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January 20, 2000
“Some fathers kill their own children because they don’t want to cause them pain.”
Richard Gelles, Joanne T. and Raymond B. Welsh Professor of Child
Welfare and
Family Violence, on why men kill their own family members
(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jan. 2)
Originally published on January 20, 2000
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