Citation

Ambade VN, Borkar JL, Meshram SK. Med. Sci. Law 2012; 52(1): 40-43.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1258/msl.2011.011020

PMID

22399029

Abstract

It has been estimated that five million snake bite cases occur worldwide every year, causing about 100,000 deaths. Snake bite is exclusively accidental in nature. Suicide by snake bite is very rare and homicidal snake bite is not reported. In the present case, a contract killer was hired, who used a poisonous snake to kill an elderly couple by way of direct snake bite. We believe this to be the first case reported where a snake was directly used for the murder of two victims through a contract killer.

Language: en