%0 Journal Article %T [An unusual case of double death] %J Archiv für Kriminologie %D 2003 %A Albrecht, Knut %A Breitmeier, Dirk %A Fieguth, Armin %A Troger, Hans Dieter %V 211 %N 3-4 %P 81-89 %X The report presents the case of an alleged double homicide or a homicide followed by suicide of a couple, in which the court-ordered autopsy of both victims revealed that the homicide had been committed by the husband immediately before he died himself from cardiac failure. The article gives a short summary of the pathophysiological relations between emotional tension (stress) and physical strain and the effects on the cardiovascular system. The case report describes a homicide by strangulation immediately followed by the perpetuator's death from a natural cause.
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%G de %I Verlag Schmidt-Romhild %@ 0003-9225 %U http://dx.doi.org/