Two simultaneous suicidal gunshots to the head with robbed police guns

Forensic Science International

Volumn 158, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 224-228

  Padosch, S A ^a,c   Dettmeyer, R B ^a   Schyma, C W ^b   Schmidt, P H ^c   Madea, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action 4 bullet; Simultaneous gunshots; Suicide; Wound morphology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; AUTOPSY; BALLISTICS; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIREARM; GERMANY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MOUTH; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEFT;

EID: 33645019508     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.05.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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