Citation

Chauhan M, Pradhan M, Behera C, Aggrawal A, Naagar S, Dogra TD. Med. Leg. J. 2018; 86(1): 55-57.

Affiliation

Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University, Chandu Budhera, Gurugram, Haryana, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Medico-Legal Society, Publisher SAGE Publications)

DOI

10.1177/0025817217734091

PMID

29251185

Abstract

This case of sexually motivated homicide combined the perpetrator's obliteration of his victim's identity along with his attempt at concealment of the corpse and sexual gratification following ligature strangulation of a young unidentified female from a minority Indian state. Sexual bondage was evident with characteristic body tying in a typical posture to fuel the killer's sexual arousal and gratification before, during and then after strangling his victim with a scarf. The victim's body was left in a sack packed with vegetables and transported from the crime site and found abandoned in a park.

Language: en

Keywords

Sexually motivated murder; bondage; concealment in sack; necrophilia; sadistic sexual practices; transport of bound corpse