Mariticide (not to be confused with matricide); from the Latin maritus (married) and cidium (killing), literally means the murder of one's married partner, but has become most associated with the murder of a husband by his wife, as the reverse is given the name uxoricide. Notable instances Historical Laodice I allegedly poisoned her husband Antiochus II Theos of the Seleucid dynasty around 246 BC. Heather Osland drugged and had her son kill her husband in 1991, creating a test case for the 'ba… (More on Mariticide)