A suicide disguised as a homicide: return to Thor Bridge

Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1998 Jun;19(2):186-9. doi: 10.1097/00000433-199806000-00018.

Abstract

Suicides staged as homicides are uncommon. We present a case of a self-inflicted gunshot wound of the chest disguised by the victim as a homicide, using a method described by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in his Sherlock Holmes story, "The Problem of Thor Bridge."

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cause of Death
  • Deception*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Forensic Medicine
  • Homicide*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Suicide*
  • Wounds, Gunshot / mortality*
  • Wounds, Gunshot / pathology