A case of complex suicide: Self-electrocution

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Self Electrocution Suicide

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Tarik Ulucay
Celal Bayar University, Medical Faculty, Department of Forensic Medicine, Manisa, TR
M. Sunay Yavuz
Celal Bayar University, Medical Faculty, Department of Forensic Medicine, Manisa, TR
M. Ziya Kir
Celal Bayar University, Medical Faculty, Department of Forensic Medicine, Manisa, TR
Yildiray Zeyfeoglu
Celal Bayar University, Medical Faculty, Department of Forensic Medicine, Manisa, TR
Ilknur Kahraman
Celal Bayar University, Medical Faculty, Department of Forensic Medicine, Manisa, TR
Faruk Aydin Sarıgül
Celal Bayar University, Medical Faculty, Department of Forensic Medicine, Manisa, TR
Gonca Tatar
Celal Bayar University, Medical Faculty, Department of Forensic Medicine, Manisa, TR
Mustafa Dalgic
The Ministry of Justice, Council of Forensic Medicine, Izmir, TR
Gonca Piskin Kesici
The Ministry of Justice, Council of Forensic Medicine, Izmir, TR

Abstract

A 57-year-old man was found at his home by his neighbor. The body of the victim was lying on the right side of the door. A copper wire, whose plastic parts were untied, and surrounded the left and right hand palmar and dorsal faces. The wire was connected by an extension to an electric socket in the room. There was blood and toilet paper around the left hand wrist. Suicide note was found on the taboret

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Ulucay, T. ., Yavuz, M. S. ., Kir, M. Z. ., Zeyfeoglu, Y. ., Kahraman, I. ., Sarıgül, F. A., Tatar, G. ., Dalgic, M. ., & Kesici, G. P. . (2019). A case of complex suicide: Self-electrocution. Medical Science and Discovery, 1(2), 61–63. Retrieved from https://medscidiscovery.com/index.php/msd/article/view/30
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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2014): Medical Science and Discovery
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Case Reports

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