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Complex suicide-A novel case report and a brief review of literature

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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• Death Investigation and Causes of Death

Abstract

Background:Suicides are usually known to be either simple or complex, the latter which is defined as a combination of more than one method. Additionally, complex suicide can be practiced in an unplanned manner where several methods are used, consecutively, when the first method has not achieved the desired outcome. The procedure usually gets changed after the first method chosen failed, was working slowly, or proven to be overly painful. The rotation between failed suicidal acts causes difficulties in determining the manner and the mode of death. Method: In the present study, we will discuss some of the relevant previous studies regarding complex suicide and a systematic approach to managing such cases from a medicolegal perspective. Besides, an unusual case of complex suicide, which was handled in 2018 in the Kuwaiti Forensic Medicine Department, will be presented. She is a middle-aged female, domestic worker, who was found dead in the bathroom, with secured inlets and outlets from inside. She was incompletely hanged with multiple neck, chest, and abdominal cut wounds, apart from bilateral wrist cut. Furthermore, bloody knife, razor and razor-blade were found inside the basin. Result and conclusion: After a complete autopsy, forensic pathology and toxicology examination were done, the forensic and crime scene reports together with the criminal investigations were declared. Consequently, the case was reported as a complex suicide case and the cause of death was haemorrhagic shock after lung stabbing. The case represents a novel complex suicide with self-stabbing, wrist cutting and hanging

DOI

10.21608/ejfsat.2020.30972.1148

Keywords

Complex suicide, hanging, stabbing, cut wrist

Authors

First Name

Dina

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

Galal Ali Ahmed

Affiliation

Forensic Medicine Department, Cairo University , Faculty of Medicine

Email

dina.galal@kasralainy.edu.eg

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Orcid

0000-0002-7385-4707

Volume

21

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

27484

Issue Date

2021-09-01

Receive Date

2020-05-25

Publish Date

2021-09-01

Page Start

1

Page End

9

Print ISSN

1687-0875

Online ISSN

2535-1915

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https://ejfsat.journals.ekb.eg/article_192792.html

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Case Reports

Type Code

448

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

The Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences and Applied Toxicology

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https://ejfsat.journals.ekb.eg/

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Created At

22 Jan 2023