Citation

Behera C, Swain R, Bhardwaj DN, Millo T. Med. Leg. J. 2015; 84(1): 39-41.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Medico-Legal Society, Publisher SAGE Publications)

DOI

10.1177/0025817215614145

PMID

26612577

Abstract

Suicide messages on the skin are rare. Until now, in all reported cases, the writing tool used by the victims has been a pen. We report a suicide case by hanging in which the victim had written a note on her palm in mehndi, or henna, at a wedding ceremony three days before the fatal act. The note was discovered at autopsy.

Language: en