Citation

Woźniak K, Pohl J. Arch. Med. Sadowej Kryminol. 2003; 53(4): 347-355.

Vernacular Title

Samobojcze postrzaly z broni srutowej po wprowadzeniu lufy do ust a ryzyko

Affiliation

Katedry i Zakladu Medycyny Sadowej CM UJ w Krakowie.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Polish Forensic Medicine Society)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14971300

Abstract

The authors presented two cases of suicidal single intraoral shooting by a shotgun. The first case relates to a victim found near the peak of Swinica in the Tatra mountains. When the circumstances could have suggested fatal fall from a height and minute, insignificant external injuries were found, the pistol found at the scene has been the most important indicator leading to the actual cause of death. The second case relates to a 38-year-old male found in this family house in a village. Severe internal cranial injury (bone fragmentation) was diagnosed at the scene. A self-made weapon was previously removed and hidden from the scene by a relative of the victim. Before regular forensic autopsy X-ray examination was conducted which revealed multiple intracranial foreign bodies of a shape of a shot. After the results of the autopsy the relative of the deceased indicated the location of the weapon.