Citation

Racette S, Sauvageau A. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 2008; 29(1): 80-82.

Affiliation

Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale, Edifice Wilfrid-Derome, Montreal (Quebec), Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PAF.0b013e318165c0ec

PMID

19749624

Abstract

Suicide by drowning in the bath is rare. Because it implies to drown in a small volume of water, adult victims are often under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. More rarely, the use of weights is seen to induce drowning. Here is the case of a 62-year-old woman found dead in the bath. Her feet were tied and elevated by a rope attached to the shower head and a hammer was taped to her forehead. This very unique suicide is reported along with review of the literature on suicide in the bath.

Language: en