The murder-suicide. A study of the postagressional suicide |
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Authors: | J P Santoro A W Dawood G Ayral |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Legal Medicine, Montpellier, France. |
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Abstract: | The authors studied a series of 18 cases of homicide followed by suicide or attempted suicide by the aggressor, analyzing: 1) the frequency of such acts; 2) the age and sex of the aggressors; 3) the means or arms used for the murder and suicide; 4) the period of time between the two events; and 5) the motives for the homicides and the relationship between the victims and their aggressors. |
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