Citation

Dayapala A, De Silva M. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2015; 9(1): 236-241.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

DOI

10.5958/0973-9130.2015.00056.0

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Incised injuries in the neck or cut throats can be due to homicides, suicides or accidents in that order. Though there are differences in the injuries seen in these three manners of death, atypical features can be encountered in practice. In addition to the postmortem examination, careful analysis of the medical and psychiatric history of the person, circumstances of the incident and findings in the scene play a vital role in the determination of the manner of death. In this case, repetitive and jagged nature in the neck injury, , absence of spurting marks in the blood distribution in the scene and especially the presence of injuries in the lower leg which was not fond in the literature demand clarification. The hesitations marks, depressive illness, blunt nature of the weapon and circumstances seem to be helpful in meeting this demand. © 2015, Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; suicide; male; accident; autopsy; depression; death; middle aged; weapon; neck injury; blood; throat; Article; leg injury; Hesitation marks; Depressive illness; Blunt nature of the weapon; Incised injury in the neck; Injuries in the lower leg