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- Title
A case of homicidal intraoral gunshot and review of the literature.
- Authors
Berens, Sandra; Ketterer, Thomas; Kneubuehl, Beat P.; Thali, Michael J.; Ross, Steffen; Bolliger, Stephan A.
- Abstract
Determination of the manner of death in case of intraoral firearm wounds can be a challenge, especially if the circumstances of the incident are unclear and crime scene investigation is inadequate. It is a well-known fact that the mouth is one of the selected sites for suicide with firearms. Homicidal shooting through the mouth is said to be rare, but does occur, and can be mistaken for a suicide. For discrimination between suicide and homicide in cases of intraoral firearm wounds, some useful points are the site of entry wound, the direction of the internal bullet path, the range of fire and the circumstances of death. We demonstrate these points in a case of a homicidal gunshot to the mouth assessed by both classical autopsy and post-mortem CT (PMCT).
- Subjects
CASE studies; CAUSES of death; CRIME scenes; CRIME scene searches; FIREARMS &; crime; SUICIDE; GUNSHOT wounds; HOMICIDE
- Publication
Forensic Science, Medicine & Pathology, 2011, Vol 7, Issue 2, p209
- ISSN
1547-769X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12024-010-9201-x