DYADIC DEATH OF THE ELDERLY COUPLE: THE ROLE OF THE CRIME SCENE

Yıl 2013, Cilt: 27 Sayı: 3, 116 - 119, 31.12.2013

Eyyüp Yılmaz Ramazan Akçan Bülent Doğan Süleyman Gören

https://izlik.org/JA89DE47PF

Öz

Dyadic death or, in the strict sense, homicide-suicide (HS) is a
concept which holds the sense of
community although it is not frequent and ends in nonsuit of the
criminal case in terms of law. The
aim of this case study is to evaluate this special type of death occurring rarely among the elderly
couples, particularly in terms of
the contribution of crime scene
investigation findings to autopsy.
The depositions of the witnesses
and the old couple’s children, the
findings of the crime scene, the
cause of death and its mechanism determined by autopsy and
postmortem toxicological data
were evaluated as a whole. The
autopsies performed seperately
for both cases revealed that both
deaths had occurred due to shotgun injuries.
Regarding the dyadic death,
mostly case series in the international literature and case reports
in the national literature are seen.
We think that, multidisciplinary
solution models can be developed
through studying on dyadic death
case series in order to reduce the
number of dyadic death incidents
having long-lasting tragic effects
and at least in order to develop
social awareness.

Anahtar Kelimeler

dyadic death , crime scene , autopsy

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