TY - JOUR
T1 - Death due to railway-related suicidal decapitation: a case report
AU - De Giorgio, Fabio
AU - Polacco, Matteo
AU - Pascali, Vincenzo Lorenzo
AU - Oliva, Antonio
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - In Italy, railway-related deaths give rise to extensive inquiries because it is mandatory for the public prosecutor to investigate the circumstances of death. For the railway embankment, normal traffic rules are not valid and the guilt of the engine driver usually cannot be proven. Consequently, these cases are very often declared as suicides without adequate evidence. Furthermore, there is a potential risk of confusion with homicide, body dismemberment or mutilation. Our medico-legal institutes are increasingly engaged with expert opinions on questions of accident, suicide or homicide because they lead to complications in the fields of insurance, criminal and civil law.
AB - In Italy, railway-related deaths give rise to extensive inquiries because it is mandatory for the public prosecutor to investigate the circumstances of death. For the railway embankment, normal traffic rules are not valid and the guilt of the engine driver usually cannot be proven. Consequently, these cases are very often declared as suicides without adequate evidence. Furthermore, there is a potential risk of confusion with homicide, body dismemberment or mutilation. Our medico-legal institutes are increasingly engaged with expert opinions on questions of accident, suicide or homicide because they lead to complications in the fields of insurance, criminal and civil law.
KW - suicide
KW - suicide
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/10921
M3 - Article
SN - 0025-8024
SP - 347
EP - 348
JO - Medicine, Science and the Law
JF - Medicine, Science and the Law
ER -