Abstract
A case of a sadistically motivated homicide with extraordinary injuries is reported. A 32-year-old woman was naked with signs of severe blunt trauma and oral, vaginal and anal penetration. At the crime scene, the intestine lay next to the woman without connection to the body. During the trial before the criminal court, the perpetrator admitted fisting and inserting several objects into the vagina, anus and oral cavity. Moreover, after anal and vaginal insertion of the hands, large parts of the intestine were torn and pulled out through the anus and the vagina. The results of the forensic pathological examination and additional investigation are discussed and compared with the pertinent literature. This extraordinary case of a sadistically motivated homicide ended with a final judgment that is extremely rare in German jurisdiction.
Highlights
Homicide to satisfy the sexual instinct represents only a small proportion of all homicides and is distinguished by the sexual motivation of the perpetrator
As the cause of death, hemorrhagic shock due to multiple ruptures of the intestine and the mesenteric vessels with perforation of the colon and the vagina caused by manual manipulation and the insertion of foreign bodies was established
The piece of porcelain in the anus and the smeared bottles at the crime scene prove the insertion of objects
Summary
Homicide to satisfy the sexual instinct represents only a small proportion of all homicides and is distinguished by the sexual motivation of the perpetrator. The 33-year-old perpetrator and the 32-year-old victim lived together Both were unemployed, addicted to alcohol and known to the police for domestic. The mesentery tissue showed vigorous bleeding and inflammatory cell infiltrates consisting of granulocytes and macrophages as well as fibronectin fiber formation emphasized in the form of foci (Fig. 3). This demonstrates survival for some time after the beginning of the extraction (which was probably a gradual process), even though an exact statement on the survival time is not possible, as the scientific data of immunohistochemical wound reactions refer to skin lesions, not mesenterial tissue. A few weeks before, the woman had an alcohol level of approximately 4.0 per thousand during a police operation without any pertinent deficits
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