Head impalement – An unusual form of suicide

Austin, Amy E.; Heath, Karen; Gilbert, John D.; Byard, Roger W.

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2011.12.031

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“…In addition, both cases revealed a medical history of depression treatment, and toxicant tests identified drugs associated with depression which can be regarded as clues to self-infliction [12,13].…”

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Suicide by blunt head trauma – Two cases with striking similarities

Park

Lee

Yoon³

2015

Forensic Science International

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Suicide by blunt head trauma – Two cases with striking similarities

Park

Lee

Yoon³

2015

Forensic Science International

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“…The case of suicide was that of an 80-year-old man who placed his head on a bolt inserted into a concrete floor and then dropped a weight onto his head, resulting in impalement with death from craniocerebral trauma (details of this case have also been previously published 12 ).…”

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“…The latter reflects a high degree of premeditation. 12 Whether suicidal insertion of a chopstick into the bladder through the penis represents impalement or penetration with perforation is arguable. 50 Non-industrial accidents Impalement injuries may also occur in individuals who may have jumped from a height such as from a burning building, or fallen from a building, and landed on objects such as tree branches.…”

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A forensic evaluation of impalement injuries

Byard

2018

Med Sci Law

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Impalement injuries transfix a victim in an inescapable or helpless position. A study was undertaken at Forensic Science SA from 2002 to 2016 of all impalement deaths. There were six vehicle accidents (M:F=5:1; age 14-67 years, average age 38.5 years) involving impalements with a tree branch ( n=2; groin and chest), a metal pipe ( n=2; leg and head), a metal bridge railing (groin) and a metal fence post (chest). Two cases (both males, aged 47 and 18 years) had slipped on fences/gates, with impalements of the ankle and groin. A case of suicide (male, aged 80 years) was impaled through the head on a bolt fixed to the floor. A homicide case (male, aged 27 years) involved impalement through the chest by a spear from a spear gun. In certain cases (e.g. with anogenital injuries), differentiating accidental from inflicted impalement injuries may be difficult. In equivocal cases, adequate scene evaluations with photographic documentation are required prior to autopsy, ideally with the object available for examination.

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“…Methods that are used in cases of suicide vary among populations and communities, as well as over time. 1 According to the WHO, every year, almost one million people die from suicide and 20 times more people attempt suicide; a global mortality rate of 16 per 100,000, or one death every 40 seconds and one attempt every 3 seconds, on average.…”

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Suicide by self-inflicted stab wound to the heart: a rare case of suicide from Nepal

Jha

Parajuli²,

Subedi

2015

J Coll Med Sci-Nepal

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Suicide, or the deliberate act of killing oneself, accounts for a substantial number of unnatural deaths each year in many countries. Though death by self-stabbing is quite uncommon, the left part of the chest represents one of the elected sites of self-inflicted wounds because of the knowledge of the situation of the heart and that the injuries to the heart are severe. We present a case of suicidal stab to the left thoracic region involving the heart.

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Head impalement – An unusual form of suicide

Cited by 14 publications

References 15 publications

Suicide by blunt head trauma – Two cases with striking similarities

Suicide by blunt head trauma – Two cases with striking similarities

A forensic evaluation of impalement injuries

Suicide by self-inflicted stab wound to the heart: a rare case of suicide from Nepal

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