The usage of zip guns-homemade self-constructed firearms fashioned out of pieces of metal with a simple firing pin or made by conversion of blank guns into a harmful weapons, is quite rare and sporadic in forensic pathology. To avoid the control and registration of firearm, people with technical skills can make one at home. The atypical homemade firearm can lead to atypical autopsy findings with unusual gunshot wounds on the body. The following article presents an original case of an unusual self-inflicted gunshot suicide committed with a homemade improvised zip gun during a regular traffic stop of the motorcycle. Technical examinations of the disassembled weapon revealed it to be partially handcrafted zip gun that had been constructed as a single barrel gun in shape of a pistol or revolver from metal piping and part of barrel with internal grooves, used from a regular assault rifle. Further police investigation revealed that the decedent did not have motorcycle papers and driving license with him in time of the traffic stop; but he has not had any psychiatric or suicidal history. In his locked room he had a lot of ammunition and old firearms, including one expansion rifle; although he never had a firearms license. The death was classified as a suicide with the handmade zip gun fired most likely from near-contact range to the right temporal region of the head, with complete penetration through the cranial cavity, under the influence of alcohol.
WprowadzenieSamobójstwa rozszerzone mają wielkie znaczenie z punktu widzenia medycyny sądowej i psychiatrii. W samobójstwach tego rodzaju na pierwszym pla- IntroductionExtended suicide is of great importance from forensic-psychological and psychiatric viewpoints. In such suicides the initiator is at the fore- StreszczenieBadanie motywacji zachowań samobójczych w przypadkach tzw. rozszerzonych samobójstw ma ogromne znaczenie z punktu widzenia medycyny sądowej oraz psychologii. Inicjatorem tego typu zachowań jest często osoba cierpiąca na endogenną depresję. Powody udanych samobójstw nie są powszechnie znane. Niniejsza praca ma na celu wykazanie motywu udanego rozszerzonego samobójstwa, które rzadko występuje w naszych warunkach, dwóch członków rodziny -ojca i syna. Przypadek ten został dokładnie przeanalizowany z zastosowaniem metod morfologicznych oraz za pomocą dodatkowych badań laboratoryjnych. List samobójczy pozostawiony przez ofiarę i ukryty w nietypowy sposób udało się znaleźć wyłącznie dzięki sekcji zwłok obu osób. Sposób popełnienia samobójstwa -powieszenie się -był jednym z najczęściej występujących zarówno w regionie, jak i kraju. Mężczyźni nie byli pod wpływem toksycznych substancji. Motywem samobójstwa była ucieczka od trudnych warunków życiowych.Słowa kluczowe: udane rozszerzone samobójstwo, motywacja samobójstwa, sekcja zwłok. AbstractThe investigation of motivation of suicidal behaviour in cases of so-called extended suicide is of great importance from a forensic-psychological viewpoint. The initiator of such action is often a person suffering from endogenous depression. The motives behind successful suicide are generally not known. This paper aims to demonstrate the motives behind the successful suicide, less frequent in our conditions, of two family members -a father and a son. The case has been thoroughly analysed by morphological methods with the help of additional laboratory tests. At the centre was a suicide letter which was hidden in a very unusual way and which was elucidated only thanks to autopsy of both persons. The manner of realisation -hanging -was among the most frequent in the region and in the state too. The men were not under the influence of any toxic substances. The motivation behind the suicide was an escape from hard living conditions.
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