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Husband murders wife / man murders woman

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LindorDoubleChoc · 03/04/2025 20:34

Serious subject for Chat but AIBU is not the place and the News topic is pretty much dead these days. Anyway ...

Today the Mail Online headline about the murder of Dawn Searle by her husband Andrew Searle is Hollyoaks star's mother and step-father died in murder-suicide.

I don't think that's at all appropriate.

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CrickityCrickets · 03/04/2025 20:36

Do you mean that it should be clearer as in 'Andrew Searle murdered his wife Dawn before taking his own life.' ?

Butteredtoast55 · 03/04/2025 20:39

Please don't read on if you are of a sensitive disposition.
I know what you mean - I always think that a murder suicide suggests a degree of joint planning, whereas this looks like he murdered her then took his own life. The taking of another woman's life is minimised once again.
Sorry for the gruesomeness of the topic.

G5000 · 03/04/2025 20:47

I know what you mean. It's 'woman killed', 'woman shot', 'woman suffers injuries', 'woman attacked' - like those events are all by natural causes or something.

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