Familicide, also known as family annihilation, is a type of mass murder and according to research is perpetrated more by men than women. In addition, researchers have also put familicide and the reasoning behind these events into 4 different categories to try and get a better grasp on such unfathomable and tragic events. Today we go over familicide in general and discuss cases that fall into 2 of the 4 categories, including the cases of Robert Fisher and Steven Sueppel and the terrible crimes they committed against those closest to them, their families.