title: Suicide by fire in a car trunk: a case with potential pitfalls.
abstract: We present an unusual case in which an adult female committed suicide by fire while enclosed in the trunk of her vehicle. A finding of suicide was reached only because several key investigative facts were uncovered. Without these discoveries the case may still remain open as a suspicious death. Fire is rarely used as a mechanism of suicide in Western culture, and, as such, similar cases should be reported to advance our recognition of this phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Adair
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: DeLong
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Dobersen
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sanamo
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rotter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology; D001336:Automobiles; D002056:Burns / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D013405:Suicide