Filicide occurs in every socioeconomic stratum around the world. This study was conducted to evaluate motives, psychopathological aspects, and socio-demographic factors of 74 filicide cases of women in Turkey. Mean age of mothers, most of whom committed infanticide, was 26 years, and breakdown of criminal offenses are as follows: "to get rid of unwanted babies" (24.3%), "acute psychotic-type filicide" (21.6%), "fatal child abuse and neglect" (17.6%), "to get revenge" (12.2%), "protect the lonely child from the harm and badness after suicide" (10.8%), and "pity" (9.5%) motives. Results showed that maternal filicide cannot be reduced to only mental instability or environmental factors and indicates deficiencies in the capacity of the mothers' role in connecting with their child and with parenting skills. Finally, with regard to defendants' motives, similar factors that contribute to committing maternal filicide should be considered while making an assessment of the data and determining employee risk groups.

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In this study, important data procured from the demographic characteristics of the mothers, findings on conditions during the crime and the method of the crime, and mothers' psychosocial stressors, but it has been discerned that this data is limited to define the crime of filicide. At the end of the study, besides studied the parameters that directed people to commit this crime, other factors, like mental status and/or motives should be probed.

Trafik kazaları, larengeotrakeal iskelet sisteminde yaralanmalara neden olan en önemli travmalardan biridir. Bu yaralanmalar tiroid kıkırdağın basit kırığından, kıkırdak kaymalarına, kıkırdak defektlerine, larenks içi yırtılmalara veya larengotrakeal ayrışmaya kadar değişen aralıkta olabilir. Kırk dört yaşındaki erkek, kendi kullandığı arabası ile başka bir araca arkadan çarpmış ve kaza sırasında açılan hava yastığının göğüs duvarına çarpması ile yaralanmıştır. Atipik boyun ağrısı tarifleyen olguda boynun hiperekstansiyonuna bağlı tiroid kıkırdak sağ üst boynuzunda radyolojik olarak kırık tespit edilmiştir. Adli tıp uygulamalarında travma sonrasında meydana gelen yaralanmanın niteliğinin ve oluşturduğu tıbbi hasarın saptanması önemlidir. Bu olgu, atipik yakınmaların, tiroid kıkırdak kırığı gibi önemli bir tıbbi hasara bağlı olabileceği konusunda bizi uyarmaktadır. Ayrıca kırığın indirekt travma ile ve boynun hiperekstansiyonu sonucu oluşması; literatürde tanımlanan boynun hiperfleksiyonuna bağlı oluşan kırıklardan daha nadir olarak görülmesi nedeniyle ilginç bulunarak radyolojik bulgularıyla sunulmuştur.Anahtar Kelimeler: Tiroid kıkırdak kırığı, trafik kazası, atipik boyun ağrısı, hiperekstansiyon, adli tıp Traffic accidents are one of the most important traumas that cause injuries to the laryngotracheal skeletal system. These injuries can vary from simple fracture of the thyroid cartilage to cartilage slips, cartilage defects, intralaryngeal tears or laryngotracheal separation. A forty-four-yearold male, hit the another vehicle from behind with his car and was injured when the airbag hit his chest wall. In the case who described atypical neck pain, radiological fracture was detected in the right upper horn of the thyroid cartilage due to hyperextension of the neck. In forensic medicine practices, it is important to determine the nature of the injury and the medical damage it causes after the trauma. Our case warns us that the atypical complaints are due to an important medical injury such as thyroid cartilage fracture. In addition the formation of the fracture as a result of indirect trauma and hyperextension of the neck was found interesting because it is less common than fractures due to hyperflexion of the neck described in the literature and presented with radiological findings.

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