Unusual suicide with an electric Jigsaw: A case report and literature review.
Power saw
Psychological autopsy
Saw wound
Sharp force
Suicide
Journal
Journal of forensic and legal medicine
ISSN: 1878-7487
Titre abrégé: J Forensic Leg Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101300022
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2022
Jul 2022
Historique:
received:
21
02
2022
revised:
17
05
2022
accepted:
17
05
2022
pubmed:
28
5
2022
medline:
9
6
2022
entrez:
27
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Fatal injuries caused by power saws are rare. In most cases, they are accidental and non-voluntary. Even rarer are suicides carried out using power saws, with no previously reported cases of suicide by electric jigsaw. We report a case of suicide by electric jigsaw of a young obese woman suffering from major depression with psychotic features. The peculiarity of our case - compared to those known in the scientific literature - concerns not only the means used for suicide, but also the results of psychological autopsy and the characteristics of the fatal injury. In fact, the autopsy showed a large wound on the anterior and lateral region of the neck with preservation of the integrity of the large vessels of the neck. The cause of death was attributed to haemorrhagic shock due to slow bleeding of small and medium calibre neck vessels, with blood aspiration.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35623228
pii: S1752-928X(22)00070-1
doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2022.102372
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doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
102372Informations de copyright
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