Third time lucky--an unusual suicide.
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.
Herdson
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Canberra Clinical School and Director, ACT Pathology Canberra, Australia.
Dellar
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McFawn
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Fuderer
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Tait
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D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D001344:Autopsy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*