The term "planned complex suicideâ" means the combination of more than one method of suicide, planned to prevent failure of the first method to ensure a fatal outcome. Professional skills and tools are sometimes used to plan and perpetrate the suicide. A case of planned complex suicide of a mechanical engineer working with furnaces in a tube factory is herein reported. The suicide was committed in a rudimental furnace set up in the victimâs apartment using his professional skills, by assembling furniture, mattresses, books and flammable liquid present in the house. Three-dimensional models of the crime scene before and after the realization of the âhomemade furnaceâ are proposed. The discussion will focus on the importance of a comprehensive analysis of the professional background of the victim to infer the manner of death for the identification of complex and occupation-related suicides.
A homemade furnace. Influence of occupational skills in a fire-related planned complex suicide / Palazzo, Chiara; Fais, Paolo; Mazzotti, Maria Carla; Gaudio, Rosa Maria; Pelletti, Guido*; Pelotti, Susi. - In: FORENSIC SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGY. - ISSN 1547-769X. - STAMPA. - 14:(2018), pp. 109-113. [10.1007/s12024-018-9952-3]
A homemade furnace. Influence of occupational skills in a fire-related planned complex suicide
Palazzo, Chiara;Fais, Paolo;Mazzotti, Maria Carla;GAUDIO, ROSA MARIA;Pelletti, Guido
;Pelotti, Susi
2018
Abstract
The term "planned complex suicideâ" means the combination of more than one method of suicide, planned to prevent failure of the first method to ensure a fatal outcome. Professional skills and tools are sometimes used to plan and perpetrate the suicide. A case of planned complex suicide of a mechanical engineer working with furnaces in a tube factory is herein reported. The suicide was committed in a rudimental furnace set up in the victimâs apartment using his professional skills, by assembling furniture, mattresses, books and flammable liquid present in the house. Three-dimensional models of the crime scene before and after the realization of the âhomemade furnaceâ are proposed. The discussion will focus on the importance of a comprehensive analysis of the professional background of the victim to infer the manner of death for the identification of complex and occupation-related suicides.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.