The brutal death of Vianel Garcia, allegedly at the hands of her son, is part of an alarming trend. In the past year, there have been at least six cases of adult children killing their parents with some indication a psychiatric illness may have played a role.
An epidemic of adult children killing their parents in NYC raises troubling issues
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