In 2014, 15 UK women were killed with their son named as primary suspect:
- 30 Jan 2014: Karen Wild, was found dead through stabbing. A 22-year-old man, said to be her son, Lian Wild, was charged with her murder.
- 12 Feb 2014: A woman who cannot be named for legal reasons was found dead in Bow, London. A 15 year old boy, thought to be her son, was charged with her murder.
- 21 April 2014: Malgorzata Dantes, 54, and her husband Leszek were stabbed to death. Their son Kamil Dantes was charged with their murders.
- 9 May 2014: Tamara Holboll, 67, was found dead with multiple stab wounds following a fire at her home. Her son, Peter Holboll, 44, was charged with her murder.
- 31 May 2014: Barbara Hobbis, 79, was strangled by her 58-year-old son, Geoffrey Hobbis.
- 3 June 2014: Yvonne Fox, 87, was killed by blunt force trauma to the head. Her son, Paul Fox, was charged with her murder.
- 4 June 2014: Margaret Evans, 69, was beaten to death. Her son, Alun Evan, 32, was detained under the mental health act.
- 7 July 2014: Quoi Chang, 50, and her husband Pin Chang, 58, were both stabbed to death in their home. Their 23-year-old son, Carl Chang was charged with their murders.
- 19 September 2014: Dorothy Brown, 66, and her husband Paul Brown, 73 were stabbed to death. Their son Timothy Brown, 46, was charged with their murders.
- 30 September 2014: Catherine McDonald, 57, was found dead. She had been stabbed and asphyxiated. Her 27-year-old son, Alex McDonald, was charged with her murder.
- 11 Oct 2014: Maria Mayes, 67, was stabbed to death. Her son, Stuart Mayes, was charged with her murder.
- 18 Nov 2014: The body of Valerie Davison, 59, known locally as Jane, was discovered. Initially her death was thought to be unexplained but her son Charles Davison, 38 was charged with murdering her sometime between 3-17 November.
- 12 December 2014: Carol Ruddy, 54, and her husband Eric, 64, were found with serious injuries at their home. Their son Martin Ruddy, 28, was charged with their
- 22 December 2014 was the last day that Carol-Anne Taggart was seen alive. Her body was discovered on 12 January 2015. Her son Ross Taggart, 30, was charged with her murder.
- 31 December 2014: Sandra Brotherton, 60, was found stabbed to death. Her 29 year-old son was arrested on suspicion of murder and detained under the mental health act
In addition, one woman was killed by her grandson, one by her step-grandson and a third woman’s stepson was charged with her murder:
- 11 Feb 2014: Clara Patterson, 82, and her son Ray, 61, were found dead. Their grandson/son was found guilty of manslaughter and detained indefinitely.
- 18 June 2014: Una Dorney, 87, was found dead in the care home in which she lived. Her step-grandson, Ryan Guest, 33, pleaded guilty to her murder.
- 1 November 2014: Ann Cluysenaar (Jackson), 78, was found dead. Her stepson, Timothy Jackson, has been charged with her murder.
Karen Ingala Smith 
It is better to die from lightning than to be offed by your offspring, though. I mean, lightning happens, but realizing that you wasted your time and health and energy on a murderer, that must really hurt.
Now, the interesting question is what the risk with daughters is. I mean, if it is significantly lower, I bet those who paid lots of money to get the sex determined in a fertility clinic will consider the money well invested.
Actually, the maternal mortality in the UK is eight times as high as in Russia, so I’d count that as death by insufficient healthcare, or incompetent gynecologist. Besides, every woman who gets pregnant voluntarily knows the risk. (Women who didn’t want to get pregnant and die in childbirth can be counted as death by male)
Raising children, however, should not contribute to the likelihood of being murdered.
As for your example of matricide by daughter, well, I don’t particularly intend to sleep with my future daughter’s husband, so I guess I’ll be safe.
Thank you for pointing out how incredibly rare this problem is. A quick back of the envelope calculation here would suggest there’s probably around 10,000,000 women who could potentially be killed by their sons in the UK, so that means about 0.0002% of women are killed by their sons annually. By comparison around 5 people are killed by lightening each year, so the odds of being killed by your offspring are pretty much in the same ballpark. Certainly a whole lot less than the chances of dying in a car accident, which in the UK is around 2500 people annually (with ten times that number facing ‘serious injury’)
Have a nice life Sarah, hope you don’t get struck by lightening or hurt in a car accident. Be careful of the sharp edges on your envelope.