Family annihilators don't typically think through the end result -- potentially being arrested -- instead focusing on "the immediate need and gain of the moment," Garrett said.

Most so-called family annihilators are men, Berrill said — Websdale estimates that 95 percent of perpetrators are male — though they are so rare there has been no real studies on the subject.

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Annihilators are overwhelmingly male (95 percent, he estimates), and mostly white and middle-aged. They feel inadequate as men and have often suffered childhood abuse.