Stockhausen Sarah, Wollner Kirsten, Mohle Friederike, Doberentz Elke, Kernbach-Wighton Gerhard, Madea Burkhard
Arch Kriminol. 2017 Mar;239(3-4):87-98.
Cases in which several persons who died from an unnatural cause are found together are often difficult. It is necessary to exclude homicide committed by another person and to clarify whether the deaths are the result of a homicide-suicide or a joint suicide of persons wishing to die. Two cases in which couples with gunshot wounds to the head had been found lifeless in their homes are presented. In both cases, the deceased were of advanced ages and suffered from severe pre-existing diseases. Due to the circumstances at the scene, the results of the investigations and the autopsies as well as the suicide notes found, a double suicide was assumed in both cases. The husbands killed themselves after shooting their wives. Based on the presented cases the so-called double suicide and the need for a thorough investigation of the death scene with the problem of differentiating it from homicide-suicide and double homicide are discussed.
发现多名死于非自然原因的人在一起的情况往往很棘手。必须排除他人实施的杀人行为，并弄清楚这些死亡是杀人后自杀还是想死之人的共同自杀所致。本文介绍了两起在家中被发现头部有枪伤且已无生命迹象的夫妻案例。两起案例中的死者均年事已高且患有严重的基础疾病。鉴于现场情况、调查结果、尸检情况以及找到的遗书，两起案例均被认定为双双自杀。丈夫先枪杀妻子后自杀。基于所呈现的案例，对所谓的双双自杀以及彻底调查死亡现场以区分其与杀人后自杀和双重杀人问题的必要性进行了讨论。
