Citation

Fanton L, Karger B. J. Forensic Leg. Med. 2012; 19(2): 90-93.

Affiliation

Institute of legal Medicine, University of Lyon, University Claude-Bernard Lyon, Rockefeller Avenue 12, 69008 Lyon, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jflm.2011.07.010

PMID

22281217

Abstract

An exceptional case of suicide with two shots to the head inflicted by a captive-bolt gun is reported here. The pathophysiology observed, and related literature, indicate that the capacity of the victim to fire a second shot depended on the depth of skull penetration by the first shot and the extent of damage to nerve structures. In this case, an ante mortem multi-detector computed tomography was possible. From discussion with the radiologist and a 3D reconstruction, the two-shot suicide scenario could be confirmed.

Language: en