An unusual suicide method used by a paraplegic

[An unusual attempted suicide by lead poisoning].

An unusual suicide case by combination of choking and hanging.

A 40-year-old man was found dead in his prison cell, hanging on a twisted bandage tightened around his neck. His permanent metal tracheostomy tube was completely corked with a piece of paper wrapped with transparent cellophane from a cigarette case. After police investigation and complete autopsy, suicide was determined as the manner of death. Although suicides by 1 form of asphyxia are relativ...

An unusual complex suicide by corrosive ingestion and stabbing

Suicides are divided into simple and complex, the complex one referring to suicide by a combination of more than one method. In general, unplanned complex suicides occur where several different methods are used consecutively because the first method has not achieved the desired effect. In this study, we present a unique unplanned complex suicide case where corrosive ingestion and stabbing were ...

An unusual case of suicide by handcrafted shotgun and slug.

Injuries by handcrafted firearms are uncommon, and those by handcrafted shotguns are very rare. We present an unusual case of suicide using a handcrafted shotgun and slug. A 73-year-old male, who was a glass-grinding artisan, was found dead at a workshop on the premises of his residence. Autopsy showed a contact shotgun wound to the forehead, which perforated the cranium and caused extensive da...

[An unusual suicide with dinitro-o-cresol].