UNUSUAL SUICIDES WITH ELECTRIC SAWS

Authors
BETZ P EISENMENGER W
Citation
P. Betz et W. Eisenmenger, UNUSUAL SUICIDES WITH ELECTRIC SAWS, Forensic science international, 75(2-3), 1995, pp. 173-179
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Legal
Journal title
Forensic science international → ACNP
ISSN journal
03790738
Volume
75
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
173 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
0379-0738(1995)75:2-3<173:USWES>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Four suicides by band or circular saws are reported, some with very un usual features. In one case, a two-fold amputation of the left forearm was observed in a female schizophrenic whereas another female sufferi ng chronic depression committed suicide with a band saw by amputation of the upper skull including almost the total brain. It seems notewort hy that three of the four deceased were females with severe psychiatri c disorders.