title: [Suicide or fatal accident in fantasy play?].
abstract: The death by drowning of a 25-year-old man is reported, whose putrescent body was found drifting on the surface of an artificial lake. The deceased was dressed in a coat of chain-mail and trousers of the same material. The chain-mail clothing, which had a weight of 20 kg, reminded one of a knight's armour; it had been made by the wearer himself. Around the neck there were several turns of a chain running down to the legs and tying them together. According to the police investigations it is to be assumed that the man went out on the lake in a rubber boat and then pierced the air chambers of the boat with a knife. The possible background of the case in context with the special liking for fantasy games is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Freiburg.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nadjem
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bohnert
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Logemann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pollak
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death; D004332:Drowning / Q000473:pathology*; D005201:Fantasy; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010988:Play and Playthings; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Suizid oder tödlicher Unfall bei Fantasy-Spiel?