Durfort Céline, Cappy Julien, Lorin de la Grandmaison Geoffroy
From the Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, Raymond Poincaré Hospital, Garches, France.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2020 Jun;41(2):124-127. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000543.
We report 2 unusual autopsy cases with head handgun wounds using defective firearms in a suicidal context. In the first case, a 78-year-old man was found hanged from a tree, with a Lefaucheux revolver lying on the tree. In the right temporal region, there was an entrance wound with a bullet still in place, responsible for a mild cerebral contusion, without bone defect. The main cause of death was hanging. In the second case, a 60-year-old man died at home after shooting himself in the head several times with a 22-long rifle revolver. The autopsy showed 13 entrance wounds on the scalp. Most of the bullets remained along the skull vault. In each of 2 cases, the manner of death, the feasibility of suicidal gesture, and the consequences of a brain injury on the time to the occurrence of incapacity were questioned. These unusual autopsy cases underline how important it is to take into account the defective nature of firearms.
我们报告2例不同寻常的尸检案例，均为在自杀情境下使用有缺陷枪支造成的头部手枪伤。在第一例中，一名78岁男子被发现吊死在树上，一把勒福肖转轮手枪放在树上。在右侧颞部区域，有一个入口伤口，子弹仍留在原处，造成轻度脑挫伤，无骨缺损。主要死因是上吊。在第二例中，一名60岁男子在家中用一把22长步枪转轮手枪多次朝自己头部开枪后死亡。尸检显示头皮上有13个入口伤口。大多数子弹留在颅顶。在这2例案例中，死亡方式、自杀行为的可行性以及脑损伤对丧失行为能力时间的影响均受到质疑。这些不同寻常的尸检案例凸显了考虑枪支缺陷性质的重要性。
