Determination of questionable suicide as a homicide by studies of criminal stains
Vock, R.; Schwerd, W.
Archiv für Kriminologie 181(1-2): 12-18
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9225 PMID: 3365093 Document Number: 314950
In a woman found dead with cuts on both arms in a domestic sauna plastered with blood were assumed next to a bleed to death. The question self-infliction or by a third party of arm injuries could not be decided. By investigation of blood traces only could be clarified the cause of death. The husband had strangled his wife and inflicted several cuts on both arms with a razor blade to simulate suicide. Afterwards, he also inflicted several cuts on himself with a razor blade with the intention of suicide. He survived these injuries.