Citation

Byard RW. Rechtsmedizin 2012; 22(3): 187-189.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00194-012-0826-9

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The case of a 51-year-old man found hanging in a cell in an institution for the criminally insane is reported. The decedent was hanging from a cord attached to a wall fixture. Additional findings were of several superficial incised wounds at the base of the scrotum and a broom handle inserted into the rectum that had passed into the peritoneal cavity without causing any major vascular or internal organ injuries. The finding of the anogenital injuries raised suspicions of a sexual or sadistic homicide or of sexual asphyxia. Careful evaluation of the death scene and the autopsy findings, however, indicated that death had been caused by hanging and that the manner was suicide. The English full-text version of this article is available at Springer Link (under "Supplemental"). © Springer-Verlag 2012.

Language: de

Keywords

adult; human; homicide; suicide; Suicide; Hanging; male; asphyxia; autopsy; case report; hanging; forensic pathology; article; sexual dysfunction; automutilation; Forensic medicine; organ injury; genital injury; Mutilation; Sexual asphyxia