Citation

Castellá-García J, Sierra-Navarro G, Marrón-Moya T, Martin-Fumadó C. Rev. Esp. Med. Legal 2013; 39(3): 119-121.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Madrid Asociacion Nacional de Medicos Forenses, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.reml.2013.03.003

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Suicide pacts are exceptional cases. We present a simultaneous suicide of two 46 year-old monozygotic twins run over by a train. Both twins experienced psychiatric anxiety-depressive disorders that required involuntary hospitalization after suicidal tentative. Previous alcohol intake was also detected. They both meticulously planned their dyadic death and went near a railway station where they remained in the train trajectory, hugging each other, before the convoy arrived. Necroscopic analysis showed the typical injuries of this type of suicide as well as a considerable presence of ethanol in blood. The context of the case, the result of the psychological autopsy and the presence of coincident medical records-psychiatric ones included-are presented, while current bibliography is revised. © 2013 AsociaciÓn Nacional de Médicos Forenses. Published by Elsevier España, S.L. All rights reserved.

Language: es

Keywords

Suicide; Suicide pact; Alcohol abuse; Double suicide; Twins