Citation

Waghamare SS, Pawar VG, Kachare RV, Raut SM, Shaikh AK. J. Forensic Med. Sci. Law 2019; 28(1): 22-25.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Medicolegal Association of Maharashtra)

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Abstract

The phenomenon of complex suicide as the use of more than one method to induce self-destruction has been widely noticed in the forensic literature. In complex suicide, the victim intentionally uses backup methods to ensure successful suicide. Depending upon simultaneous or chronological implementation of backup method/s, complex suicides are categorized as Primary or planned complex suicide and secondary or unplanned complex suicide. The Complex suicides poses challenge for autopsy surgeon and the investigating agencies because of the plurality of methods applied for self-destruction. Determining the cause of death amongst the multiple methods used in complex suicide is a crucial task. Also, easily available and accessible methods used in complex suicide poses more difficulty to categorize the case as planned or unplanned one. We presented here forensic aspects of a case of complex suicide by triple methods i. e. wrist-cutting, ingestion of household insecticide and hanging. © 2019, Medicolegal Association of Maharashtra. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Hanging; Poisoning; Complex suicide