THE SKELETONIZED BODY - SUICIDAL INHALATION OF MOTORBIKE EXHAUST

Authors
BUSUTTIL A MOODY GH OBAFUNWA JO DEWAR C MCINTOSH M
Citation
A. Busuttil et al., THE SKELETONIZED BODY - SUICIDAL INHALATION OF MOTORBIKE EXHAUST, The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology, 18(1), 1997, pp. 50-55
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Legal",Pathology
Journal title
The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01957910
Volume
18
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
50 - 55
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-7910(1997)18:1<50:TSB-SI>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
An adolescent boy who was being treated for psychiatric illness went m issing. The body was discovered a year later, and he appeared to have committed suicide by inhaling the exhaust fumes from his motorbike. Th is report highlights the procedure used for the identification of his skeletonized body and the unusual nature of the source of exhaust fume s.