Suicidal Shooting Masked Using a Method Described in Conan Doyleʼs Novel

Gross, Adam; Kunz, Jerzy

doi:10.1097/00000433-199506000-00019

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“…Others have employed a system reminiscent of one found in the Sherlock Holmes Story: The Problem of Thor Bridge where a young woman uses a length of rope attached to a weight to pull a gun from a bridge into a river after shooting herself. This arrangement has been documented on several occasions (16,17). …”

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Suicidal Shotgun Wound Employing a Shotgun Barrel, a Shotgun Shell, and a BB*

Linert

Regnier²,

Doyle

et al. 2010

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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A vast majority of firearms-related suicides involve the conventional use of a properly functioning, intact firearm. Occasionally, forensic investigators encounter a case wherein the firearm suicide victim employs some form of unconventional use of a weapon, or utilizes an unusual weapon type. In this case report, the authors present an unusual case in which a man committed suicide by using a shotgun shell, a shotgun barrel (separate from the rest of the gun), and a BB. Some confusion as to the cause and manner of death was present during the initial scene investigation. Examination at autopsy revealed the cause of death to be a shotgun wound of the chest and prompted further scene investigation. Therefore, this case serves as another example of the importance of cooperation between scene investigators and forensic pathologists when investigating a death. A review of suicidal firearm cases using unconventional means and/or firearms is presented.

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Suicidal Shotgun Wound Employing a Shotgun Barrel, a Shotgun Shell, and a BB*

Linert

Regnier²,

Doyle

et al. 2010

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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“…In a like manner, the death investigation community must be watchful for those occasional cases that initially appear to be homicides, but in actuality represent a nonhomicidal manner of death . Such cases can be accidental , suicidal , or even natural . It is well known within the forensic pathology community that all sorts of findings at autopsy can mimic true injuries, and various true injuries are known to occasionally mimic different types of injuries .…”

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Accidental Trauma Mimicking Homicidal Violence

Prahlow

Arendt

Cameron³

et al. 2016

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Homicide investigations represent an important function of death investigators. Although recognizing nonobvious homicides is crucial, an equally important role involves the identification of cases that initially present as possible homicides, but are ultimately discovered to not represent homicides. Failure to recognize such cases results in wasted time, squandered resources, false allegations, and potential life-altering consequences. The authors review a series of cases wherein initial investigation suggested a possibility that the deaths represented homicides. By carefully considering additional information, including scene findings, history, and postmortem examination, each was determined to represent an accidental traumatic death. In addition to highlighting the importance of recognizing accidental traumatic deaths that initially present as homicides, the cases serve to highlight the fact that forensic pathology cannot be practiced without knowledge of appropriate ancillary information. Although guarding against cognitive bias is important in all forensic disciplines, including forensic pathology, access to vital case-related ancillary information is an essential component of practicing medicine as a forensic pathologist.

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“…While reviewing the scientific literature concerning the Materia Medica contained in Sherlock Holmes' adventures, I have fallen upon 2 articles published 2 decades ago in The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology . Both articles reported a case of suicide disguised as a homicide, one in Poland 1 and the other in the United States. 2 Correctly, authors pointed out that the modality of the 2 suicides was patterned on that described by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) in The Problem of Thor Bridge , a story published in The Strand Magazine in 1922.…”

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Disguising a Suicide as a Homicide

Damiani

2016

American Journal of Forensic Medicine &Amp; Pathology

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Suicidal Shooting Masked Using a Method Described in Conan Doyleʼs Novel

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Suicidal Shotgun Wound Employing a Shotgun Barrel, a Shotgun Shell, and a BB*

Suicidal Shotgun Wound Employing a Shotgun Barrel, a Shotgun Shell, and a BB*

Accidental Trauma Mimicking Homicidal Violence

Disguising a Suicide as a Homicide

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