ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1980
Page Count: 5

Suicide by Snake Venom Injection
Tu, AT
Graduate student and professor, Colorado State University,

Garriott, JC
Chief toxicologist and medical examiner, Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences, Tex.

Yadlowski, JM
Graduate student and professor, Colorado State University,

Norton, LE
Chief toxicologist and medical examiner, Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences, Tex.

(Received 25 April 1980; accepted 9 May 1980)

Abstract

A case of apparent suicide by injection of snake venom was investigated. Evidence found at the scene and presumably used for self-injection was positive for nonspecific venom but had the characteristics of a viper venom.

Keywords:
toxicology, suicide, venoms

Paper ID: JFS11290J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11290J
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