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ArticleForensic science, medicine, and pathology2018

A homemade furnace. Influence of occupational skills in a fire-related planned complex suicide.

Chiara Palazzo, Paolo Fais, Maria Carla Mazzotti, Rosa Maria Gaudio, Guido Pelletti, Susi Pelotti

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Article in Forensic science, medicine, and pathology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors.

Chiara PalazzoDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Unit of Legal Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Paolo FaisDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Unit of Legal Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Maria Carla MazzottiDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Unit of Legal Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Rosa Maria GaudioSection of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Guido PellettiDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Unit of Legal Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. guidopelletti@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3263-1758
Susi PelottiDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Unit of Legal Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

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Abstract

The term "planned complex suicide" 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 victim's 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 "homemade furnace" 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.

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SuicideAdultAlcoholic IntoxicationBlood Alcohol ContentBurnsCarboxyhemoglobinFiresHumansMaleBlood Alcohol ContentCarboxyhemoglobin3D reconstructionComplex suicideDeath scene investigationHomemade furnaceOccupational skills

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