This is a list of mass or spree killers in the Americas, excluding the United States that committed a familicide. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills three or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period, not including themselves. [1] [2] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others. [3] [4] [5]
The victims must have been largely the relatives of the perpetrator to be considered a familicide.
This list does not include serial killers, members of democidal governments, or major political figures who orchestrated such actions.
Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional Notes | Ref. | |
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1. | Medana, Jose* | May | 1891 | Lomas de Zamora | ![]() | 13 | 0 | [6] | ||
2. | Ramos de Araujo, Sidnei, 46 | Dec. 31 | 2016 | Campinas | ![]() | 12 | 3 | F | Committed suicide | |
3. | Torres, Benito, 25* | Sept. 20 | 1938 | Palma Soriano | ![]() | 10 | 1 | FMA | Committed suicide | [7] |
4. | Chahal, Mark Vijay, 30 | April 5 | 1996 | Vernon, British Columbia | ![]() | 9 | 2 | F | Committed suicide | [8] |
5. | Alvarez, Antonio* | Dec. 1 | 1923 | Puebla | ![]() | 9 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [9] |
6. | Silva, Maximiliano* | April | 1943 | Alegrete | ![]() | 9 | 0 | Committed suicide | [10] | |
7. | Sovereign, Henry* | Jan. 21 | 1832 | Norfolk County, Upper Canada | ![]() | 8 | 0 | MO | Sentenced to death and executed | [11] |
8. | Banks y Keena, Mateo, 49 | April 18 | 1922 | Azul | ![]() | 8 | 0 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [12] |
9. | Day, Andrew, 40* | Dec. 16 | 1929 | Trois-Rivières, Quebec | ![]() | 8 | 0 | M | Found mentally unfit to stand trial | [13] |
10. | Lam, Phu, 53* | Dec. 29 | 2014 | Edmonton, Alberta | ![]() | 8 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [14] |
11. | Maria José* | Dec. 4 | 1951 | Marcação | ![]() | 7–12 | 0 | P | Arrested | [15] |
12. | Unknown* | March | 1961 | Cerro Azul | ![]() | 7 | 3 | P | Committed suicide | [16] |
13. | Herod, Raul, 36* | July 7 | 1999 | Buxton | ![]() | 7 | 1 | F A | Committed suicide | [17] |
14. | Pinto, Domingos Amorim | Jan. 28 | 2000 | São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro | ![]() | 7 | 1 | F | Committed suicide | [18] |
15. | Laventure, Mathilde, 33* | July 20/21 | 1862 | Saint-Eusèbe-de-Stanfold, Canada East | ![]() | 7 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [19] |
16. | Lavera, Carmen, 34* | Oct. 31 | 1918 | Camagüey | ![]() | 7 | 0 | Killed numerous animals | [20] | |
17. | Loweree, Elfren* | March 15 | 1926 | Chihuahua | ![]() | 7 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [21] |
18. | Jose de Souza, Apollinario | 1932 | Rincão do Ferraz | ![]() | 7 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [22] | |
19. | Hreczkosy, Thomas, 28* | Jan. 29 | 1932 | Elma, Manitoba | ![]() | 7 | 0 | MA | Sentenced to death, later changed to life imprisonment | [23] |
20. | Shimizu, Mamoru | Nov. 2/3 | 1944 | Lima | ![]() | 7 | 0 | Arrested | [24] | |
21. | Clark, John Etter, 41 | June 3 | 1956 | Erskine, Alberta | ![]() | 7 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [25] |
22. | Cook, Robert Raymond, 22* | June 25 | 1959 | Stettler, Alberta | ![]() | 7 | 0 | FM | Sentenced to death and executed | |
23. | Ramirez Camacho, José Rosario* | June | 1962 | Las Comitas | ![]() | 7 | 0 | M | Sentenced to 37 years in prison | [26] |
24. | Sandoval Troncoso, Luis Avelino* | July 15 | 1963 | Valdivia | ![]() | 7 | 0 | MP | Committed suicide | [27] |
25. | Hogue, Leonard Raymond, 34* | April 20 | 1965 | Coquitlam, British Columbia | ![]() | 7 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [28] |
26. | Adão Vilnei Teixeira* | Dec. 10 | 1976 | São Vincente | ![]() | 7 | 0 | MA | Arrested | [29] |
27. | de Oliveira, José Valdir, 52* | Oct. 30 | 2000 | São Paulo | ![]() | 7 | 0 | MA | Committed suicide | [30] |
28. | Ladron de Guevara, Rafael, 40* | Jan. 13 | 1941 | Buenos Aires | ![]() | 7 | ? | MA | [31] | |
29. | Bilodeau, Jean Rosaire, 45 | Oct. 25 | 1934 | Quebec City, Quebec | ![]() | 6 | 2 | F | Sentenced to death and executed | [32] |
30. | Silas Freire Cantor, 24* | Oct. 25 | 2000 | São Miguel Paulista | ![]() | 6 | 2 | M | Arrested Killed his cousin on July 20, 2000 | [33] |
31. | Macloud, Luis Antonio, 45^ | Nov. | 1991 | Panama City | ![]() | 6 | 1 | F | Committed suicide | [34] |
32. | Swift Runner | 1878 | Saskatchewan | ![]() | 6 | 0 | FM | Sentenced to death and executed | ||
33. | McGee, Minnie* | April | 1912 | Georgetown, Prince Edward Island | ![]() | 6 | 0 | P | Sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment | [35] |
34. | Basora Montejo, Santiago, 38* | April 24 | 1932 | Güines | ![]() | 6 | 0 | MA | Committed suicide | [36] |
35. | Ingunza, Juan, 46* | Jan. 1 | 1964 | Pucallpa | ![]() | 6 | 0 | Committed suicide | [37] | |
36. | Kosberg, Thomas Gordon, 17* | Dec. 10 | 1965 | Vancouver | ![]() | 6 | 0 | MP | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [38] |
37. | Klick, João, 56* | April 26 | 1970 | Viamão | ![]() | 6 | 0 | MA | Arrested | [39] |
38. | Emidio da Silva, José* | March 7 | 1972 | Cruzeta | ![]() | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to 30 years in prison | [40] |
39. | Hurtado Vega, Liberata, 38 | Sept. 18 | 1973 | Cerro de Pasco | ![]() | 6 | 0 | MO | Arrested | [41] [42] [43] |
40. | Garcia de Vasconcelos, Lindolfo* | Dec. 24 | 1973 | Jaguari | ![]() | 6 | 0 | MA | [44] | |
41. | Haripaul, Devakaparsaud, 32* | May 29 | 1980 | Leonora | ![]() | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [45] |
42. | Blackman, Bruce Alfred, 22* | Jan. 18 | 1983 | Coquitlam, British Columbia | ![]() | 6 | 0 | FM | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [46] |
43. | Ricardo da Costa, Sebastião, 54 | Feb. 19 | 2001 | Itajuípe | ![]() | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [47] |
44. | Bauer, John, 51 | Sept. 18–20 | 2001 | Kirkland, Quebec | ![]() | 6 | 0 | F A | Committed suicide | [48] |
45. | Handel, Jay, 45* | March 11 | 2002 | Quatsino, British Columbia | ![]() | 6 | 0 | FMA | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [49] |
46. | da Silva, Edson, 33* | May 2 | 2014 | Coronel Sapucaia | ![]() | 6 | 0 | MA | Sentenced to 135 years in prison | [50] |
47. | Becerra, Bernardino, 34* | March | 1938 | Tototlán | ![]() | 6 | ? | M | [51] | |
48. | Unknown | Barracão | ![]() | 6 | ? | F | [52] | |||
49. | Young, Thomas, 27 | December 25 | 1958 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | F | Sentenced to death and executed | ||
50. | Franklin, Wilgo Charles, 53 | March 19 | 2012 | Puljhunweg | ![]() | 3 | 0 | M | Sentenced to life in prison | [53] |
51. | 14-year-old boy | July 1 | 2025 | Itaperuna | ![]() | 3 | 0 | F | Arrested | [54] |
* – Marks cases where all the victims were relatives of the perpetrator
W – A basic description of the weapons used in the murders