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Citation

Doberentz E, Madea B. Arch. Kriminol. 2013; 231(1-2): 55-61.

Vernacular Title

Tod in der Regenwassertonne--ungewöhnlicher Suizid durch Unterkühlung.

Affiliation

Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Bonn.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Verlag Schmidt-Romhild)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23596895

Abstract

Death due to hypothermia is often accidental and associated with alcohol intoxication, diseases or previous trauma. A very rare phenomenon is suicidal hypothermia. A 74-year-old depressive woman was found dead in a rain barrel with her head above the water level in February at an outdoor temperature of 0 degrees C. Forensic autopsy did not reveal any findings typical of drowning. Likewise, there was no morphological evidence of hypothermia, but this cannot be expected in immersion hypothermia with a very short agony. Unusual situations at scene always require comprehensive police investigations and medicolegal examinations.


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