Hi everyone,

I have some questions about a couple of short stories that i want to write. i want to write a book of short stories about motherless daughters. my focus is on daughters who lose their mothers to a violent death. Some of my stories are from real life. I have four newspapers articles about women/mothers who were killed either by their husbands or boyfriends.these incidents took place either in the eighties or the nineties. some took place in America or Barbados. I want to use the real names ,real dates,places and how the murder took place and also what weapon was used.one mother was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend and the father of her son . he also stabbed her thirteen year old daughter to death. a true crime book was written on this case. also the case was featured in a domestic violence book. even though i am writing these true stories from a fiction point of view what legal issues can i face?

what if the families recognize themselves? can the families from Barbados take legal action against me?