The death of the 6-year-old girl Olivia, murdered this Monday in Gijón by her mother, who gave her a lethal dose of drugs before attempting suicide, joins a long victim of crimes classified as ‘vicarious violence’. data from the Ministry of Justice, between 2007 and 2022, 24 men and 26 women were convicted of killing their minor children. In 2021 alone, seven men and 5 women were sentenced in connection with the deaths of 17 children. Since 2011, the number of murdered minors has risen to 78, with an average age of 5.9 years. Suicidal, runaway or disappeared parents The figures refer only to court cases. But there are more parricides: some committed suicide after committing the crimes; others remain on the run or disappeared. Noemí Martínez, Olivia’s mother, murdered on October 31 in Asturias, also does not appear on the Justice list, since she has not yet been tried.