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A multifaceted Investigation Saga of an Sordid Act of Mariticide - A Case Report
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Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

DOI: 10.58739/jcbs/v13i2.23.23

Year: 2023, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 61-64

Case Report

A multifaceted Investigation Saga of an Sordid Act of Mariticide - A Case Report

Abhinandana R 1,∗, Rajkumar 1

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Kolar, Karnataka, India

*Corresponding author email: [email protected]

Received Date:06 June 2023, Accepted Date:06 July 2023, Published Date:24 July 2023

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Abstract

Mariticide means literally killing one’s own husband. Criminals use various methods and means to escape from a crime. Smothering is caused by obstruction of respiration through nose and mouth and establishing the homicidal manner of smothering is a difficult task. Neck is considered as a vital structure in the human body by being a relay station for vital structures passing through, any injury to neck is life threatening. When an assailant fabricates a wound following death he/she is hoping to deceive the investigating officers in the manner of death. Analysing the antemortem and postmortem nature of wounds may help in solving this. Here we discuss a case of mariticide by smothering disguised as cut injury to the neck and the investigation saga of this by using multifactorial approaches and methods.

 

Keywords: Mariticide, Luminol, Blood stain, Smothering, Cut throat injury, Call data record

 

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This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Published By Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education, Kolar, Karnataka

  • 26 July 2023

Year: 2023, Volume: 13, Issue: 2

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