According to the researchers, the motivations for revenge child killings were often linked to complex personal and interpersonal relationship problems
The researchers said other reasons for revenge child killings included marital discord, a breakup, a new love interest for the receiving partner, and a divorce that can strip the murdering partner of their investment, control and social status in the relationship.
Our analysis showed that a parent can kill a child because of a loss of social identity due to rejection, extreme rage and anger, blaming others for their misery, sadism, a desire to cause pain and a need to inflict harm. According to the researchers, the sense of loss of social identity and the anger and disappointment experienced by the murdering partner becomes an overwhelming, blinding rage that sweeps away everything in its path. The murdering partner becomes enraged by the pain they experience and wants to hurt their partner or ex-partner because they themselves are emotionally and psychologically hurt.
The blinding anger is caused by extreme emotional distress. The accumulation of the overwhelming negative emotional experiences leads to a desire to cause pain at all costs, sometimes sadistically, to ensure a reciprocal justice balance, for instance, the murdering parent believes that killing the child will cause the spouse or partner to experience the same hurt and that this type of ‘justice’ will bring about some form of equilibrium.
The researchers added that the offending partner wants the receiving partner, who they believe inflicted this emotional and psychological pain on them, to experience the same pain by murdering a child or children in retaliation.In times of uncertainty you need journalism you can trust. For 14 free days, you can have access to a world of in-depth analyses, investigative journalism, top opinions and a range of features. Journalism strengthens democracy. Invest in the future today.
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