[hermantheshocker]

Bulgaria ~2013 - A 30 year old man was found dead in his home with stab-incised injuries in the abdomen, chest, and neck after having repeatedly stabbed his wife during a domestic disturbance, he then committed suicide. The wife of the deceased man was found in the living room of the house alive, helpless, and was taken to a specialized hospital; after surgery, she was stabilized and survived.

During the inspection of the corpse of the man at the scene, two knives were found embedded in the neck and one in the abdomen.

The autopsy revealed two stab-incised injuries on the anterior surface of the neck in the lower section of the second segment bilaterally, one injury on the left side of the chest, and eleven injuries in the abdomen of the deceased with varying depth. Wound channels ranged from 1.5 cm to 20 cm.


Fig 1. Detailed picture of the injuries to the neck of the deceased man.

The inflicted stab-incised injuries as individual anatomical lesions would not lead to certain death. In the autopsy the death finding was attributed to acute blood loss due primarily to injury to the abdomen, cutting of the abdominal aorta, and the massive bleeding into the abdominal cavity. The established traumatic injuries were due to collision with an object with a sharp point and cutting edge, and fully consistent with the use of knives.

In the genesis of death, a puncture-incised injury of the left lung was involved, leading to the development of hemopneumothorax. From the description of the characteristics of the knives, it is evident they were of three different sizes, both knives in the neck had similar parameter data, and that the blade driven into the abdomen was longer and had a wider blade. All three knives correspond to one and the same kitchen set.


Fig 2. Anatomical location of three blades, stuck in the body of the 30 year old man.

The paper bag on his hand is to preserve trace evidence that may be present. For example, a murder victim may have tiny pieces of the murder’s skin underneath his/her fingernails if the deceased struggled against the murder before he/she was killed. Analysis of DNA extracted from these pieces of skin can easily lead to an arrest and conviction, since there are not many ways skin can get underneath a fingernail. It’s also possible that hair, blood or other body fluids from the murder may be present somewhere on the hands.


Fig 3. Detailed picture of the injuries in the abdomen of the deceased man.

Chemical tests of blood samples taken from the body confirmed a lack of ethyl alcohol, narcotics, and drugs in the man’s system.

With regards to the possibility of murder, there were no cuts or puncture-incised injuries on the body of the deceased man which could be described as “defensive”. A great number of flesh-wounds were found, which points to the fact that the man was undecided and vouch for doing harm to himself.

The police investigation conducted in this case did not find evidence of a third person being present at the time of this domestic incident.

[K53]

Nasty demise.

[William May]

Glad the wife survived.

[Ian666]

At least he's keeping it interesting for folk like us

[Caf002]

Love the description, Hermie! It is much appreciated as I am the nerdie medical type!

[murofhsirgo]

Dedicated SOB

[ltkinky]

I hope I will have sufficient drive when it's my time to go.

[Shadolife]

That's awesome, 2 knives to the neck and 1 to the belly....all knives matching!

[wolfie]

Typical inexperienced cutter wanabe. Good riddance.

[SimoneFlen']

Another quality thread, thank you.