Suicide by Any Means: A Case Report Underscoring the Need For Scientific Objectivity in Articulating Opinion on Cause of Death

The interplay of injury with disease throws up interesting possibilities. The picture gets complicated where desperation to die leads an individual to adopt several self-destructive means simultaneously, in the background of pre-existing disease. The job of accurately identifying the cause of death becomes even more challenging in cases where the Police Inquest, which is based on eyewitness statements, indicates a sudden natural death. The present case report illustrates the need for Forensic Experts to retain dispassionate objectivity to home in on the exact cause of death in such confusing cases.