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Rising Toll of Female-Perpetrated Partner Homicides

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Rising Toll of Female-Perpetrated Partner Homicides

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April 21, 2025. Updated May 3 and July 29.

Following is a listing of female-perpetrated homicides of their partners and family members, thus far in 2025:

  1. Ex-wife of Berkeley professor arrested after his shooting death amid custody battle

Przemyslaw Jeziorski was shot dead in Greece while in the country to settle a custody dispute.

July 17, 2025

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/przemyslaw-peziorski-wife-shooting-arrest-b2790779.html

2. SC woman found guilty of killing father of her children, gets life in prison

June 17, 2025

https://www.wistv.com/2025/06/17/jury-deliberates-trial-sc-woman-accused-killing-father-her-children/

3. Woman shoots father during custody exchange in Largo: PCSO

June 1, 2025

https://www.fox13news.com/news/woman-shoots-father-during-custody-exchange-largo-pcso

4. Man killed during child custody exchange, Harris County deputies say

A man was fatally shot during a custody exchange involving a toddler in Harris County.

May 9, 2025

https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/shooting-aldine-bender-road-houston-texas/285-7059c0c8-5a27-4962-9774-d502ec737f2d

5. Woman gets life sentence for fatal 2023 shooting during custody exchange on Christmas Day

April 29, 2025

https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/courts/2025/04/29/woman-gets-life-for-fatal-2023-shooting-on-christmas-day-in-florida/83329914007/

6. She Was Forced to Share Custody of Their Daughter — So She Had Someone Kill Her Ex in Front of the Girl

April 29, 2025

https://people.com/woman-forced-share-custody-has-former-stepfather-kills-ex-11724091

7. Dad shows up to custody swap with another woman, then mom kills her, FL cops say

April 29, 2025

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article305315951.html

8. Navarre woman sentenced to life in prison for setting up murder of her child’s father

April 28, 2025

https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/navarre-woman-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-setting-up-murder-of-her-childs-father

9. Alabama woman sentenced to life after running over, killing father of her children in 2022

April 25, 2025

https://www.wbrc.com/2025/04/24/alabama-woman-sentenced-life-after-running-over-killing-father-her-children-2022/

10. Ponchatoula woman shoots husband, takes own life

April 15, 2025

https://www.fox8live.com/2025/04/15/ponchatoula-woman-shoots-husband-takes-own-life/

11. Mich. Woman Lit Her Husband on Fire and Then Ran Him Over with the Family Van, Jury Finds

April 14, 2025

https://people.com/mich-woman-lit-husband-fire-ran-over-him-van-11714627

12. Monica Sementilli found guilty of murder in plot to kill prominent LA hairdresser

April 11, 2025

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/jury-guilty-murder-hairdresser-husband-fabio-sementilli/

13. Pennsylvania judge is convicted of shooting and wounding her ex-boyfriend as he slept

April 9, 2025

https://www.cnn.com/us/pennsylvania-judge-convicted-shooting-ex-boyfriend/index.html

14. Hospital Staff Believed Husband’s Death Was Suspicious. An Autopsy Revealed the Unthinkable

April 1, 2025

https://people.com/antifreeze-murder-wife-convicted-killing-husband-11706754

15. North Carolina woman allegedly murdered Green Beret husband, concealed his death: Officials

March 31, 2025

https://www.foxnews.com/us/north-carolina-woman-allegedly-murdered-green-beret-husband-concealed-his-death-officials

16. Woman charged with murdering husband after body found on plastic sheet in Philadelphia

March 25, 2025

https://6abc.com/post/woman-charged-murdering-husband-body-found-plastic-sheet-andorra-section-philadelphia/16077610/

17. Woman allegedly shoots, kills husband in Jackson

Feb. 23, 2025

https://www.wlbt.com/2025/02/23/woman-allegedly-shoots-kills-husband-jackson/

18. Bond denied again for Manassas woman accused of killing husband in domestic dispute

January 14, 2025

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/manassas-woman-accused-killing-husband

19. Man, 32, fatally stabbed in clash with girlfriend inside NYC apartment: Cops

Jan. 13, 2025

https://nypost.com/2025/01/13/us-news/man-32-fatally-stabbed-in-clash-with-girlfriend-inside-nyc-apartment-cops/

These are recent incidents in which women tried to hire hit-men to kill their husbands:

Ex-Wife of Former Tenn. TV Anchor Tried to Hire Hitman to Make Him ‘Disappear and Be Put Underground’: Police

April 14, 2025

https://people.com/ex-wife-former-tenn-tv-anchor-tried-hire-hitman-disappear-11715107

Woman charged with trying to hire hitman on Tinder to kill ex, his daughter

April 10, 2025

https://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-charged-hire-hitman-kill-daughter/story?id=120682186

Wife of ‘Ghost Adventures’ star Aaron Goodwin accused of hiring a hitman to kill him

March 12, 2025

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/wife-ghost-adventures-star-aaron-goodwin-allegedly-hired-hitman-kill-rcna195784

Following is a partial listing of incidents in which a mother murdered her son or daughter:

An Oklahoma pediatrician is accused of staging her daughter’s accidental death in Florida

Dr. Neha Gupta said her daughter was found unresponsive in a pool, authorities said. The medical examiner’s office said she appeared to have been smothered.

July 3, 2025

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oklahoma-pediatrician-accused-staging-daughters-accidental-death-flori-rcna216889

‘I wish you well in hell.’ Ex-Miami nurse sentenced to life for her daughter’s murder

April 30, 2025

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article305297136.html