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Complex suicide involving pyrethroid ingestion (mosquito coils) and fatal self-wounding by sharp force.

TitleComplex suicide involving pyrethroid ingestion (mosquito coils) and fatal self-wounding by sharp force.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsKarakasi, M. - Valeria, Pavlidis P., Vasilikos E., Anestakis D., & Raikos N.
JournalSoud Lek
Volume62
Issue4
Pagination45-50
Date Published2017 Winter
ISSN0371-1854
Abstract

"Complex suicide" is a term referring to the suicidal pattern in which more than one suicidal method is applied in the purpose of inducing death. The present paper aims to review complex suicide literature shortly and investigate an unusual planned complex suicide incident, the rarity of which is attributable to the combination of suicide methods as well as the type and quantity of substances applied to induce poisoning. A 33-year-old man with a history of psychotic depression was found dead in his bedroom lying within a large quantity of blood. He had already committed two previous suicide attempts and he was under treatment with antidepressants. The forensic examination revealed the use of the following successive suicide methods: benzodiazepine and alcohol intake, pyrethroid poisoning due to ingestion of mosquito coils, wrist cutting, and a fatal cut in the victims neck. Death occurred due to hemorrhagic shock. Furthermore, the authors extensively discuss the use of sharp force in suicide and the discrimination "tools" between suicide and homicide.

Alternate JournalSoud Lek
PubMed ID29227118

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