A Cut- Throat with Lower Leg Injuries- an Autopsy Case Report

Incised injuries in the neck or cut throats can be due to homicides, suicides or accidents in that order. Though there are differences in the injuries seen in these three manners of death, atypical features can be encountered in practice. In addition to the postmortem examination, careful analysis of the medical and psychiatric history of the person, circumstances of the incident and findings in the scene play a vital role in the determination of the manner of death. In this case, repetitive and jagged nature in the neck injury, absence of spurting marks in the blood distribution in the scene and especially the presence of injuries in the lower leg which was not fond in the literature demand clarification. The hesitations marks, depressive illness, blunt nature of the weapon and circumstances seem to be helpful in meeting this demand.