Journal of the Indian Society of Toxicology
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 2

A Report of a Dyadic Death with Father as Perpetrator

  • Author:
  • CN Sumangala, P Shivakumar
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 39 to 41

Dept of Forensic Medicine, Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, Bangalore

*Author for correspondence: E-mail: knaik4u@gmail.com

Online published on 4 April, 2015.

Abstract

Murder-suicide also referred to as homicide-suicide, or dyadic death, is the term used for unlawful killing or killings together with the suicide of the assailant. Homicide-suicides are relatively uncommon and vary from region to region.

This is a report of a homicide-suicide of a father and daughter utilising Datura seeds and ligature constriction.

Keywords

Dyadic death, Murder-suicide, Homicidesuicide, Datura