Abstract

Dyadic death is a scenario of two persons dying in a series in a different manner, usually Homicide followed by suicide. Shooting, poisoning, and hanging are the methods used for committing dyadic death. Dyadic deaths by cutthroat methods are rarely reported in the literature due to the extremely painful and violent nature of the injury. The interpretations of cut-throat wounds and other incised wounds could fit into both homicide and suicide. Therefore, a thorough analysis ofthe crime scene is required for corroboration with post-mortem findings. A crime scene is a cluster of evidence like fingerprints, footprints, bloodstains, patterns, etc. The author’s report a case of Dyadic death involving cut-throat, stab and incised wounds. The authors intent to highlight the importance of correlating the crime scene findings, which unveiled the sequence of events thereby helping the investigating agency.

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