Citation

Altun G. Forensic Sci. Int. 2006; 157(2-3): 83-86.

Affiliation

Trakya University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Adli Tip AD, 22030 Edirne, Turkey. gurcan_altun@yahoo.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.04.039

PMID

15979265

Abstract

This article presents three planned complex suicide cases. The first case was a 46-year-old man, who had taken some antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs before cutting his right wrist and ingesting a large amount of concentrated hydrochloric acid. In the second case, a 34-year-old man was found dead in his home, hanging by his neck, with a suicidal stab wound on the left side of the chest. In the third case, a 22-year-old woman was found dead, hanging by her neck from a ceiling beam of her grandmother's a storage room, after taking of a solid rodenticide. The histories revealed psychiatric problems in all cases. The investigation of scene, the method employed, the autopsy findings and the interview with their relatives altogether pointed toward a suicidal etiology.

Language: en