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Is there a "cide""-cide" word for murdering a child who is older than one and unrelated to the murderer?

Terribly morbid but I am looking for a "cide""-cide" word to describe murdering a child who is older than 1 year old (which is, as I understand it, outside the realm of infanticide) but unrelated to the murderer (ruling out filacidefilicide)?

I basically want to replace "child homicide" in the following sentence with this word:

You have been charged with multiple counts of "child homicide"?

You have been charged with multiple counts of child homicide.

Given that this word might not exist, I'd be interested in theany alternative phrase that is commonly used by law enforcement to describe a child killer.

Is there a "cide" word for murdering a child who is older than one and unrelated to the murderer?

Terribly morbid but I am looking for a "cide" word to describe murdering a child who is older than 1 year old (which is, as I understand it, outside the realm of infanticide) but unrelated to the murderer (ruling out filacide)?

I basically want to replace "child homicide" in the following sentence with this word:

You have been charged with multiple counts of "child homicide"?

Given that this word might not exist, I'd be interested in the alternative phrase that is commonly used by law enforcement to describe a child killer.

Is there a "-cide" word for murdering a child who is older than one and unrelated to the murderer?

Terribly morbid but I am looking for a "-cide" word to describe murdering a child who is older than 1 year old (which is, as I understand it, outside the realm of infanticide) but unrelated to the murderer (ruling out filicide)?

I basically want to replace "child homicide" in the following sentence with this word:

You have been charged with multiple counts of child homicide.

Given that this word might not exist, I'd be interested in any alternative phrase that is commonly used by law enforcement to describe a child killer.

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Is there a "cide" word for murdering a child who is older than one and unrelated to the murderer?

Terribly morbid but I am looking for a "cide" word to describe murdering a child who is older than 1 year old (which is, as I understand it, outside the realm of infanticide) but unrelated to the murderer (ruling out filacide)?

I basically want to replace "child homicide" in the following sentence with this word:

You have been charged with multiple counts of "child homicide"?

Given that this word might not exist, I'd be interested in the alternative phrase that is commonly used by law enforcement to describe a child killer.