A SUICIDE DISGUISED AS A HOMICIDE - RETURN TO THOR BRIDGE

Authors
PRAHLOW JA LONG S BARNARD JJ
Citation
Ja. Prahlow et al., A SUICIDE DISGUISED AS A HOMICIDE - RETURN TO THOR BRIDGE, The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology, 19(2), 1998, pp. 186-189
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Legal",Pathology
Journal title
The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01957910
Volume
19
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
186 - 189
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-7910(1998)19:2<186:ASDAAH>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Suicides staged as homicides are uncommon. We present a case of a self -inflicted gunshot wound of the chest disguised by the victim as a hom icide, using a method described by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in his Sherl ock Holmes story, ''The Problem of Thor Bridge.''