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ArticleForensic science, medicine, and pathology2024

Suicide by sharp force associated with major self-mutilation and self-cannibalism.

Silvia Farkašová Iannaccone, Alžbeta Ginelliová, Daniel Farkaš, Dorota Sopková

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Article in Forensic science, medicine, and pathology, 2024. 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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Silvia Farkašová IannacconeDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Trieda SNP 1, 040 11, Košice, Slovakia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9804-018X
Alžbeta GinelliováMedico-Legal and Pathological-Anatomical Department of Health Care Surveillance Authority, Ipeľská 1, Košice, 043 74, Slovakia.
Daniel FarkašMedico-Legal and Pathological-Anatomical Department of Health Care Surveillance Authority, Ipeľská 1, Košice, 043 74, Slovakia.
Dorota SopkováDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Trieda SNP 1, 040 11, Košice, Slovakia. d.sopkova@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7873-5654
Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic · SKUniversity of Pavol Jozef Šafárik · SK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Self-stabbing and self-cutting represents an uncommon method of suicide. We present a case of a 30-year-old man who was found dead in the forest. The body was naked and showed multiple cut and stab wounds on different parts of the body (face, neck, chest, abdomen, and extremities). A single-edged kitchen knife was found approximately 20 m from the body. Parts of both ears, the fifth toe of the right foot, and the scrotum were cut off. At the autopsy, two of the severed body parts-the toe and the part of the left ear-were found in the stomach. The cause of death was asphyxiation due to blood aspiration resulting from a cut throat injury. A police investigation uncovered a history of substance abuse and two previous suicidal attempts using a knife. Upon complex analysis of all the evidence, the manner of death was ruled a suicide, which was preceded by actions of major self-mutilation and self-cannibalism, both considered rare behavioral patterns.

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CannibalismSelf MutilationSuicide, CompletedWounds, StabAdultAsphyxiaForensic PathologyHumansMaleRespiratory AspirationSubstance-Related DisordersForensic autopsySelf-cannibalismSelf-mutilationSharp force injuriesSuicide

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PMID37450169
PMCPMC11790802
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