A unique case of electric circular saw suicide with injuries to the chest and abdomen

Paul Bedford

doi:10.2478/v10278-012-0004-3

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A unique case of electric circular saw suicide with injuries to the chest and abdomen

Scandinavian Journal of Forensic Science

Volume 18 (2012): Issue 2 (December 2012)

By: Paul Bedford

Open Access

|Dec 2012

Abstract

This case report discusses the previously unreported situation of a suicidal death, with injuries to the chest, by means of an electric circular saw. A review of the English and German literature provides an overview of common sites of injury, gender and psychiatric status in power saw related deaths.

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