title: Third time lucky--an unusual suicide.
abstract: We present the case of a 39-year-old male who died with three significant and separate shotgun wounds. During the investigation, the possibility of murder was considered, but reconstruction of the case and post-mortem findings led to a coronial conclusion that the death was a suicide, accounted for by the type of weapon used and the stamina of the deceased.
authors.affiliation: Canberra Clinical School and Director, ACT Pathology Canberra, Australia.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Herdson
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Dellar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McFawn
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Fuderer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tait
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D001344:Autopsy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*