[hermantheshocker]

South Korea. Loosely translated from Korean. The deceased was a 61-year-old unemployed woman who lived alone. The mother of the deceased person could not communicate with her, so she visited her residence and unlocked the door lock on the front door, but it was locked with a shackle from the inside of the door. She called 911, forced the door to open, and checked the scene.


Fig.1 The victim lying dead in the bathtub. Her foot was cut off above the ankle following several incision wounds. The knife was found on the side of the bathtub near the faucet.

The deceased was discovered in her bathtub and her left ankle was amputated, the bathtub was running with water. Her foot was cut off above the ankle following several incision wounds. A kitchen knife presumably used for cutting was next to the faucet in the bathtub. The house of the deceased is on the 9th floor of an apartment building, so it is not easy for outsiders to break in without entering through the front door. Her clothes were found in the bedroom, and there were no signs of burglary or ransacking.

There was not much distribution of bloodstains with a wide radius that could be easily observed at the scene from the knife, and there were no traces of bloodstains, cast-offs, spatters, falling bloodstains, or moving falling bloodstains. However, in the bathtub, within the arm's movement radius, bloodstains presumed to belong to the deceased and some bloodstains on the inside of the bathtub walls were observed. The deceased was diagnosed and treated for schizophrenia 35 years ago, and she often said, “I am not qualified and must die quickly,” and recently said, “A ghost is pulling my leg.”


Fig.2 The left foot was cut off above the ankle. The cut wound showed irregular edges. Several superficial incision wounds (hesitation wounds) can be seen.

On external examination, the face and body were pale. Six or more cuts were found in the left ankle region and an oblique cross-section in the bone was confirmed. The left foot was cut off above the ankle. The cut wound showed irregular edges. Several superficial incision wounds (hesitation wounds) could be seen. There were bloodstains and small body tissues on both hands and arms, and there were no other defense marks or other injuries. Internal examination revealed that the left tibia and the distal end of the calf bone were incised.

The cut surface was relatively flat, and multiple incisions were also found in the surrounding periosteum. There were no specific pathological lesions that could affect the cause of death. In the drug test, chlorpromazine, risperidone, and procyclidine were detected at sub-therapeutic concentrations. The cause of death was determined to be hypovolemic shock caused by amputation of the ankle.

Suicide is the biggest cause of reducing the life expectancy of schizophrenic patients, and in a study conducted by the World Health Organization on 1,056 mentally ill patients, suicide was the most common cause of death. It is known that about 20%-40% of patients with schizophrenia attempt suicide, and 10%-15% end their life by suicide.

Depression was found in almost 2 of 3 suicides with schizophrenia. Depression is the most important risk factor for suicide, and depressive syndrome is present in 66% of all suicide victims. The case is a very specific and rare case of suicide method selection. Common suicides are usually less painful, and they consider methods that are easy to take in their surroundings.

There are cases where alcohol and drugs are used together to reduce pain. However, in this case, a very extreme and violent method was performed, far outside the range of options for ordinary suicides. In addition, among suicide methods of schizophrenia patients, deaths by self-harm methods similar to the case are very rare.

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[GoryMan]

Awesome post dude

[mshope24]

Just when I thought the saw neck dude was hardcore. This takes the cake

[ride]

How was she able to do that? Determination, pure and simple. You get to the tendons and ligaments with a non-serrated knife, that's one thing - the part I can't get over is the nerve bundle. That has to take a minute, but its a very long minute.

Positive points for the relatively simple clean-up on this one.

[REVZZYBAN]

Herman, you must have done alot of footwork on this overseas adventure. And I’ve already called you a gumshoe.

[jmaack727]

geeze. smh.

[HYPRTCKR]

~The deceased was diagnosed and treated for schizophrenia 35 years ago, and she often said, “I am not qualified and must die quickly,” and recently said, “A ghost is pulling my leg”.
~ So she finally gave in & cut her foot off so the ghost would leave her alone. Some final guilty logic? Something she should have done decades ago, but failed to do, so the guilt just kept building up.
~ You're Pulling My Leg!

~ Proper Leg Pull Technique:

[normdiaz]

Except for the body part, the lady may have taken Mark 9:43 to heart -- "If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than with two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire."

[lkduke3]

Where is her foot?

[icehole]

now that's a dedication