Demirci Serafettin, Dogan Kamil Hakan, Erkol Zerrin, Gunaydin Gursel
Department of Forensic Medicine, Meram Medical School, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2009 Dec;30(4):369-72. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318187e06b.
Suicide by ligature strangulation, which gives the initial impression of a homicide, is very rare. In this article, 3 suicidal death cases caused by ligature strangulation in Konya between 2001 and 2006 are presented. The first victim was a 68-year-old man who suffered from depression and lived alone in a cottage house. He terminated his life by applying a tourniquet to his neck after leaving a suicide note. The second victim was a 70-year-old woman who was found dead on the floor of the living room in her house. After she cut the vessels in her wrist, she tied pantyhose with 3 knots around her neck. It was reported that she had been intermittently receiving treatment for bronchial asthma and depression for 20 years. The third victim was a 30-year-old woman who suffered from schizophrenia for 6 years. She tied a scarf around her neck with 3 knots and died in the hospital after 1 day due to "hypoxic brain syndrome." As a result of the death scene investigations, autopsies, and judicial inquiries, it was concluded that death was by suicide in all 3 cases. Because the use of the ligature strangulation method, and particularly the tourniquet method, in suicidal cases is extremely rare in the literature, our aim is to present and discuss these cases.
最初给人以他杀印象的缢索勒颈自杀极为罕见。本文介绍了2001年至2006年间在科尼亚发生的3起因缢索勒颈导致的自杀死亡案例。第一名受害者是一名68岁男子，患有抑郁症，独自居住在一间村舍里。他留下遗书后用止血带勒住脖子结束了自己的生命。第二名受害者是一名70岁女子，被发现死在自家客厅的地板上。她割破手腕血管后，用连裤袜在脖子上打了3个结。据报道，她因支气管哮喘和抑郁症断断续续接受治疗已有20年。第三名受害者是一名30岁女子，患精神分裂症6年。她用围巾在脖子上打了3个结，1天后因“缺氧性脑综合征”在医院死亡。经过对死亡现场的调查、尸检和司法询问，得出结论这3起案件均为自杀。由于缢索勒颈方法，尤其是止血带方法在自杀案例中的使用在文献中极为罕见，我们的目的是呈现并讨论这些案例。
