Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, M.R. Medical College, Gulbarga, Karnataka
*Corresponding author: Umesh SR, Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College, Mahadevappa Rampure Marg, Gulbarga, Karnataka - 585105, Email Id: drumeshsr@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 5 January, 2015.
Homicide-suicide, murder-suicide & dyadic death all refer to an incident where a homicide is committed followed by the perpetrator's suicide almost immediately or soon after homicide. Here we are discussing an expert opinion case of dyadic death where due to infidelity husband gave his pregnant wife to consume organophosphorus compound, thereby killing both fetus and the wife and later on hanged himself.
Dyadic Deaths, Homicide-suicide, Spousal Killing, Infidelity
