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Definitions and Statistics

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The article says there were 909 victims of mass murder in the U.S. in the twentieth century. This is incorrect. This study (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07418820400095971) analyzes 909 mass killings, each of which must have had multiple victims. I'm not sure what the total number of victims is, or I would fix it. I'm also not sure whether the study claims that 909 is the total number of twentieth-century mass killings or whether that is simply the number the authors had data for.

recent case in Ohio

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I don't think there is an article on it yet. A man is fully admitting to killing his three sons and wounding their mother. [1]. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:06, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Scott Peterson?

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Curious why Scott Peterson is not listed for the murder of Laci Peterson? I was going to add him, but was there some discussion previously? The child wasn't born yet, but Laci was 8.5 months pregnant and the murder was clearly intended to eradicate both... - Tiredmeliorist (talk) 01:48, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]