Jana, a young woman, is married to Mark. She gets into a romantic relationship with her colleague, Jacob. She wants to marry Jacob but does not want to go through divorce proceedings and split her assets with Mark. Therefore, she decides to kill Mark. One evening, she goes home early after work, sneaks up on her husband, and bludgeons him to death. Jana most likely committed _____.

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Jana's actions of intentionally killing her husband to avoid divorce and marry someone else directly align with the definition of murder, which involves the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

Jana, a Young Woman, Is Married to Mark