Literature DB >> 11563751

Victim's scalp on the killer's head. An unusual case of criminal postmortem mutilation.

J Kunz1, A Gross.   

Abstract

A case of unusual postmortem mutilation of a victim's body is presented. After killing his father, the son decapitated his body and dissected the scalp free, forming a mask of the father's head and neck. The young man wore the scalp-mask over his own head to imitate the father. The motive of the murder was revenge, and the postmortem mutilation was the realization of the perpetrator's fantasies, symbolically representing a penalty for the reprehensible past life of his father.

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Year:  2001        PMID: 11563751     DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200109000-00027

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Forensic Med Pathol        ISSN: 0195-7910            Impact factor:   0.921


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1.  Decapitation: a rare form of postmortem mutilation.

Authors:  Calle Winskog; Roger W Byard
Journal:  Forensic Sci Med Pathol       Date:  2015-09-08       Impact factor: 2.007

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