"You can touch the dead man". A suicide by electrocution

Fonte Santa Silva, José Jerónimo; Henriques, J.; Tavares, Susana; Vieira, Duarte Nuno

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Fonte Santa Silva, José Jerónimo

Henriques, J.

Tavares, Susana

Vieira, Duarte Nuno

Abstract(s)

Although infrequent, deaths by electrocution occur. Usually in fatal cases, the manner of death is accidental, rarely homicidal and occasionally suicidal. In suicide the victim frequently has a professional skill, or some knowledge in electricity, creating a more or less complex electrical device that will produce the fatal shock.