A case of homicidal intraoral gunshot and review of the literature
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Sandra Berens Thomas Ketterer Beat P. Kneubuehl Michael J. Thali Steffen Ross Stephan A. Bolliger
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Determination of the manner of death in case of intraoral firearm wounds can be a challenge, especially if the circumstances of the incident are unclear and crime scene investigation is inadequate. It is a well-known fact that the mouth is one of the selected sites for suicide with firearms. Homicidal shooting through the mouth is said to be rare, but does occur, and can be mistaken for a suicide. For discrimination between suicide and homicide in cases of intraoral firearm wounds, some useful points are the site of entry wound, the direction of the internal bullet path, the range of fire and the circumstances of death. We demonstrate these points in a case of a homicidal gunshot to the mouth assessed by both classical autopsy and post-mortem CT (PMCT)
Forensic Sci Med Pathol (2011) 7:209–212 DOI 10.1007/s12024-010-9201-x Accepted: 21 October 2010 / Published online: 13 November 2010
