SUICIDE BY ELECTROCUTION: A CASE REPORT

ÖZDEMİR Ç., Demirel B., AKAR T., BALSEVEN ODABAŞI A., Dinc A. H.

GAZI MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.18, sa.2, ss.89-91, 2007 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Dergi Adı: GAZI MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.89-91
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

It is known that deaths owing to low voltage electric current are generally the result of accidents. Suicide by electric current using a convenient mechanism is rare. Furthermore, murders appearing to be suicides with electricity are reported. For these reasons, in these kinds of deaths, the death examination and autopsy findings need to be evaluated together with the crime scene investigation findings, and a detailed description of the mechanisms found at the crime scene and the mechanism of death is essential. Death by low voltage electric current injury occurs by three mechanisms.