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Here is another interesting article on filicide...
http://thwts.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/the-manthe-murders-understanding-why-mothers-kill/
And a snippet...
The methods parents use to kill their children also differ from the usual methods of homicide. Women do not use guns or knives as murder weapons, nor are they intoxicated at the time of the offense. Maternal filicide is usually committed using “hands on” methods that entail close and active physical contact between mother and child, such as shaking, manual battering, suffocation, or drowning, and some indirect methods such as arson or drowning while the children are asleep or sedated.
http://thwts.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/the-manthe-murders-understanding-why-mothers-kill/
And a snippet...
The methods parents use to kill their children also differ from the usual methods of homicide. Women do not use guns or knives as murder weapons, nor are they intoxicated at the time of the offense. Maternal filicide is usually committed using “hands on” methods that entail close and active physical contact between mother and child, such as shaking, manual battering, suffocation, or drowning, and some indirect methods such as arson or drowning while the children are asleep or sedated.