Does a double murder suicide refer to 2,3, or 4 deaths?
from cheese_greater@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 05 May 20:56
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I feel like 4

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Weirdfish@lemmy.world on 05 May 21:02 next collapse

I’m going to say three, two murders and a suicide.

southsamurai@sh.itjust.works on 05 May 21:04 collapse

Depends on who’s saying it, since it’s not exactly a well defined term. It would be either 3 or 4, unless you get really loose with things.

Generally, a double murder is one person killing two. A murder suicide is one person killing one other, them themselves. So the implication of a double murder suicide is either someone committing a double murder, then killing themselves for three total; or two murder suicides happening in unison.

I guess it depends on the hyphen. Is it a double-murder suicide, or a double murder-suicide

cheese_greater@lemmy.world on 05 May 21:05 collapse

So much depends upon the Black Comma.

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