Child murder

Pedicide, child murder, child manslaughter, or child homicide is the homicide of an individual who is a minor. It is often considered a gruesome form of aggravated homicide.

For practices of systematically killing very young children, see infanticide. For the killing of one's own children, see filicide.
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