Institute of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine (DIM), Policlinico di Bari Hospital, University of Bari, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy.
Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine (DIM), University of Bari, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy.
Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2021 Jun;17(2):271-278. doi: 10.1007/s12024-020-00314-4. Epub 2020 Sep 18.
Despite being an infrequent crime, parental homicide has been associated with schizophrenia spectrum disorders in adult perpetrators and a history of child abuse and family violence in adolescent perpetrators. Among severe psychiatric disorders there is initial evidence that delusional misidentification might also play a role in parricide. Parricides are often committed with undue violence and may result in overkill. The authors present the case of an adult male affected by schizoaffective disorder and Capgras syndrome who committed patricide. Forensic pathologists classify such cases as overkill by multiple fatal means comprising stabbing, blunt trauma and choking. Accurate crime scene investigations coupled with psychiatric examinations of perpetrator allow reconstruction of the murder stages. This overkill case is discussed in the context of a broad review of the literature.
尽管父母杀亲是一种罕见的犯罪，但在成年犯罪者中与精神分裂症谱系障碍有关，在青少年犯罪者中与虐待儿童和家庭暴力有关。在严重的精神疾病中，有初步证据表明妄想性身份识别也可能在杀亲中起作用。杀亲往往伴随着过度的暴力，可能导致过度杀戮。作者介绍了一例患有分裂情感障碍和卡普格拉综合征的成年男性杀父的案例。法医病理学家将此类案件归类为多种致命手段的过度杀戮，包括刺伤、钝器伤和窒息。准确的犯罪现场调查以及对犯罪者的精神病学检查可以重建谋杀阶段。本文在广泛文献回顾的背景下讨论了这种过度杀戮的案例。
