Citation

Shorrock K. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 2002; 23(1): 54-56.

Affiliation

Forensic Pathology, University of Sheffield, The Medicolegal Centre, Sheffield, UK. K.Shorrock@sheffield.ac.uk

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11953496

Abstract

A recently widowed man constructed a guillotine in the entrance to his cellar, having previously announced his intention to decapitate himself. A neighbor who saw the device from her house alerted the police. The deceased was found completely decapitated, still holding a pair of pliers that he had used to activate the mechanism. The findings of the resulting investigation are described, and the mechanism of suicidal decapitation is reviewed.

Language: en