Couples are supposed to love and care for one another. But these men and women's relationships ended in violence and tragedy.
From the pensioner who stabbed his wife of 59 years to death to the mum who helped arrange the killing of her ex-husband, these killings all horrified Greater Manchester.
Research shows that women are far more likely than men to be murdered by an intimate partner. But for families who have lost a loved one - the pain doesn't change.