Sexual Homicides (A retrospective study at RIMS, Imphal, from 2000–2014)

Sexual homicide is one in which there is physical evidence of sexual activity which has occurred in close temporal and physical proximity to the murder or when there is a legally admissible statement by the perpetrator of sexual activity. A retrospective study of sexual homicides cases in Imphal from 2000–2014 was conducted from the post mortem cases done during the period at Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal. The cases were analyzed with regard to annual incidence, age and sex incidence, marital status of the victims, external and internal injuries present on the body, perenial injuries, seasonal variation, crime scene, type of perpetrator, time of day of death, and circumstances and cause of death. The findings were compared with similar studies done in other parts of the world and the various causative factors were analyzed to formulate preventive measures. It was seen that Imphal had a higher incidence, elderly victims were lesser and poisoning (self consumption due to shame among survivors) figured high among the causes of death which is not seen in any of the other studies.