Citation

Durak D, Fedakar R, Türkmen N. J. Forensic Sci. 2006; 51(1): 131-133.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine, Uludağ University Medical Faculty, Görükle 16059, Bursa, Turkey. ddurak@uludag.edu.tr

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1556-4029.2005.00018.x

PMID

16423238

Abstract

The case being reported is one of a shotgun fatality with a thoracic back wound. A 23-year-old man was shot from a distance with trajectories going from back to front and on a nearly horizontal level. These findings observed in the autopsy could represent homicide, but scene investigation and police records were interpreted and it became clear that the case was suicide. Thus, this case shows that the determination of the manner of death requires a careful forensic investigation including autopsy findings, scene investigation, and reconstruction of the events.

Language: en