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A case of complex suicide: Self-electrocution

Year 2014, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 61 - 63, 01.06.2014

Tarik Ulucay M. Sunay Yavuz M. Ziya Kir Yildiray Zeyfeoglu İlknur Kahraman Faruk Aydin Gonca Tatar Mustafa Dalgic Gonca Piskin Kesici

Abstract

A 57-year-old man was found at his home by his neighbor. The body of the victim was lying on the right side of the door. A copper wire, whose plastic parts were untied, and surrounded the left and right hand palmar and dorsal faces. The wire was connected by an extension to an electric socket in the room. There was blood and toilet paper around the left hand wrist. Suicide note was found on the taboret

Keywords

Self Electrocution Suicide

References

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  • Wick R, Gilbert JD, Simpson E, Byard RW. Fatal electrocution in adults--a 30-year study. Medicine, science, and the law. 2006;46(2):166-72.
  • Copyright © 2014 The Author(s); This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
  • Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and
  • reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

A case of complex suicide: Self-electrocution

Year 2014, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 61 - 63, 01.06.2014

Tarik Ulucay M. Sunay Yavuz M. Ziya Kir Yildiray Zeyfeoglu İlknur Kahraman Faruk Aydin Gonca Tatar Mustafa Dalgic Gonca Piskin Kesici

Abstract

References

  • Turk EE, Anders S, Tsokos M. Planned complex suicide. Report of two autopsy cases of suicidal shot injury and subsequent self- immolation. Forensic science international. 2004;139(1):35-8.
  • Shkrum MJ, Johnston KA. Fire and suicide: a three-year study of self-immolation 1992;37(1):208-21. of forensic sciences.
  • Jayanth SH, Girish Chandra YP, Hugar BS, Kainoor S. Secondary combined suicide pact. Journal of forensic and legal medicine. 2014;23:76-9.
  • Altun G. Planned complex suicide: report of three cases. Forensic science international. 2006;157(2-3):83-6.
  • Wick R, Gilbert JD, Simpson E, Byard RW. Fatal electrocution in adults--a 30-year study. Medicine, science, and the law. 2006;46(2):166-72.
  • Copyright © 2014 The Author(s); This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
  • Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and
  • reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Primary Language English
Journal Section Case Reports
Authors

Tarik Ulucay This is me

M. Sunay Yavuz This is me

M. Ziya Kir This is me

Yildiray Zeyfeoglu This is me

İlknur Kahraman This is me

Faruk Aydin This is me

Gonca Tatar This is me

Mustafa Dalgic This is me

Gonca Piskin Kesici This is me

Publication Date June 1, 2014
Published in Issue Year 2014 Volume: 1 Issue: 2

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APA Ulucay, T., Yavuz, M. S., Kir, M. Z., Zeyfeoglu, Y., et al. (2014). A case of complex suicide: Self-electrocution. Medical Science and Discovery, 1(2), 61-63. https://doi.org/10.17546/msd.54582
AMA Ulucay T, Yavuz MS, Kir MZ, Zeyfeoglu Y, Kahraman İ, Aydin F, Tatar G, Dalgic M, Kesici GP. A case of complex suicide: Self-electrocution. Med Sci Discov. June 2014;1(2):61-63. doi:10.17546/msd.54582
Chicago Ulucay, Tarik, M. Sunay Yavuz, M. Ziya Kir, Yildiray Zeyfeoglu, İlknur Kahraman, Faruk Aydin, Gonca Tatar, Mustafa Dalgic, and Gonca Piskin Kesici. “A Case of Complex Suicide: Self-Electrocution”. Medical Science and Discovery 1, no. 2 (June 2014): 61-63. https://doi.org/10.17546/msd.54582.
EndNote Ulucay T, Yavuz MS, Kir MZ, Zeyfeoglu Y, Kahraman İ, Aydin F, Tatar G, Dalgic M, Kesici GP (June 1, 2014) A case of complex suicide: Self-electrocution. Medical Science and Discovery 1 2 61–63.
IEEE T. Ulucay, “A case of complex suicide: Self-electrocution”, Med Sci Discov, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 61–63, 2014, doi: 10.17546/msd.54582.
ISNAD Ulucay, Tarik et al. “A Case of Complex Suicide: Self-Electrocution”. Medical Science and Discovery 1/2 (June 2014), 61-63. https://doi.org/10.17546/msd.54582.
JAMA Ulucay T, Yavuz MS, Kir MZ, Zeyfeoglu Y, Kahraman İ, Aydin F, Tatar G, Dalgic M, Kesici GP. A case of complex suicide: Self-electrocution. Med Sci Discov. 2014;1:61–63.
MLA Ulucay, Tarik et al. “A Case of Complex Suicide: Self-Electrocution”. Medical Science and Discovery, vol. 1, no. 2, 2014, pp. 61-63, doi:10.17546/msd.54582.
Vancouver Ulucay T, Yavuz MS, Kir MZ, Zeyfeoglu Y, Kahraman İ, Aydin F, Tatar G, Dalgic M, Kesici GP. A case of complex suicide: Self-electrocution. Med Sci Discov. 2014;1(2):61-3.
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