Singular stab wounds to the trunk: Is this suicidal or homicidal?

Julia Schädler; Alexandra Ron; Benjamin Ondruschka; Carolin Edler

doi:10.1016/j.legalmed.2024.102430

Singular stab wounds to the trunk

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Singular stab wounds to the trunk : Is this suicidal or homicidal? / Schädler, Julia ; Ron, Alexandra ; Ondruschka, Benjamin ; Edler, Carolin.

in: LEGAL MED-TOKYO, Jahrgang 68, 102430, 05.2024.

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Schädler, J , Ron, A , Ondruschka, B & Edler, C 2024, 'Singular stab wounds to the trunk: Is this suicidal or homicidal?', LEGAL MED-TOKYO, Jg. 68, 102430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2024.102430

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Schädler, J., Ron, A., Ondruschka, B., & Edler, C. (2024). Singular stab wounds to the trunk: Is this suicidal or homicidal? LEGAL MED-TOKYO, 68, [102430]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2024.102430

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Schädler J , Ron A , Ondruschka B , Edler C. Singular stab wounds to the trunk: Is this suicidal or homicidal? LEGAL MED-TOKYO. 2024 Mai;68. 102430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2024.102430

Bibtex

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title = "Singular stab wounds to the trunk: Is this suicidal or homicidal?",

abstract = "Differentiating homicidal or suicidal deaths in presence of a singular stab wound to the anterior or lateral trunk is still a challenge in forensic practice. There are numerous criteria in the literature and in current forensic textbooks to distinguish between self-inflicted injuries and homicide. The applicability of these criteria in single stab injuries was examined by elucidating 12 suicides and 33 homicides, each with a single stab injury to the anterior or lateral trunk and were largely confirmed. An instrumentality still stuck in the corpse was always associated with a suicide in the given cohort. In summary, the final evaluation should always be based on an interpretation of the post mortem findings together with the circumstances on site of discovery as well as the results of the police investigation.",

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T1 - Singular stab wounds to the trunk

T2 - Is this suicidal or homicidal?

AU - Schädler, Julia

AU - Ron, Alexandra

AU - Ondruschka, Benjamin

AU - Edler, Carolin

PY - 2024/5

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N2 - Differentiating homicidal or suicidal deaths in presence of a singular stab wound to the anterior or lateral trunk is still a challenge in forensic practice. There are numerous criteria in the literature and in current forensic textbooks to distinguish between self-inflicted injuries and homicide. The applicability of these criteria in single stab injuries was examined by elucidating 12 suicides and 33 homicides, each with a single stab injury to the anterior or lateral trunk and were largely confirmed. An instrumentality still stuck in the corpse was always associated with a suicide in the given cohort. In summary, the final evaluation should always be based on an interpretation of the post mortem findings together with the circumstances on site of discovery as well as the results of the police investigation.

AB - Differentiating homicidal or suicidal deaths in presence of a singular stab wound to the anterior or lateral trunk is still a challenge in forensic practice. There are numerous criteria in the literature and in current forensic textbooks to distinguish between self-inflicted injuries and homicide. The applicability of these criteria in single stab injuries was examined by elucidating 12 suicides and 33 homicides, each with a single stab injury to the anterior or lateral trunk and were largely confirmed. An instrumentality still stuck in the corpse was always associated with a suicide in the given cohort. In summary, the final evaluation should always be based on an interpretation of the post mortem findings together with the circumstances on site of discovery as well as the results of the police investigation.

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DO - 10.1016/j.legalmed.2024.102430

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