Planned Complex Suicide

Taff, Mark L.; Boglioli, Lauren R.; Danto, Bruce L.

doi:10.1097/00000433-199806000-00020

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“…Subjects can use methods of lesser lethality before opting to use more lethal techniques. The conversion from lesser to greater methods of lethality is most likely associated with pain, anguish and frustration experienced by the suicidal individual [5].…”

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confidence: 99%

Planned complex suicide: Report of three cases

Altun

2006

Forensic Science International

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Planned complex suicide: Report of three cases

Altun

2006

Forensic Science International

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“…Generally, there is a gradation in the use of the different method. In fact, the victim prefers to start with the least lethal and the less painful method before choosing a more serious approach to have less chance to escape death [12].…”

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Complex Suicide: Unusual Combination

Zribi¹,

Dhoueb²,

Benamar³

et al. 2016

J Forensic Med

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There are a great number of complex suicides in the literature. It is so interesting to expand the list and to publish more cases of complex suicide which are examined by forensic worldwide. It's interesting to know the maximum of method that can be used by suicidal individuals. We present a case of a complex suicide of a young woman by using ingestion of paraphénylène Diamine associated with self-strangulation by a link. Self-strangulation is probably used to accelerate death or to reduce pain caused by the first method. Forensic autopsy and further tests confirmed the voluntary intoxication by PPD and showed signs of strangulation by a loose link. The circumstances of the facts and the judicial inquiry were in favor of self-strangulation without the intervention of another person. This case illustrates an example of complex suicide. To our knowledge, it is the first case of complex suicide involving intoxication PPD and self-strangulation.

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“…In unplanned complex suicides, one or more other methods of suicide are tried after the first method fails to gain one's end or when it proves too painful [2,3] . In fact, unplanned complex suicides do not represent a combined use or a planned combination of several methods, but rather they reflect a switch to another suicide method after the first.…”

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An unusual complex suicide by corrosive ingestion and stabbing

Doğan

Demirci²,

Deniz³

2014

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Suicides are divided into simple and complex, the complex one referring to suicide by a combination of more than one method. In general, unplanned complex suicides occur where several different methods are used consecutively because the first method has not achieved the desired effect.In this study, we present a unique unplanned complex suicide case where corrosive ingestion and stabbing were the suicide methods.A 50-year-old woman was found unconscious by her husband and daughter in the garden of her house in the middle of the night. She was transported to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead upon arrival. The investigation revealed that there was a half-filled bottle of scale dissolver containing nitric acid in the kitchen of the house. The deceased was said to have been suffering from depression for two weeks. There were corrosive burns around the lips, on the chin and on the right side of the neck, three stab wounds and six tentative cuts above the umbilical region. This is the first case report of unplanned complex suicide by corrosive ingestion and stabbing in the literature. It is thought that the woman first swallowed nitric acid, and after feeling unbearable pain around her epigastric region, she stabbed herself in the abdomen. A brief discussion about the methods used in this case and an overview of the complex suicide entity is presented.

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Planned Complex Suicide

Cited by 15 publications

References 2 publications

Planned complex suicide: Report of three cases

Planned complex suicide: Report of three cases

Complex Suicide: Unusual Combination

An unusual complex suicide by corrosive ingestion and stabbing

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