Case analysis on 15 cases of invited suicide during 2006 to 2016 / 复旦学报（医学版）

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the case characteristics of invited suicidal death in order to provide references for field investigation and forensic identification.Methods Analyze the scene conditions,the sex,ages,relationship,ways of meeting,suicidal incentives,and the ways of committing suicide of the casualties by collecting 15 cases of invited suicidal death in Minhang and Hongkou District of Shanghai from 2006 to 2016.Results In these 15 cases,male more than female,most of the casualties had unambiguous incentives and they were youth from age 18 to 44,and invited suicide cases via internet is significantly increased,most of them were committing charcoal-burning suicide and they chose to commit suicide in hotels and inns mostly.The manners of suicide are mostly coincident.Conclusions The characteristics of the cases mentioned above help the forensic experts to catch the point of the scene investigation in similar cases and make quick and accurate judgments on the manner and the characteristics of deaths.