The femicides in Dominican Republic have acquired devastating dimensions in 2025. It is no longer just about men who murder their partners, now, the violence It spreads to children, mothers-in-law and even daughters-in-law, leaving entire families erased in a matter of minutes.
According to the records of the Life Without Violence Foundationso far this year, 50 have been reported femicides intimate with 64 orphans in the country.
Among these tragedies, press reports confirm at least four femicides multiple in which the woman was murdered along with her mother. This modality, known as vicarious violencein which the aggressor tries to annihilate all the members of the environment that he associates with the victim.
The most recent case occurred last October 12in El Milloncito, National District, when Nelson Felix Miranda Hermida79, killed his wife Mayra Martínez Romero and his mother-in-law Doris Librada Martínez Romero, 87, before commit suicide.
The man called his son and summoned him to the house “urgently”, but when he arrived, along with another brother and his wife, the incident had already occurred. tragedy,leaving them all submerged in the pain.
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On January 18, in La Vega, Second Lieutenant of the Police Juan Luis Jiménez Adames killed his partner Meylin Ariany Marte Rodríguez and his mother-in-law, Marisela Rodríguez Marte; He also injured a man who was in the house, becoming the first femicide of this category.
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On April 1, in Nueva Jerusalem, in the municipality of Santo Domingo Este, former officer Fabio Montero Berigüete murdered his wife, his son and his daughter-in-law, and injured another of his children, before taking his own life.
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Also in that month, a man in Herrera, Santo Domingo Oeste, killed his mother-in-law during an argument with his partner when she was trying to prevent the attacker from murdering her daughter.
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On June 18, in Los Alcarrizos, Waldy Vásquez murdered his partner Ruth Altagracia Santos and her son, an eight-year-old boy. The attacker died shortly after his arrest after being injured.
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On July 9, Army Captain Samuel Mora Alcántara (49 years old) killed his ex-partner and her mother, before committing suicide in Sabana Perdida.
