Crossbow injuries: a case of suicide
Authors
Dorado Fernández, Enrique; Lallana Dupla, María Teresa; Zambrano, Francisco; Carrillo Rodríguez, Manuel Francisco; Ruiz-Tagle Fernández, Elisa; [et al.]Identifiers
Permanent link (URI): http://hdl.handle.net/10017/60239DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2022.102088
ISSN: 1344-6223
Date
2022-09Bibliographic citation
Legal Medicine, 2022, v. 58, n. , p. -
Keywords
Crossbow
Forensic pathology
Arrow injury
Suicide
Homicide
Accident
Description / Notes
6 p.
Document type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Version
info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Rights
© 2022 Elsevier B.V
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
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Abstract
We are reporting the case of a 65 year-old man who suffered a severe depression and committed suicide using a crossbow. The death happened at his home. The suicide victim was on his knees, with of a crossbow leveled at his thorax and located facing him on the sofa. He shot it by pulling the trigger with the bended end of a ramrod. The arrow entered between the third and the fourth rib on the left side, with a downwards and slightly outwards direction. It went through the lung and the tip of the arrow came out the back. The arrow was removed when the body was lifted, and the wounds had a three-pointed star shape which corresponded to the head of the arrow crossbow. Police enquiry and forensic investigation confirmed a suicidal manner of death. This paper presents different issues of the case, such as the attestation of tears in clothing, the morphology of the wounds or the arrow track. The case is compared with other cases in the medical forensic literature involving the use of crossbows. Finally, it is highlighted how easy it is to purchase these weapons despite their obvious power and accuracy, factors that seriously recommend legislative regulation to be increased and its use more restricted.
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