Parricide is defined as the killing of a parent (mother or father) or another near relative such as a sister, brother, aunt, uncle, first cousin or in-laws.
NOTE: Some people confuse parricide with patricide, but the latter term refers only to the murder of one's father. Additionally, matricide refers to killing one's mother, fratricide refers to killing one's brother and sororicide refers to killing one's sister.
According to a 2019 study, parricide is the rarest type of murder.
The FBI said in 2017 that parricide accounts for about 2% of all homicide cases.
