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EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
INT ASSOC LAW & FORENSIC SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1186/s41935-023-00373-y
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Acting capability; Sharp force; Neck; Case report; Stab
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This article presents a case of suicide that initially appeared to be a homicide, discussing the nature of sharp neck injuries, survival time, and movement after injury.
BackgroundIt is difficult to pinpoint the manner of death in cases of death due to sharp force injuries where injury patterns resemble one another. Other issues that might arise include physical mobility and survival time after injury. Within the scope of this case, a 53-year-old male suicide with findings suggestive of homicide is presented, along with research on the nature of sharp neck injuries, survival time, and movement after injury.Case presentationThanks to the surveillance camera video that captured a significant portion of the occurrence, it was determined that the incident in the case that was presented, which had two perforations of the larynx, was suicide. At first appearance, this case could be assumed to be homicidal. Due to the injury, the victim could only walk around 300-350 m. The victim had a 4-h average survival time.ConclusionsIn general terms, the survival time according to the injury sites in the neck can be listed for a person (if the wound sizes are close to each other) as follows: injury causing vagal stimulation < arterial injury with severe blood loss < venous injury with blood loss < airway injury causing aspiration and respiratory failure.
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