Vasconcelos, Lindolfo* Dec. 24 1973 Brazil MA [44]
41. Haripaul, Devakaparsaud, 32* May 29 1980 Guyana M Committed suicide [45]
42. Blackman, Bruce Alfred, 22* Jan. 18 1983 Canada FM Found not guilty by reason of insanity [46]
43. Ricardo da Costa, Sebastião, 54 Feb. 19 2001 Brazil M Committed suicide [47]
44. Bauer, John, 51 Sept. 18–20 2001 Canada FA Committed suicide [48]
45. Handel, Jay, 45* March 11 2002 Canada FMA Sentenced to life imprisonment [49]
46. da Silva, Edson, 33* May 2 2014 Brazil MA Sentenced to 135 years in prison [50]
47. Becerra, Bernardino, 34* March 1938 Mexico M [51]
48. Unknown Brazil F [52]

Abbreviations and footnotes

* – Marks cases where all the victims were relatives of the perpetrator

W – A basic description of the weapons used in the murders

F – Firearms and other ranged weapons, especially rifles and handguns, but also bows and crossbows, grenade launchers, flamethrowers, or slingshots

M – Melee weapons, like knives, swords, spears, machetes, axes, clubs, rods, stones, or bare hands

O – Any other weapons, such as bombs, hand grenades, Molotov cocktails, poison and poisonous gas, as well as vehicle and arson attacks

A – indicates that an arson attack was the only other weapon used

V – indicates that a vehicle was the only other weapon used

E – indicates that explosives of any sort were the only other weapon used

P – indicates that an anaesthetising or deadly substance of any kind was the only other weapon used (includes poisonous gas)

Notes and References

  1. Book: Duwe, Grant . Mass Murder in the United States . McFarland & Company . 2007 . 978-0-7864-3150-2 . Jefferson, NC . 15.
  2. Book: Aggrawal, A. . Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine . Elsevier Academic Press . 2005 . 978-0-12-547970-7 . Payne-James JJ . 3 . Mass Murder . Anil Aggrawal . March 17, 2016 . Byard RW . Corey TS . Henderson C . https://web.archive.org/web/20160325231428/http://www.anilaggrawal.com/ij/sundry/news_and_notes/eflm_2005/216_mass%20murder.pdf . March 25, 2016 . dead.
  3. Web site: 2005 . Serial Murder – Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives for Investigators . March 17, 2016 . Federal Bureau of Investigation . PDF.
  4. Mass Murder with Firearms: Incidents and Victims, 1999–2013 . Krouse . William J. . Richardson . Daniel J. . July 30, 2015 . . 26.
  5. Booty . Marisa . O’Dwyer . Jayne . Webster . Daniel . McCourt . Alex . Crifasi . Cassandra . 2019 . Describing a "mass shooting": the role of databases in understanding burden . Injury Epidemiology . 6 . 47 . 47 . 10.1186/s40621-019-0226-7 . 6889601 . 31828004 . free.
  6. http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/755699/1227 Em Aires de Lomas...
  7. https://www.nytimes.com/1938/09/21/archives/cuban-kills-8-in-family-wounds-3-others-as-result-of-row-with-his.html Cuban kills 8 in family
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20121105125000/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-72893258.html Wedding party turns deadly
  9. https://coshoctontribune.newspapers.com/image/321935568/?terms=Massacres%20family%3B%20cheats%20earthquake&match=1 Massacres family; cheats earthquake
  10. http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/093718_02/13830 Rio Grande do Sul
  11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2207418 Atrocious murders in Upper Canada
  12. https://www.newspapers.com/image/3887101/?terms=Man%20calmly%20kills%20six%20relatives&match=1 Man calmly kills six relatives
  13. https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/121805083.html?dids=121805083:121805083&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=DEC+17%2C+1929&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=EIGHT+IN+FAMILY+KILLED+BY+FATHER&pqatl=google Eight in family killed by father
  14. News: Klinkenberg. Marty. Wittmeier. Brent. Klingbeil. Cailynn. Otiena. Ellwand. Ross. Andrea. Phu Lam identified as Edmonton man who killed eight people, including two children. 26 March 2016. Postmedia Network Inc.. National Post. December 31, 2014.
  15. http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/116408/55921 Espantado! Envenenou os pais
  16. http://memoria.bn.br/docreader/093718_04/11633 Matou 9 filhos e tentou suicidar-se
  17. http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2010/10/27/unsettling-memories-rekindled-by-charlestown-killings/ Unsettling memories rekindled by Charlestown killings
  18. https://www.dgabc.com.br/Noticia/134874/homem-acusado-de-matar-7-pessoas-tenta-suicidio Homem acusado de matar 7 pessoas tenta suicídio
  19. Horrible Tragedy, Liverpool Mercury (August 18, 1862)
    – Shocking murder, The Aberdeen Journal (August 27, 1862)
    – Mailhot, Charles Édouard: Les Bois-Francs ..., Vol. 4; Arthabaska, 1925.
  20. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LaUlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z_wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1442,2581609 Killed her seven sons
  21. https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/ajc_historic/access/853894732.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+16%2C+1926&author=&pub=The+Atlanta+Constitution+%281881-2001%29&desc=MEXICAN+SLAYS+WIFE+AND+SONS+WITH+HAMMER&pqatl=google Mexican slays wife and sons with hammer
  22. http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/348970_03/7245 Degollou a machadas a esposa, trucidou cinco...
  23. https://www.nytimes.com/1932/01/30/archives/nine-slain-in-night-farm-house-fired-assassin-kills-most-of-family.html Nine slain in night, farm house fired
  24. https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/462718482.html?dids=462718482:462718482&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Nov+10%2C+1944&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Japanese+Wife+Accuses+Husband+of+Killing+Seven&pqatl=google Japanese Wife Accuses Husband of Killing Seven
  25. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7uwNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=B3YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2766,1365546&dq=john-e-clark Official sought in slaying of 7 is found dead
  26. Asesinó a su Familia, El Siglo de Torreón (June 26, 1962)
    – Gran Cinismo de un Asesino, El Siglo de Torreón (May 15, 1963)
    – Trasladan a un Asesino a Tamps, El Siglo de Torreón (May 17, 1963)
    – 'Manhunt' spreads to Pharr Area, The Brownsville Herald (June 27, 1962)
    – Slayer of eight may be trapped, The Brownsville Herald (July 13, 1962)
    – Zevenvoudige moord in Mexico, Leidsch Dagblad (June 26, 1962)
    – "El Chacal de Las Comitas", El Despertar en Tamaulipas (March 13, 2009)
  27. http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=ElSiglo&BaseHref=EDT/1963/07/20&PageLabelPrint=6&EntityId=Ar00615 Mató a Hachazos a su Familia y luego se Ahorcó
  28. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eMsHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tjUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5309,5756772&dq=leonard+hogue, Scientist offers possible reason for family slayings
  29. http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/029033_15/93793 Militar mata toda a família
  30. http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/cotidian/ff3110200016.htm Lavrador mata sete da família e se suicida
  31. https://www.nytimes.com/1941/01/14/archives/policeman-slays-7-in-his-family.html Policeman Slays 7 in His Family
  32. https://www.nytimes.com/1934/10/26/archives/crazed-quebec-man-kills-5-relatives-3-of-them-women-and-postal.html Crazed Quebec Man Kills 5 Relatives, 3 of Them Women, and Postal Official
  33. http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u12965.shtml Homem mata seis pessoas de sua família em SP
  34. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122393805 In brief - Policeman kills six
  35. Book: Vernon, Steve . Steve Vernon . Maritime Murder: Deadly Crimes from the Buried Past . . 2012 . 978-1551099279 . Canada . 200.
    – Mother admits she killed five, Kentucky New Era (August 2, 1912)
    – Myers, Sharon: The Apocrypha of Minnie McGee in Acadiensis Vol. 28, No. 2, 2009.
    – Echoes of McGee tragedy still haunt the Island, peicanada.com (April 25, 2012)
  36. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ksggAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qmoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5424,2097175&dq= Kills wife, five children and self
  37. https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Familiedrama+en+Oost-Peru&coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:010469906:mpeg21:a0141&resultsidentifier=ddd:010469906:mpeg21:a0141&rowid=1 Familiedrama en Oost-Peru
  38. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q-NUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=azwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4004%2C2226805 Five slain with axe, youth held
  39. http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/030678/44890 Assassino frio e confesso: matou a família a machado!
  40. http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/028711_02/5428 Agricultor mata mulher e filhos quando todos dormiam na Fazenda
  41. http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/newnation19730919-1.1.5 Woman kills six of her children
  42. http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/beritaharian19730920-1.1.1 Marah suami 6 anak2nya dibunuh dalam perigi
  43. http://memoria.bn.br/pdf/089842/per089842_1973_24672.pdf Assassino
  44. http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/030678/55230 Bebado, matou e queimou a mulher e cinco filhos
  45. http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2010/10/27/unsettling-memories-rekindled-by-charlestown-killings/ Unsettling memories rekindled by Charlestown killings
  46. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ADkLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QVIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6185,1828481&dq= Accuse man of killing family during pow pow
  47. http://www.dgabc.com.br/Noticia/138740/homem-se-suicida-depois-de-matar-mulher-e-5-filhos-em-salvador Homem se suicida depois de matar mulher e 5 filhos em Salvador
  48. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2001/09/21/murder_suicide010921.html Montreal dad left letters about family in paradise
  49. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20020316/ctvnews851584/20020316/?hub=CTVNewsAt11&subhub=PrintStory Father charged in fire deaths of children
  50. http://g1.globo.com/jornal-nacional/noticia/2014/05/incendio-mata-seis-pessoas-de-uma-mesma-familia-em-ms.html Incêndio mata seis pessoas de uma mesma família em MS
  51. Mexican kills six of his own family, San Antonio Express (March 6, 1938)
    – Insane Mexican kills six of his family, Boston Globe (March 6, 1938)
    – Mexican ranch hand stabs six to death, Kingsport Times (March 6, 1938)
  52. https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8rAAAAYAAJ Realeza, PR: 20 anos de história

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