title: A distant-range, suicidal shotgun wound of the back.
abstract: The case being reported is one of a shotgun fatality with a thoracic back wound. A 23-year-old man was shot from a distance with trajectories going from back to front and on a nearly horizontal level. These findings observed in the autopsy could represent homicide, but scene investigation and police records were interpreted and it became clear that the case was suicide. Thus, this case shows that the determination of the manner of death requires a careful forensic investigation including autopsy findings, scene investigation, and reconstruction of the events.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Uludağ University Medical Faculty, Görükle 16059, Bursa, Turkey. ddurak@uludag.edu.tr
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Durak
authors.forename: Recep
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fedakar
authors.forename: Nursel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Türkmen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019567:Back Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*