Extent of issue Many of the Americans are obsessed with this phenomenon, a practice that is old as man, which makes people to make choices guided by jealousy and rage. What am I saying? The brutal slaughtering of wives by their loved ones, husbands. The innocent lives of these women are cut short by the people they trust, love and know most. Then, all are left wondering why would make a person; husband, to feel such kind of rage leading to killing one of his own.