parricide theme

A character murders a close relative of theirs.

Notes

This theme is also applied in cases where a close in-law relative is killed.

In ahp1x24 "The Perfect Murder", two greedy nephews conspire to murder their aunt in order to access an inheritance.

18 total · 4 choice · 12 major · 2 minor

Story	Level	Motivation
columbo1971e10x04	choice	The story turns Leon Lamarr drowning his "favorite nephew" Freddy Brower in the bathtub to maintain possession of a $30 million lottery windfall that rightly belonged to Freddy.
columbo1971e10x06	choice	Dolores murdered her nephew-in-law to stop him from blackmailing her regarding her recent spouse murder.
columbo1971e2x02	choice	Orchid enthusiast Jarvis Goodland murdered his adult nephew to gain access to a trust fund in the nephew's name and made it look like a ransom kidnapping gone wrong.
columbo1971e7x01	choice	Abigail murdered her nephew-in-law, Edmund. One gathers that she would have gotten away with her crime had it not been for the meddlesome Lt. Columbo.
ahp1x24	major	The brothers Paul and Henri attempted to knock off their wealthy aunt.
ahp2x05	major	Seymour hatched and executed an elaborate plot to knock off his rich aunt.
ahp2x15	major	It was revealed that that Ray had in fact killed his own aunt.
ahp3x09	major	The teenager Janice bludgeoned her overbearing guardian, Aunt Mae, to death and tried to pin the crime on a drifter.
ahp3x31	major	We are left to ponder the distinct possibility that Celia was behind the death of her brother's wife Julia.
ahp4x29	major	The plot revolved around Inspector Brent tricking John Bedford into confessing to having murdered his own aunt.