Citation

Griffiths L. J. Forensic Leg. Med. 2012; 19(3): 179-181.

Affiliation

Clinical Forensic Medical Unit, 51 Herschel St., University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jflm.2011.12.005

PMID

22391007

Abstract

Forensic practitioner should exercise caution in the forensic interpretation of suspicious wounds at death scenes, at least until there is an opportunity to fully explore the wound and its relationship to underlying structures and bony landmarks. This is especially so in cases of apparent suicide. A case is presented which not only illustrates the challenges which may face the examiner at a death scene in injury interpretation, but also, where there remains a lingering doubt that the autopsy did not address all of the concerns expressed by both scenes of crime scientific officers and the forensic medical examiner.

Language: en