Homicide is the killing of a human by another
human. Murder is a homicide that breaks the law. Some categories of
homicide/murder are negligent, voluntary, vehicular, etc. One case of homicide
that I found was the murder of five people by Shawn Michael Bentler. On October
14, 2006, Bentler shot and killed his parents and his three teenaged sisters
with a shotgun. The apparent motivation was to ensure that he inherited the
family fortune in its entirety. According to reports, Bentler had trouble
keeping jobs, and was having difficulty paying his bills, including child
support for two children conceived by two different women. He was sentenced to
five consecutive life sentences on June 17, 2007. The media reports emphasize
how shocking this crime was to the community and to the people who knew Bentler
and his family.
The first media documentation of homicide that I
found was a TV show called Homicide: Life
on the Streets. This series, which aired from 1993 to 1999, was about a
police homicide unit in Baltimore. The second was a movie called Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet
Street. This movie starring Johnny Depp and directed by Tim Burton, is
based on a Broadway musical.
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