Schädler Julia, Ron Alexandra, Ondruschka Benjamin, Edler Carolin
Institute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Institute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Leg Med (Tokyo). 2024 May;68:102430. doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2024.102430. Epub 2024 Feb 24.
Differentiating homicidal or suicidal deaths in presence of a singular stab wound to the anterior or lateral trunk is still a challenge in forensic practice. There are numerous criteria in the literature and in current forensic textbooks to distinguish between self-inflicted injuries and homicide. The applicability of these criteria in single stab injuries was examined by elucidating 12 suicides and 33 homicides, each with a single stab injury to the anterior or lateral trunk and were largely confirmed. An instrumentality still stuck in the corpse was always associated with a suicide in the given cohort. In summary, the final evaluation should always be based on an interpretation of the post mortem findings together with the circumstances on site of discovery as well as the results of the police investigation.
在法医实践中，区分躯干前部或侧部仅有一处刺伤的他杀或自杀死亡情况仍然是一项挑战。文献和当前法医教科书中有众多标准来区分自伤和他杀。通过分析12例自杀和33例他杀案例（均为躯干前部或侧部仅有一处刺伤），对这些标准在单一刺伤中的适用性进行了研究，结果在很大程度上得到了证实。在给定队列中，仍留在尸体上的凶器总是与自杀相关。总之，最终评估应始终基于对尸检结果的解读，同时结合发现现场的情况以及警方调查结果。
