Citation

Jansen K, Jübner M, Rothschild MA, Kamphausen T. Rechtsmedizin 2018; 28(5): 438-441.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00194-018-0268-0

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In the case of the death of a 76-year-old woman, the situation found at the scene including a distinctive bloodstain pattern and multiple sharp force trauma pointed to the question, whether the injuries were self-inflicted. Due to the results of the bloodstain pattern analysis, autopsy and toxicological analyses in combination with the police investigations, death by a third party could be excluded. Death was due to hemorrhagic shock caused by external bleeding through massive self-inflicted injuries. A special feature of the findings was the intensity of the cuts to the wrist leading to subtotal amputation of the hand. © 2018, Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH, ein Teil von Springer Nature.

Language: de

Keywords

human; suicide; Suicide; female; aged; autopsy; case report; injury severity; forensic toxicology; forensic identification; clinical article; automutilation; Sharp force; blood stain; hemorrhagic shock; wrist injury; hand injury; Article; artery injury; Wrist; Cut; Partial amputation; traumatic amputation