Planned complex suicide by penetrating captive-bolt gunshot and hanging: case study and review of the literature.
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Planned complex suicide by penetrating captive-bolt gunshot and hanging: case study and review of the literature. / Viel, Guido; Schröder, Ann Sophie; Püschel, Klaus; Braun, Christian.
In: FORENSIC SCI INT, Vol. 187, No. 1-3, 1-3, 30.05.2009, p. 7-11.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Planned complex suicide by penetrating captive-bolt gunshot and hanging: case study and review of the literature.
AU - Viel, Guido
AU - Schröder, Ann Sophie
AU - Püschel, Klaus
AU - Braun, Christian
PY - 2009/5/30
Y1 - 2009/5/30
N2 - Captive-bolt guns or slaughterer's guns are devices widely used in meat industry and private farmer households for slaughtering animal stocks. They consist of a simple cylindrical metal tube (barrel) with a metal bolt placed in their centre (around 9-15cm long and 1-1.5cm wide). The bolt is actuated by a trigger pull and is propelled forward by compressed air or by the discharge of a blank powder gun cartridge. Violent deaths inflicted by captive-bolt guns are rarely encountered in forensic practice and are predominantly suicidal events. We report an unusual complex suicide by hanging and self-shooting with a slaughterer's gun in a 21-year-old boy. The victim after putting a ceiling fixed rope around his neck shot himself in the head (occipital region) with a Kerner captive-bolt gun. He used two mirrors (a cosmetic mirror and a man-sized one) in order to properly visualize his back and to target the occipital region of his head. Radiological data (computed tomography with three dimensional reconstruction) and autopsy findings are discussed according to the clinical and forensic literature. A brief review on planned complex suicides is also given.
AB - Captive-bolt guns or slaughterer's guns are devices widely used in meat industry and private farmer households for slaughtering animal stocks. They consist of a simple cylindrical metal tube (barrel) with a metal bolt placed in their centre (around 9-15cm long and 1-1.5cm wide). The bolt is actuated by a trigger pull and is propelled forward by compressed air or by the discharge of a blank powder gun cartridge. Violent deaths inflicted by captive-bolt guns are rarely encountered in forensic practice and are predominantly suicidal events. We report an unusual complex suicide by hanging and self-shooting with a slaughterer's gun in a 21-year-old boy. The victim after putting a ceiling fixed rope around his neck shot himself in the head (occipital region) with a Kerner captive-bolt gun. He used two mirrors (a cosmetic mirror and a man-sized one) in order to properly visualize his back and to target the occipital region of his head. Radiological data (computed tomography with three dimensional reconstruction) and autopsy findings are discussed according to the clinical and forensic literature. A brief review on planned complex suicides is also given.
KW - Adult
KW - Asphyxia
KW - Autopsy
KW - Fatal Outcome
KW - Firearms
KW - Head Injuries, Penetrating
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Suicide
KW - Tomography, X-Ray Computed
KW - Wounds, Gunshot
KW - Case Reports
KW - Journal Article
U2 - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.01.022
DO - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.01.022
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 19261403
VL - 187
SP - 7
EP - 11
JO - FORENSIC SCI INT
JF - FORENSIC SCI INT
SN - 0379-0738
IS - 1-3
M1 - 1-3
ER -
