Unusual suicide by electric saw: A case report

Grinding Stone, an Unusual Tool for Suicide in the Psychological Background: A Case Report

“…The cause of these events such as psychopathology and drug abuse has been studied (9). Zribi et al reported a case of suicide by electric saw (10). Herein, we report a case of a suicide attempt that occurred with a grinding stone as an unusual tool for suicide.…”

Criminal Dismemberment

“…Deaths by suicide, accident or homicide can all be translated into the dismemberment arena for interpretation of implements utilized and the marks that they leave behind. Such deaths that result from either handheld or mechanical tools can inform opinions concerning dismemberment from skeletal remains, for example, chain saws (Haynes et al, 1980;Segerberg-Konttinen, 1984;Reuhl and Bratzke, 1999;Campman et al, 2000;Koehler et al, 2004;Tournel et al, 2008;Grellner and Wilske, 2009), circular saws (Rainov and Burkert, 1994;Judd and Wyatt, 2007;Asano et al, 2008), band saws (Clark et al, 1989;Gloulou et al, 2009), wood chippers (Beers and Allen, 2007;Domenick, 2012), electrical saws (Betz and Eisenmenger, 1995;Zribi et al, 2014), guillotines (Shorrock, 2002), boat propellers (Stubblefield, 1999), general sharp injuries (Rao and Hart, 1983;Frayer and Bridgens, 1985;Ormstad et al, 1986;Rothschild et al, 2001;Ciallella et al, 2002;Bansar et al, 2003;Schmidt and Pollak, 2006;Karger et al, 2007;Schnider et al, 2009), swords (Sakaue, 2010), sickles (Sivaram et al, 1977), hatchets (Marks, 1997), screwdrivers (Croft and Ferllini, 2007) and even handheld saws (Betz and Eisenmenger, 1997). There is some AQ 1 AQ 2 K23112_C009.indd 114 12/24/16 5:53:47 PM evidence also to be obtained from non-fatal accidents, but this is limited, as of course the bone surfaces per se are rarely examined (Bonte, 1983;Briston and P...…”

Fatal and Nonfatal Rip Saw Injuries

“…A saw is a tool consisting of a tough blade, wire, or chain with a hard toothed edge. It is used to cut through material, very often wood though sometimes metal or stone . These days, there are many types of saws that differ not only in their use and source of power used, but also in the variety of injuries that they can produce either if a person gets into direct contact with the saw blade or if struck by the material that is sawed, or chipped parts of the tool .…”