Expanded Homicide Data Table 9

Expanded Homicide Data Table 9
Murder Circumstances
by Relationship,¹ 2005

Circumstances	Total murder victims	Husband	Wife	Mother	Father	Son	Daughter	Brother	Sister	Other family	Acquaintance	Friend	Boyfriend	Girlfriend	Neighbor	Employee	Employer	Stranger	Unknown
Total	14,860	135	594	123	118	245	190	100	21	297	3,210	324	152	461	86	4	6	2,070	6,724
Felony type total:	2,161	1	12	13	15	6	12	7	1	25	516	45	3	9	23	0	2	573	898
Rape	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	11	17
Robbery	921	0	1	4	6	0	0	2	0	5	152	16	2	1	3	0	0	363	366
Burglary	88	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	19	2	0	3	3	0	0	31	23
Larceny-theft	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	4
Motor vehicle theft	31	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	10	10
Arson	37	0	1	1	1	0	5	1	0	1	11	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	9
Prostitution and commercialized vice	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Other sex offenses	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
Narcotic drug laws	589	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	233	17	1	0	3	0	1	63	264
Gambling	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Othernot specified	415	1	8	7	4	5	6	2	1	9	72	6	0	3	6	0	1	86	198
Suspected felony type	44	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	29
Other than felony type total:	7,044	114	493	87	85	204	147	83	16	221	2,080	225	133	378	51	2	2	1,083	1,640
Romantic triangle	117	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	71	3	1	8	1	0	0	14	10
Child killed by babysitter	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brawl due to influence of alcohol	120	0	2	1	1	3	0	2	0	4	46	14	4	0	0	0	1	27	15
Brawl due to influence of narcotics	97	1	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	1	41	5	0	3	1	0	0	16	21
Argument over money or property	211	0	3	4	3	0	0	4	1	8	111	12	0	2	7	2	0	29	25
Other arguments	3,692	90	325	46	59	43	20	64	7	123	1,214	132	109	288	30	0	1	498	643
Gangland killings	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	43
Juvenile gang killings	754	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	136	3	0	0	0	0	0	208	406
Institutional killings	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Sniper attack	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Othernot specified	1,917	23	155	35	21	155	125	12	8	81	392	56	19	77	12	0	0	271	475
Unknown	5,611	20	89	23	18	35	30	10	4	51	607	52	16	74	12	2	2	409	4,157

¹ Relationship is that of victim to offender.
NOTE: The relationship categories of husband and wife include both common-law and ex-spouses. The categories of mother, father, sister, brother, son, and daughter include stepparents, stepchildren, and stepsiblings. The category of acquaintance includes homosexual relationships and the composite category of other known to victim.