Citation

Behera C, Devassy S, Kanwar HK, Chandran VA. Int. J. Med. Toxicol. Legal Med. 2021; 24(3-4): 52-56.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, India Medico Legal Society)

DOI

10.5958/0974-4614.2021.00056.5

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A coupleand their two daughterswere found lying in a pool of blood inthe bedroom by the police. A safety razor blade had been recovered at crime scenes. Cut throat injuries were present on all the persons. The husband brought dead to a hospital and later the younger daughter also succumbed to the injuries. Medico legal autopsy and investigation by the police confirmed the caseas familicide-suicide and the perpetrator was the husband.Hewas suspecting infidelity of his wife and was in depression.To the authors' knowledge both homicide and suicide by cut throat with a safety razor blade has not been described before.Also, in this paper, we are highlighting atypical hesitation cut on the posterior neck of the perpetrator. © 2021, Medico Legal Society. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; Article; autopsy; blood stain; child; clinical article; crime; cut throat; depression; familicide; Familicide-suicide; female; hesitation cut; histopathology; homicide; human; husband; male; middle aged; offender; posterior neck; safety razor blade; school child; strangulation; suicide; tertiary care center; throat; tracheostomy; wife; wound