What is Patricide?
{{no sources|date=April 2024}} '''Patricide''' is the crime of killing one's [[parent]]s, especially the [[father]]. A case was reported in the Annals of Yorkshire in 1871 of a child in the village of [[:en:Dore,_South_Yorkshire|Dore]] who; after quarreling with his younger brother, whilst mowing the grass, took a swing at his father with his scythe. The father died immediately, and the lad turned himself in..A verdict of manslaughter was returned.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Annals of Yorkshire vol III|last=Mayhall|publisher=CH Johnson|year=1874|location=Leeds|pages=405}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Related pages== * [[Oedipus complex]] [[Category:Murders]] {{stub}}