Killler Dads and Custody Lists

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

In the last five years, how many US kids have been killed by fathers in cases involving custody/visitation? AT LEAST 250.

Recently I was asked how many U.S. children were murdered by fathers in situations involving custody/visitation, especially in the last five years. I honestly didn't know, as I just reference cases on the appropriate state list. I don't count them. But I decided it would be interesting to do a tally by state and year. Of course the usual caveats apply. These are just the cases I happened to find by searching the media. In addition, because of work/life responsibilities, I have had less time to search for cases in the last year and the numbers reflect that. But this is what I found:


Children Killed by Father in Situations Involving Child Custody/Visitation 2011-Feb. 2016

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
TOTAL
Alabama
0
1
1
0
0

2
Arizona
0
1
1
2
1

5
Arkansas
0
2
0
1
0

3
California
4
3
3
7
1

18
Colorado
3
2
0
1
1

7
Connecticut
0
0
1
1
1

3
Florida
3
4
5
4
1
1
18
Georgia
0
3
3
2
2

10
Hawaii
0
1
0
0
0

1
Idaho
2
1
0
0
0

3
Illinois
0
3
2
1
1

7
Indiana
1
1
1
2
3

8
Iowa
0
0
0
0
1

1
Kansas
0
0
1
0
1

2
Kentucky
2
1
0
0
1

4
Louisiana
2
1
1
1
0
1
6
Maine
0
0
0
3
0

3
Maryland
1
2
0
2
2
1
8
Massachusetts
0
1
0
1
0
1
3
Michigan
4
0
1
2
1

8
Minnesota
0
0
0
1
1

2
Mississippi
2
1
2
1
0

6
Missouri
1
3
1
1
3

9
Montana
0
0
1
0
0

1
Nebraska
0
0
0
1
0

1
Nevada
1
0
0
0
0

1
New Hampshire
0
0
1
0
0

1
New Jersey
2
0
0
1
1

4
New Mexico
0
2
0
0
1

3
New York
5
1
2
3
0

11
North Carolina
2
1
2
1
2

8
Ohio
0
4
0
3
2

9
Oklahoma
3
0
0
4
1

8
Oregon
0
2
0
0
0

2
Pennsylvania
0
1
2
1
0

4
Rhode Island
0
0
1
0
0

1
South Carolina
0
1
0
6
0

7
Tennessee
0
2
0
1
1

4
Texas
10
2
6
2
4

24
Utah
0
0
1
0
0

1
Vermont
0
0
1
0
0

1
Virginia
3
2
2
1
3
1
12
Washington
0
2
0
3
0

5
West Virginia
0
1
0
1
0

2
Wisconsin
1
3
1
1
0

6
Total
52
55
43
62
36
4
252