Sole Survivor: Children Who Kill Their Families

By Elliott Leyton

Book Overview

Dr. Leyton delves into the complex psyches and family histories of those who commit what he terms familicide--the heinous crime in which one family member murders the remaining members. Leyton is the bestselling author of Hunting Humans.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671733885
• ISBN13: 9780671733889
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Pocket
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Misleading Title

It's not a bad book at all, it's interesting and well written (even if some of the opinions are a bit outdated). But the title is very misleading. Of the 4 cases the book covers, only 1 was actually committed by a child (or at least someone who was legally a minor). That case is also the book's only case with a female killer, Marlene Olive, who was 16 when she murdered her parents (with help from her 20 year old boyfriend). Of the other 3 cases, Seven Benson was 34 when he killed his family, Harry de la Roche was 18, and Ronald DeFeo Jr. was 23. Family killers they were indeed, but not children.