diff --git a/lib/connectors/memory.js b/lib/connectors/memory.js
index d8f775618..86588fc6f 100644
--- a/lib/connectors/memory.js
+++ b/lib/connectors/memory.js
@@ -738,6 +738,15 @@ Memory.prototype.destroyAll = function destroyAll(model, where, options, callbac
   var filter = null;
   var count = 0;
   if (where) {
+    for (var key in where) {
+      var p = this._models[model].properties[key];
+      if (key !== 'and' && key !== 'or' && p == null) {
+        callback(new Error(
+          `Unknown property ${key} used in a "where" condition for model ${model}.`
+        ));
+      }
+    }
+
     filter = applyFilter({where: where});
     Object.keys(cache).forEach(function(id) {
       if (!filter || filter(this.fromDb(model, cache[id]))) {
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index dcd9760b1..a10030137 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ function selectFields(fields) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Remove undefined values from the queury object
+ * Remove undefined values from the query object
  * @param query
  * @param handleUndefined {String} either "nullify", "throw" or "ignore" (default: "ignore")
  * @returns {exports.map|*}
diff --git a/test/manipulation.test.js b/test/manipulation.test.js
index 395c3b698..ca3ba273c 100644
--- a/test/manipulation.test.js
+++ b/test/manipulation.test.js
@@ -1622,6 +1622,10 @@ describe('manipulation', function() {
   });
 
   describe('destroy', function() {
+    beforeEach(function resetFixtures(done) {
+      Person.destroyAll(done);
+    });
+
     it('should destroy record', function(done) {
       Person.create(function(err, p) {
         if (err) return done(err);
@@ -1685,8 +1689,58 @@ describe('manipulation', function() {
         .catch(done);
     });
 
-    // TODO: implement destroy with filtered set
-    it('should destroy filtered set of records');
+    it('should destroy filtered set of records', function() {
+      return givenNamedPeople(['John', 'Jane', 'Mary'])
+        .then(() =>
+          Person.destroyAll({name: 'Jane'}))
+        .then(() => Person.find({fields: {name: true}})
+          .then(users => {
+            let userData = [];
+            users.forEach(user => userData.push(user.__data));
+            userData.should.deepEqual([
+              {name: 'John'},
+              {name: 'Mary'},
+            ]);
+          }));
+    });
+
+    it('should reject unknown properties', function() {
+      return givenNamedPeople(['John', 'Jane', 'Mary'])
+        .then(() =>
+          Person.destroyAll({names: 'John'}).should.be.rejectedWith(/Unknown property/))
+        .then(() => Person.find({fields: {name: true}, order: 'name ASC'})
+          .then(users => {
+            let userData = [];
+            users.forEach(user => userData.push(user.__data));
+            userData.should.deepEqual([
+              {name: 'Jane'},
+              {name: 'John'},
+              {name: 'Mary'},
+            ]);
+          }));
+    });
+
+    it('should reject where object inside a filter object', function() {
+      return givenNamedPeople(['John', 'Jane', 'Mary'])
+        .then(() =>
+          Person.destroyAll({where: {name: 'John'}}).should.be.rejectedWith(/Unknown property/))
+        .then(() => Person.find({fields: {name: true}})
+          .then(users => {
+            let userData = [];
+            users.forEach(user => userData.push(user.__data));
+            userData.should.deepEqual([
+              {name: 'John'},
+              {name: 'Jane'},
+              {name: 'Mary'},
+            ]);
+          }));
+    });
+
+    function givenNamedPeople(namesList) {
+      return Promise.all(
+        namesList.map(name => Person.create({name}))
+      );
+    }
   });
 
   bdd.describeIf(connectorCapabilities.reportDeletedCount !== false &&