Citation

Hartwig S. Arch. Kriminol. 2008; 221(1-2): 48-53.

Vernacular Title

Ungewohnliche Begehungsweise bei einem Suizid durch mechanische Halskompression.

Affiliation

Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Verlag Schmidt-Romhild)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18389864

Abstract

A 36-year-old man was found dead with his neck being jammed between the hydraulic tail lift and the side wall of a truck. Based on the investigations, the technical facilities of the tail lift, the results of the postmortem examination and the autopsy it could be demonstrated that the victim, who suffered drom depression, had intentionally brought himself into this position and committed suicide by compression of the neck. The pathomorphological findings and the technical reconstruction of this unusual death are presented.

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