1. An Unusual Case of Suicide by Broken Glass Pierced Through the Buttocks

Sauvageau, Anny; Yesovitch, Rose; Racette, Stéphanie

doi:10.1258/rsmmsl.45.1.81

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“…In one case, hesitation marks were seen in the back of the body, more precisely to the buttocks. This highly unusual case has been previously published as a case report [24].…”

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Suicidal and homicidal sharp force injury: a 5-year retrospective comparative study of hesitation marks and defense wounds

Racette¹,

Kremer²,

Desjarlais³

et al. 2008

Forensic Sci Med Pathol

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In sharp force injury cases, the presence of hesitation marks or defense wounds figures among useful characteristics in the distinction of suicide and homicide. However, there are very few systematic comparative studies of hesitation marks and defense wounds in the forensic literature. This study was thus undertaken to systematically compare features of hesitation marks and defense wounds, with a particular emphasis on dispersion patterns. Over a 5-year period, all suicidal and homicidal sharp force cases were retrospectively reviewed for hesitation marks and defense wounds. A total of 58 suicides (7 women; 51 men) and 149 homicides (59 women; 60 men) were found, of which 74% (n = 43) were positive for hesitation marks and 61% (n = 91) for defense wounds. On the upper limbs, hesitations marks were more often observed on the anterior aspect of the limb, while defense wounds were equally distributed on the anterior and posterior aspect. For hand lesions, hesitation marks were generally located on one side only, while defense wounds more commonly involved both sides. No left or right predominance was observed in hesitations marks or defense wounds. Defense wounds were more widely distributed on the upper limbs than hesitation marks.

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“…In one case, hesitation marks were seen in the back of the body, more precisely to the buttocks. This highly unusual case has been previously published as a case report [24].…”

Section: Localizationmentioning

confidence: 69%

Suicidal and homicidal sharp force injury: a 5-year retrospective comparative study of hesitation marks and defense wounds

Racette¹,

Kremer²,

Desjarlais³

et al. 2008

Forensic Sci Med Pathol

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“…In forensic practice, differentiating between suicide and homicide may be difficult becauseof the complexities of suicide methods used by the victim because a multitude of unusual suicides have been reported in the forensic literature, which led to several complexities in the investigation . The peculiarities in sharp force suicide concern the number of injuries , the instrument used and the manner of execution . There are also cases where the victim covers up the death scene to dissimulate the suicide for many reasons (i.e.…”

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Alteration of the Death Scene After Self‐stabbing: A Case of Sharp Force Suicide Disguised by the Victim as a Homicide?

Pelletti

Visentin

Rago

et al. 2017

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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This paper reports a case of a 72-year-old woman who was found dead in her bedroom with a 4 cm vertical stab wound in the abdomen. A bloodstained knife was found in the top drawer of her bedside table. The clothes worn by the victim showed no damage. A bloodstained vest and a sweater with frontal incisions were found far from the victim, in the bathroom and in the bedroom respectively. Several bloodstains were found in every room of the apartment. The evidence found during the forensic examination and, in particular, the Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, led the investigators to determine the manner of death, being consistent with a suicide with a long-lasting physical activity after self-stabbing. This report describes an unusual case of "disguised suicide," in which the victim tried to cover-up the suicide by changing her clothes and concealing the weapon, in the last minutes of her life.

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A glass fragment for a dagger—Never mind your own hand

Fracasso

Karger

2009

Forensic Science International

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1. An Unusual Case of Suicide by Broken Glass Pierced Through the Buttocks

Cited by 3 publications

References 12 publications

Suicidal and homicidal sharp force injury: a 5-year retrospective comparative study of hesitation marks and defense wounds

Suicidal and homicidal sharp force injury: a 5-year retrospective comparative study of hesitation marks and defense wounds

Alteration of the Death Scene After Self‐stabbing: A Case of Sharp Force Suicide Disguised by the Victim as a Homicide?

A glass fragment for a dagger—Never mind your own hand

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