Expanded Homicide Data Table 9

Murder Circumstances
by Relationship,1 2006

Circumstances Total murder victims Husband Wife Mother Father Son Daughter Brother Sister Other family Acquaintance Friend Boyfriend Girlfriend Neighbor Employee Employer Stranger Unknown
Total 14,990 123 567 115 114 283 179 80 22 298 3,465 339 150 450 127 13 10 1,905 6,750
Felony type total: 2,436 2 25 8 9 11 3 2 1 27 646 37 2 15 14 3 0 583 1,048
Rape 32 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 6
Robbery 1,041 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 8 212 12 0 1 5 0 0 392 405
Burglary 79 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21 0 0 3 3 0 0 17 28
Larceny-theft 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5
Motor vehicle theft 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3
Arson 27 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 14
Prostitution and commercialized vice 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Other sex offenses 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Narcotic drug laws 796 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 302 18 1 0 0 0 0 77 389
Gambling 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Othernot specified 402 1 19 6 3 8 1 0 0 4 74 6 1 8 3 2 0 75 191
Suspected felony type 58 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 37
Other than felony type total: 7,273 105 473 81 80 236 147 65 16 211 2,233 235 123 366 98 6 9 946 1,843
Romantic triangle 103 4 5 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 63 2 1 10 0 0 0 9 6
Child killed by babysitter 27 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Brawl due to influence of alcohol 107 2 2 0 2 2 1 4 0 4 32 13 2 5 2 0 0 23 13
Brawl due to influence of narcotics 51 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 25 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 4
Argument over money or property 198 1 6 2 1 2 2 3 0 8 97 15 0 0 4 0 3 23 31
Other arguments 3,607 78 297 46 60 37 13 46 10 128 1,217 151 93 275 58 4 4 449 641
Gangland killings 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 67
Juvenile gang killings 865 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 200 2 0 0 0 0 0 179 482
Institutional killings 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
Sniper attack 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Othernot specified 2,173 19 163 32 16 191 129 11 6 67 530 46 25 74 32 2 2 240 588
Unknown 5,223 15 69 25 25 36 26 13 5 60 576 67 25 67 15 4 1 372 3,822

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