Homicide, suicide or fatal accident?

Czech version

Authors: Ľ. Straka ¹; F. Novomeský ¹; F. Štuller ¹; J. Krajčovič ¹; V. Macko ²; I. Malachovský ³; J. Hamžík ⁴
Authors‘ workplace: Ústav súdneho lekárstva a medicínskych expertíz JLF UK a UNM Martin ¹; Súdno-lekárske pracovisko ÚDZS Martin ²; Klinika stomatológie a maxilofaciálnej chirurgie UNM a JLF UK Martin ³; Chirurgická klinika JLF UK a UNM Martin ⁴
Published in: Soud Lék., 56, 2011, No. 2, p. 21-23
Category: Original Article

Overview

A forensic explanation of womandrinker’s death is presented in the article. Exsanguination from multiple cut wounds was cause of death. Origin of wounds was unable to explain due to its atypical character and localisation on body surface. Only a subsequent exact allocation of wounding object made clear biomechanical aspects of wounds. A hard ethanol alteration of psychical, senzorical et motorical functions with strong posttraumatic et toxometabolic changes of the body took share on mechanism of death.

Keywords:
cut wounds – exsanguination – alcohol affection – epilepsy

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Labels

Anatomical pathology Forensic medical examiner Toxicology

The origin, distribution and relocability of supravital hemorrhages

Breath alcohol analysis

Morfologické změny v kůži krku u osob, které spáchaly sebevraždu oběšením

Article was published in

Forensic Medicine

2011 Issue 2