From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of mass or spree killers in Oceania and Maritime Southeast Asia that committed familicides. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills 3 or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period, not including themself.
[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 majority 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
Perpetrator
Date
Year
Location
Country
Killed
Injured
W
Additional Notes
Ref.
1.
Andangan*
21 Oct.
1921
Cotabato
Philippines
11
0
M
Committed suicide
[6]
2.
Bartholomew, Clifford Cecil , 40*
6 Sept.
1971
Hope Forest, South Australia
Australia
10
0
F
Sentenced to 20 years in prison
[7]
3.
Gaeta, Gregorio, 27
Oct.
1952
Sariaya, Quezon
Philippines
8
1
Arrested
[8]
4.
Thaiday, Raina Mersane Ina , 34
18–19 Dec.
2014
Cairns, Queensland
Australia
8
0
M
Found mentally unfit to stand trial
5.
Ratima, Raymond Wahia, 25
26 June
1992
Masterton
New Zealand
7
2
M
Sentenced to life imprisonment Terminated a pregnancy
[9]
6.
Ngah Ghafur
14 Dec.
1898
Bota
Malaysia
7
1
MA
Sentenced to death and executed
[10]
7.
Langobon, Jerry, 30*
18 Jan.
2002
Siayan
Philippines
7
1
M
Arrested
[11]
8.
Pagkay, Gardo, 25*
22 July
1968
Cotabato City
Philippines
7
0
M
Committed suicide
[12]
9.
Imam Mamat, 40
11/13 Feb.
1891
Pasir Garam
Malaysia
6
4
M
Killed Terminated two pregnancies
[13]
10.
Yang Tai Chong, 21*
6/7 March
1966
Singapore
6
4
M
Found not guilty by reason of insanity
[14]
11.
Ong Kok, 34*
11 Sept.
1930
Tampines
Singapore
6
2
M
Committed suicide
[15]
12.
Angeles, Vicente, 31*
19 May
1957
Manila
Philippines
6
1
F
Committed suicide
[16]
13.
Sornsung, Sucheep, 41 (สุชีพ ศรสังข์)
1 Jan.
2019
Phato District
Thailand
6
1
F
Committed suicide
[17]
14.
Thyer, Joseph, 44*
11 Oct.
1896
Cavanagh, South Australia
Australia
6
0
M
Committed suicide
[18]
15.
Glover, Catherine Mary, 34*
1 March
1898
Triabunna, Tasmania
Australia
6
0
M
Committed suicide
[19]
16.
Baxter, James Reid , 43*
8 April
1908
Invercargill
New Zealand
6
0
M
Committed suicide
[20]
17.
Archer, Andrew Thomas Edgar, 49*
26 Feb.
1929
Don, Tasmania
Australia
6
0
MA
Committed suicide
[21]
18.
Davies, Roderick A., 36*
21 Aug.
1931
Perth, Western Australia
Australia
6
0
F
Committed suicide
[22]
19.
Hall, Frederick Charles, 48*
2 July
1948
Glen Innes, New South Wales
Australia
6
0
F
Sentenced to death
[23]
20.
Armanasco, Raymond, 40*
12 Oct.
1950
Perth, Western Australia
Australia
6
0
M
Sentenced to death
[24]
21.
Darnley, Joyce*
5/6 May
1964
Sydney
Australia
6
0
P
Committed suicide
[25]
22.
Unknown, 30*
24 Dec.
1966
Santa Cruz
Philippines
6
0
M
Arrested
[26]
23.
Schlaepfer, Brian , 64*
20 May
1992
Pukekohe
New Zealand
6
0
FM
Committed suicide
[27]
24.
Ram Chandar, 34*
8 Jan.
1994
Togomasi
Fiji
6
0
M
Sentenced to 120 years in prison
[28]
25.
May, Peter, 32*
25 Jan.
1996
Hillcrest, Queensland
Australia
6
0
F
Committed suicide
[29]
26.
Rivas Roldan, Errol, 27*
25 Feb.
2012
Bulwang
Philippines
6
0
M
Arrested
[30]
27.
Catoy, Pepito, 32*
8 April
2012
Panampalay
Philippines
6
0
M
Arrested
[31]
28.
Miles, Peter , 61*
11 May
2018
Osmington, Western Australia
Australia
6
0
F
Committed suicide
[32]
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)
References
^ Duwe, Grant (2007).
Mass Murder in the United States . Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 15.
ISBN
978-0-7864-3150-2 .
^
Aggrawal, A. (2005). "Mass Murder". In Payne-James JJ; Byard RW; Corey TS; Henderson C (eds.).
Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine (PDF) . Vol. 3. Elsevier Academic Press.
ISBN
978-0-12-547970-7 . Archived from
the original (PDF) on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016 .
^
"Serial Murder – Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives for Investigators" (PDF) . Federal Bureau of Investigation . 2005. Retrieved 17 March 2016 .
^ Krouse, William J.; Richardson, Daniel J. (30 July 2015).
Mass Murder with Firearms: Incidents and Victims, 1999–2013 (PDF) (Report).
Congressional Research Service . p. 26.
^ 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.
doi :
10.1186/s40621-019-0226-7 .
PMC
6889601 .
PMID
31828004 .
^
Moro Runs Amuck With Bolo Among Members of His Family ,
The Washington Post (22 October 1921) –
Runs wild, kills 11 before taking own life ,
The Lewiston Daily Sun (22 October 1921) –
Moro goes mad; kills off entire family ,
The Morning Leader (27 October 1921) – Runs amuck; twelve killed,
The Van Wert Daily Bulletin (22 October 1921) – Moro kills family of 11, ends own life,
Syracuse Herald (23 October 1921)
^ 40-year-old meatworks employee Clifford C. Bartholomew shot his wife Heather, their seven children, as well as his wife's sister and her son with a .22-caliber rifle in their dairy farm at Hope Forest, about 35 miles south of Adelaide. Source: Father held in butchery: 10 murdered, Press-Telegram (7 September 1971) –
The Snowtown Murders – A Familiar Horror –
Father charged after 10 killed ,
The Age (7 September 1971)
^
Waanzinnige doodt acht familieleden ,
Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (31 October 1952) –
Aux Philippines un fou massacre sa famille
Archived 2 April 2015 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Journal de Genève (31 October 1952)
^
Raymond Wahia Ratima at crime.co.nz – Brinded, Philip & Taylor, Antony:
A mass killing in New Zealand in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry , 1995, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp 316–320
^
Amok in Perak ,
The Straits Times (27 December 1898) –
Short News ,
The Straits Times (31 December 1898) –
Short News ,
The Straits Times (4 April 1899) –
Fifty Years Ago – From the Straits Times of Jan. 7, 1899 ,
The Straits Times (7 January 1949)
^
Man hacks dead wife, 3 children ,
Philippine Daily Inquirer (23 January 2002) –
Family of 7 massacred ,
Manila Standard (23 January 2002) – Farmer hacks seven relatives to death,
The Straits Times (23 January 2002)
^
Kills family, self ,
The Milwaukee Sentinel (23 July 1968) –
Slays family and self ,
Lodi News Sentinel (24 July 1968) –
Philippijnse boer maakte amok [
permanent dead link ] ,
Zierikzeesche Nieuwsbode (23 July 1968) –
Un fou tue 7 personnes et se suicide ,
L'Impartial (23 July 1968)
^ Kua, E. H. & Sulaimi Mohd S.:
Amok – From the Writings of Sir Frank Swettenham ; Singapore Medical Journal (Vol. 40/1999) –
AMOK! AMOK! ,
The Straits Times (5 July 1927) –
Part IV ,
Straits Times Weekly Issue (12 September 1893)
^
Son No. 1 charged with murder of six in family ,
The Straits Times (8 March 1966) –
Tragic children are buried ,
The Straits Times (9 March 1966) –
Charged with murder of his family ,
The Straits Times (15 October 1975) –
Man accused of killing parents and four others goes on trial after 10 years in hospital ,
The Straits Times (6 April 1976) –
Man who killed six was insane, rules court ,
The Straits Times (7 April 1976)
^
Ghastly Tragedy at Tampenis ,
The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (13 September 1930) –
The Tampenis Road Tragedy ,
The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (16 September 1930) –
Terrible crime in Singapore ,
The Straits Times (12 September 1930) –
Tampenis Road Tragedy ,
The Straits Times (26 September 1930) –
Murder and suicide ,
The Straits Times (29 September 1930)
^ Amok slays six,
The Straits Times (21 May 1957)
^
Mass shooting HORROR in Thailand as man GUNS DOWN 7 people ,
Daily Express (January 1, 2019)
[1]
^
A terrible tragedy – A sheep farmer murders his wife and five children ,
The West Australian (14 October 1896) –
The Brisbane Courier – Thursday, October 13, 1896 ,
The Brisbane Courier (13 October 1896) –
A dreadful tragedy – Murder of a wife and five children ,
The Brisbane Courier (15 October 1896)
^
A Terrible Tragedy – A mother murders six children ,
The West Australian (3 March 1898) –
The Tasmanian Tragedy – Later Particulars ,
The West Australian (4 March 1898) –
The Tasmanian Tragedy – Results of Inquests ,
The West Australian (5 March 1898) –
The Tasmanian Tragedy – Three Bodies Exhumed ,
The West Australian (15 March 1898) –
The Triabunna Tragedy- A Municipal Inquiry ,
The West Australian (6 April 1898)
^
Ghastly Tragedy – Madman attacks his family ,
The Argus (9 April 1908) –
Tragedy at Invercargill ,
Tuapeka Times (11 April 1908) –
Terrible Tragedy – The Invercargill Sensation ,
Evening Post (9 April 1908) –
Invercargill Tragedy – Murderer's Insanity ,
Hawera & Normanby Star (14 April 1908) –
Local & General – Phyllis Baxter ,
Tuapeka Times (25 April 1908) –
The Invercargill Tragedy – Baxter's Will ,
Evening Post (12 June 1908)
^
Family perish in fire – Murder arson, and suicide ,
The Canberra Times (27 February 1929) –
Father's crime ,
The Brisbane Courier (20 March 1929)
^
Family tragedy ,
The Sydney Morning Herald (22 August 1931)
^
Demented father shoots 6 children ,
The Canberra Times (3 July 1948) –
Killer of 6 convicted ,
The Sydney Morning Herald (1 September 1948)
^
Mother and five children are slain ,
Toledo Blade (13 October 1950) –
Woman, five children murdered in W.A.: Man questioned ,
The Canberra Times (14 October 1950) –
Man charged with murder of family ,
The Canberra Times (16 October 1950) –
Death sentence for murderer of son ,
The Advertiser (20 December 1950) –
Armanasco appeal – "Conjecture" about mental condition ,
The West Australian (2 March 1951) –
Armanasco refused leave to appeal ,
The West Australian (22 March 1951)
^
Gas kills family of seven ,
The Sydney Morning Herald (8 May 1964) – Most fascinating crimes,
The Sydney Morning Herald (13 February 1965) –
Gas kills seven, note found ,
The Age (7 May 1964)
^
Farmer kills six ,
The Leader-Post (30 December 1966)
^
The Schlaepfer Family Massacre at
crime.co.nz –
New Zealand man kills 6, then himself ,
Spokane Chronicle (20 May 1992) –
Day of slaughter on family farm ,
The New Zealand Herald (19 May 2007)
^ Six life terms,
The Straits Times (2 May 1995) –
All those painful memories ,
Fiji Times (7 September 2008)
^
Brits in horror ,
Sunday Mail (28 January 1996)
^
Deranged man kills 5 relatives in Aklan ,
ABS-CBN (25 February 2012) –
Mentally deranged man kills 5 in Aklan ,
Philippine Daily Inquirer (25 February 2012) –
Amok kills 5 in Aklan
Archived 19 October 2014 at the
Wayback Machine ,
tempo.com.ph (26 February 2012) –
Lone survivor sa Aklan massacre, pumanaw na
Archived 7 April 2013 at
archive.today ,
Bombo Radyo Philippines (15 March 2012) –
Mentally-ill man burns own house
Archived 24 September 2015 at the
Wayback Machine ,
iloilonewstoday.com (14 September 2011) –
Massacre in Aklan
Archived 31 October 2015 at the
Wayback Machine ,
iloilonewstoday.com (27 February 2012) –
Lone survivor in Aklan massacre passes away
Archived 31 October 2015 at the
Wayback Machine ,
iloilonewstoday.com (16 March 2012)
^
Man kills wife, 5 kids
Archived 8 July 2012 at
archive.today ,
ABS-CBN (12 April 2012) –
Mentally ill man kills wife, 5 children ,
Sun.Star (10 April 2012) –
Zamboanga man kills wife, 5 children
Archived 31 January 2013 at
archive.today ,
The Philippine Star (11 April 2012)
^
Father of children killed in Australia mass shooting says their grandfather planned the attack ,
Washington Post (13 May 2018)