An extreme case of undoing and posing in a case of murder-suicide. A forensic pathological approach to crime scene investigation

A 7-year-old boy was killed by his father by manual strangulation during a murder-suicide. After the killing of the son, the father showed typical "undoing" behaviour: He changed the boy's clothes and laid him down on the bed. Then he placed candles around his head, put pictures of th...

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Published in:	Archiv fur Kriminologie Vol. 220; no. 1-2; p. 20
Main Authors:	Guddat, Saskia S, Schalinski, Sarah, Püschel, Klaus, Tsokos, Michael, Schulz, Friedrich
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	German
Published:	Germany 01-07-2007
Subjects:	Adult Asphyxia - pathology Autopsy - legislation & jurisprudence Child Homicide - legislation & jurisprudence Humans Male Suicide - legislation & jurisprudence
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Summary:	A 7-year-old boy was killed by his father by manual strangulation during a murder-suicide. After the killing of the son, the father showed typical "undoing" behaviour: He changed the boy's clothes and laid him down on the bed. Then he placed candles around his head, put pictures of the parents' wedding around him and a crucifix and a picture of the family into his hands. He broke off a rose in a vase next to the bed, lit the candles and took photographs of his dead son. Later he called his wife, threatened to kill the son and finally called the police to confess the murder and to announce his forthcoming suicide.
ISSN:	0003-9225