Cultural Considerations in Understanding Murder-suicide in the Hmong Community

In season 1, episode 6 of the Hmong•𝘪𝘴𝘩 podcast, Pachia and Shoun take a look at murder-suicide cases under the Hmong lens, explaining how culture and generational trauma may play a part in driving these tragedies that continue to run rampant in the Hmong community.

Sources:
Men Who Murder Their Families: What the Research Tells Us
https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/230...

HOPE Center Facebook Statistics
https://www.facebook.com/page/2766495...

Nine Children Orphaned by the Murder-suicide of their Parents (Aug. 18, 1989)
https://apnews.com/article/895c204057...

Mother Mourns Family Murder-Suicide (Dec. 5, 1999)
https://apnews.com/article/fc848ddbba...

He Kissed his Wife, then Stabbed her 101 Times, Police Say (Sept. 29, 2016)
Sacramento Bee

Killings of women and girls by their intimate partner or other family members (Global estimates 2020)
https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-...

National and Local Resources (Sacramento, CA)
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
- WEAVE, Inc.: (916) 920-2952
- My Sister's House: (916) 428-3271

Open Databases:
Violence Free MN
https://www.vfmn.org/reports

End Domestic Abuse WI
https://www.endabusewi.org/resources/