title: Homicide-suicide (dyadic death): a case study of double hanging.
abstract: Murder-suicide, homicide-suicide, and dyadic death all refer to an incident where a homicide is committed followed by the perpetrator's suicide almost immediately or soon after the homicide. Homicide-suicides are relatively uncommon and vary from region to region. In the selected literature that we reviewed, shooting was the common method of killing and suicide, and only 3 cases of homicidal hanging involving child victims were identified. We present a case of dyadic death where the method of killing and suicide was hanging, and the victim was a young woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Medunsa Campus of University of Limpopo, Medunsa, South Africa. marna_duplessis@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Marna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: du Plessis
authors.forename: Keven Khazamula
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Hlaise
mesh_terms: D001237:Asphyxia / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D011693:Purpura / Q000473:pathology; D013405:Suicide; D055815:Young Adult