Self-inflicted gunshot wound mimicking assault: A rare variant of factitious disorder

Hadas Gips; Uziel Yannai; Jehuda Hiss

doi:10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.07.010

Self-inflicted gunshot wound mimicking assault: A rare variant of factitious disorder

Hadas Gips^*, Uziel Yannai, Jehuda Hiss

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Abstract

This paper presents the case of a 52-year-old man who died in an attempt to prove factitious allegations of persecution. To the best of our knowledge, there are no other reported cases of a self-inflicted, long-distance gunshot injury causing death. We discuss other cases of crime-scene "staging" and review the literature on factitious disorders and malingering in our search for a motive, and stress again the importance of crime scene analysis and investigation of circumstances in determining the manner of death.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	293-296
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume	14
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.07.010
State	Published - Jul 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Accidental suicide
Crime-scene staging
Factitious disorder
Gunshot wound
Malingering

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