Citation

Sikary AK, Behera C. Med. Leg. J. 2017; 85(4): 219-220.

Affiliation

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

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Medico-Legal Society, Publisher SAGE Publications)

DOI

10.1177/0025817217701367

PMID

29210340

Abstract

Most methanol poisonings are accidental. We present a rare case of filicide-suicide, where a youth was killed by methanol poisoning and his parents then committed suicide by jumping in front of a running train. The father's suicide note explains the crime.

Language: en

Keywords

Methanol poisoning; filicide–suicide; homicide; suicide note