Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine
  • Year: 2009
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue: 2

Dyadic death due to drowning

  • Author:
  • Prateek Rastogi1,, Vikram Palimar2
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 142 to 143

1Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore.

2Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.

*Corresponding author: E-mail: rastogiprateek@rediffmail.com

Abstract

A case is presented wherein a female jumped into well carrying along her 45 days old daughter. This case can be listed as a combination of homicide with suicide occurring concurrently.

Keywords

Drowning, dyadic death, homicide, infanticide, posts partum psychosis