Uxoricide
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Uxoricide is the killing of one's own wife. It can also be used in the context of the killing of one's own girlfriend. Conversely, the killing of a husband or boyfriend is called mariticide. It comes
The Ludovisi Gaul killing himself and his wife, Roman copy after the Hellenistic original, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
18th century illustration of Matthias Brinsden murdering his wife
Murder of Helle Crafts
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Helle Crafts was a Danish flight attendant who was murdered by her husband, Eastern Air Lines pilot Richard Crafts. Her death led to the state of Connecticut's first murder conviction without the vict
Uxoricide
…responsibility, and was instead committed to a psychiatric hospital. He was discharged in 1983. Richard Crafts of Newtown, Connecticut, was convicted of killing his wife Helle in 1986. The crime became known as the "woodchipper murder" because of the way he disposed of her body. On 23 October 1989, Charles Stuart shot his…
Helle Crafts