A complex suicide by vehicle assisted ligature strangulation and wrist-cutting
Background: Complex suicide defines the type of suicide involving using more than one suicide methods to lead to death. Second method is used to escape from pain or to prevent failure of the first method. Here we present a case of unusual complex suicide case by vehicle assisted ligature strangulati...
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| author | Ramazan Akçan Ali Eren Mahmut Şerif Yıldırım Necmi Çekin |
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| description | Background: Complex suicide defines the type of suicide involving using more than one suicide methods to lead to death. Second method is used to escape from pain or to prevent failure of the first method. Here we present a case of unusual complex suicide case by vehicle assisted ligature strangulation and wrist-cutting.
Case: A 38 year-old male was found dead in his automobile at roadside out of his hometown. At crime scene investigation, driver side window was open and a ligature surrounding the victim’s neck was attached to a tree 8 m behind the car. The victim’s shirt and trousers were blood soaked due to bleeding from wrist cuts. There was a suicide note on the front panel of the car. At external examination there was a ligature mark, 1 cm in width, gently sloping upward toward the notch at left side of occipital region. Additionally, multiple wrist-cuts of approximately 5 cm in length were noticed on anterior side of both wrists. There was no injury of thyroid cartilage or hyoid bone, in internal examination. There was a soft tissue hemorrhage with 0.5 cm diameter around left greater horn of the thyroid cartilage. There was no injury of ulnar or radial vessels. No traces of alcohol or drugs were detected in toxicological analyses. Death was attributed to vehicle assisted ligature strangulation.
Conclusion: A complete forensic investigation revealed the case was an unusual complex suicide by vehicle assisted ligature strangulation and wrist-cutting. The case was interesting in terms of involving car assisted ligature strangulation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5aade83b2b39484c9f74e6e4419d75602022-12-22T03:15:44ZengSpringerOpenEgyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences2090-536X2016-12-016453453710.1016/j.ejfs.2016.06.009A complex suicide by vehicle assisted ligature strangulation and wrist-cuttingRamazan Akçan0Ali Eren1Mahmut Şerif Yıldırım2Necmi Çekin3Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Ankara, TurkeyAdana Group Administration of The Council of Forensic Medicine, Adana, TurkeyHacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Ankara, TurkeyCukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Adana, TurkeyBackground: Complex suicide defines the type of suicide involving using more than one suicide methods to lead to death. Second method is used to escape from pain or to prevent failure of the first method. Here we present a case of unusual complex suicide case by vehicle assisted ligature strangulation and wrist-cutting. Case: A 38 year-old male was found dead in his automobile at roadside out of his hometown. At crime scene investigation, driver side window was open and a ligature surrounding the victim’s neck was attached to a tree 8 m behind the car. The victim’s shirt and trousers were blood soaked due to bleeding from wrist cuts. There was a suicide note on the front panel of the car. At external examination there was a ligature mark, 1 cm in width, gently sloping upward toward the notch at left side of occipital region. Additionally, multiple wrist-cuts of approximately 5 cm in length were noticed on anterior side of both wrists. There was no injury of thyroid cartilage or hyoid bone, in internal examination. There was a soft tissue hemorrhage with 0.5 cm diameter around left greater horn of the thyroid cartilage. There was no injury of ulnar or radial vessels. No traces of alcohol or drugs were detected in toxicological analyses. Death was attributed to vehicle assisted ligature strangulation. Conclusion: A complete forensic investigation revealed the case was an unusual complex suicide by vehicle assisted ligature strangulation and wrist-cutting. The case was interesting in terms of involving car assisted ligature strangulation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090536X16300466Complex suicideVehicle assisted strangulationWrist-cuttingCrime scene |
| spellingShingle | Ramazan Akçan Ali Eren Mahmut Şerif Yıldırım Necmi Çekin A complex suicide by vehicle assisted ligature strangulation and wrist-cutting Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences Complex suicide Vehicle assisted strangulation Wrist-cutting Crime scene |
| title | A complex suicide by vehicle assisted ligature strangulation and wrist-cutting |
| title_full | A complex suicide by vehicle assisted ligature strangulation and wrist-cutting |
| title_fullStr | A complex suicide by vehicle assisted ligature strangulation and wrist-cutting |
| title_full_unstemmed | A complex suicide by vehicle assisted ligature strangulation and wrist-cutting |
| title_short | A complex suicide by vehicle assisted ligature strangulation and wrist-cutting |
| title_sort | complex suicide by vehicle assisted ligature strangulation and wrist cutting |
| topic | Complex suicide Vehicle assisted strangulation Wrist-cutting Crime scene |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090536X16300466 |
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