Title: Why Do Some Women Kill? - ABC News
Headings: Why Do Some Women Kill?
Why Do Some Women Kill?
Criminologists: Women and Men Kill for Different Reasons
Motive in Sandra Cantu Slaying Still Unclear
Women Less Likely to Use Extreme Violence

Content: Police say Sandra's killer is 28-year-old Melissa Huckaby, a Sunday school teacher and the mother of one of Sandra's close friends. Huckaby allegedly killed the second-grader and dumped the suitcase containing her body in a nearby irrigation pond. Though little is known about Huckaby or a possible motive, if the allegations are true, Huckaby would not fit the typical profile of a killer. According to the Justice Department, roughly one in 10 homicides are committed by women. And when women kill, their victims are more likely to be someone close to them, like their children, boyfriends or spouses. Forensic psychologists and criminal profilers say women who kill have backgrounds and motivations that are often quite different from their male counterparts. Compared with men, women are more likely to be related to their victim, less likely to plan in advance and less likely to use extreme violence. Criminologists: Women and Men Kill for Different Reasons
"Women are different in whom, how and why they kill," said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University. " The victims are younger, they're more often related to them, they kill with means other than guns.