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THE IDENTITIES OF a mother and her two children who were found dead at their home yesterday have been confirmed.
51-year-old Geraldine Newman and her two children Shane (6) and Shannon (11) were found dead at their home at Beeston Way, Allerton Bywater, near Leeds.
Geraldine had died from head injuries while both of her children had been stabbed.
It’s understood that Geraldine was found downstairs in the house, with her children’s bodies discovered upstairs.
Her husband, 42-year-old Paul Newman, was subsequently found dead on cliffs at South Stack, Anglesey, 165 miles from the family home.
West Yorkshire police have confirmed that the deaths appear to be a “domestic incident”, and that they are not seeking any other parties in relation to the case.
“The focus of our investigation is now on providing all the required information to the Coroner so he can conduct inquests into the deaths,” said Detective Chief Inspector Warren Stevenson.
The families are understandably distraught at the deaths of their loved ones.
They have asked that they are allowed to grieve privately at what will clearly be a very difficult time for them.
Geraldine is understood to have worked as a branch manager for home retailer Wilko for 23 years.
Both children’s schools have paid tribute to them in statements today.
“Shannon was a bright, intelligent, enthusiastic, hardworking and caring student. She was very popular among her peers and will be greatly missed by all members of our community,” said Helen Gilroy, head teacher at St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School where Shannon Newman attended, while Sarah Spencer, head teacher at Shane Newman’s primary school, St Joseph’s Catholic Primary, said: “Shane was a caring, lovable young boy, full of fun, who enjoyed school and made many friends.”
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If only those people with murder-suicide on their mind would start with the second part first.
Of course mental illness, depression and despair are tragic afflictions, but to take innocent lives with you just seems greedy.
This is so sad reading this ,why couldn’t he just kill himself and leave them alone to much depression in the world it’s crazy …
@rusty. Yes the World is crazy – too much expectation & far too much pressure.
A “domestic incident” is awful similar to sure just sweep it under the rug, sure it’s their dirty laundry, it’s not up to us whether a man beats his wife”.
So many women are killed by current or past partners, in the UK it’s two women a week, and yet it’s still referred to as a “domestic incident”, much like a spat over who does the dishes.
Eh, there were two children murdered here as well.
“West Yorkshire police have confirmed that the deaths appear to be a “domestic incident”, and that they are not seeking any other parties in relation to the case.”
It’s a polite term to inform people that the father murdered his wife and children and them himself, rather than an unknown person.
There is a term for it – familicide.
This is a tragedy and I doubt very much if the police aimed to diminish domestic violence against women.
There is no excuse for this. Men and women have needlessly lost their lives at the hands of their spouses, but what logic there behind killing one’s own children. Women kill more children than men, there must be a reason behind this.
Maybe it’s because there is more women looking after their kids than men? Use your brain ,lad.
Bank tellers do not rob banks any more than other professions, yet they have more access to banks.
There is no logic Leo, well not to us. We can’t even begin to wonder what goes on inside people’s heads when they commit such acts.
Leo would love to see your stats on this
Nobody appears to be interested in statistics that do not conform to their preconceived ideas.
This particular case is “familicide”, while women may be more likely to kill their children, men are more likely to kill their spouse/partner AND their children.
Agreed.
“Wives were more likely than husbands to be killed by their spouse. Wives were about half of all spouses in the population but 81% of all persons killed by their spouse.”
Source:
http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fvs03.pdf
“In 1960, only 11% of children in the U.S. lived apart from their fathers. By 2010, that share had risen to 27%. The share of minor children living apart from their mothers increased only modestly, from 4% in 1960 to 8% in 2010.” -Pew Research
The results from this study indicate that the prevalence of women in Ireland and internationally that
PND stands at 19.7% and 17.3% respectively. the prevalence of PND between 11.5%-20.7% in Ireland. International researches have reported similar
Source :
https://www.ucc.ie/en/media/academic/appliedsocialstudies/TeresaCronin.pdf
Leo and his statistics on Australia : “http://australianmensrights.com/Domestic_Violence_Statistics-Child_Abuse_Australia/Women_who_murder_their_Children-Australian_Statistics.aspx”
One Parent Family stats in Australia :
“There were 780 thousand single mother families in June 2012, making up the vast majority of one parent families (81%).”
Canada
“According to the 2011 census, 19.3 % of all Canadian children lived with single parents. 82.3% of these children live with single mothers.”
Source :
http://spacedoutscientist.com/2015/04/11/single-parents-worldwide-statistics-and-trends/
UK
There are 2 million Single Parent families in the UK
“Around 90 per cent of single parents are women; the proportion who are men has remained at around 10 per cent for over a decade ”
IRELAND :
“Over half a million people live in one-parent families in Ireland (Census 2011)
86.5% per cent of one-parent families are headed by THE MOTHER (Census 2011)
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