"Glenn Arnold" <oldnoah@att.net> wrote in message
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I'm having a discussion in another forum where this has come up. I have
these names, Andrea Yates, Deanna Laney, and Dena Schlosser.

I'm sure there are a lot more, but I can't think of them. Can anyone
remember any others? (beating or severely injuring would be ok, too)

Glenn Arnold

Here's an excellent example. John Emil List was a
sunday school teacher who murdered his entire family
(5 people in all) in 1971, then went under an assumed name
and managed to evade capture for another 18 years. Here's
an article about him, which includes a confession letter:

http://www.jesus21.com/poppydixon/crime/list.html

A key quote :
"John had originally considered killing himself, but he didn't want to leave
his children destitute and alone with a dying and demented mother. And
suicide was a sin which would bar him from Heaven. Backruptcy and welfare
were options too humiliating to consider. He was certain it would drive his
wife and children even further from a life of faith. The only way he could
solve his problems AND insure heaven for his family was to kill them. He
knew, from John 3:16, that God would forgive him."


Richard