Doble filicidio por suicidio ampliado (frustrado) de un sujeto afecto de depresión mayor psicótico y trastorno de la personalidad dependiente

Se ilustra un caso de suicido ampliado frustrado, en el que la perpetradora no logra consumar su propio suicidio, pero habiendo perpetrado el asesinato de sus propios 2 hijos a causa del sufrimiento de su trastorno depresivo mayor grave con sintomatología psicótica y rasgos de personalidad dependientes de la personalidad. Se ilustra el caso con las pruebas psicométricas administradas y se analiza la psicometría forense del caso. A case of frustrated extended suicide is illustrated, in which the perpetrator fails to consummate her own suicide, but having perpetrated the murder of her own 2 children because of the suffering of her major depressive disorder with psychotic symptomatology and personality-dependent personality traits. The case is illustrated with the psychometric tests administered and the forensic psychometrics of the case are analyzed.

Double filicide for extended suicide (frustrated) of a subject with major psychotic depression and dependent personality disorder

ABSTRACT: A case of frustrated extended suicide is illustrated, where the perpetrator can’t commit her own suicide, but having perpetrated the murder of her own 2 children due to suffering from a severe major depressive disorder with psychotic symptoms and dependent personality traits. The case is illustrated with the psychometric tests administered and also, the forensic psychometry of the case is analyzed. RESUMEN: Se ilustra un caso de suicidio ampliado frustrado, en el que la autora no puede suicidarse, pero ha perpetrado el asesinato de sus propios 2 hijos debido a que padece un trastorno depresivo mayor grave con síntomas psicóticos y rasgos de personalidad dependiente. El caso se ilustra con las pruebas psicométricas administradas y además, se analiza la psicometría forense del caso.

Extended suicide

Analyses of individuals choosing to die in suicide pacts and by groups of people in mass suicides are presented. Those involved appear to differ demographically and psychologically from suicides acting alone. In addition, examples of murderers who died by suicide after killing are presented, including mass murderers who have a high suicide rate and serial killers who have a much lower suicide rate than do mass murderers. In other cases, individuals chose suicide after murdering family members, sometimes in mercy killings but often after murdering family members. Today people appear to want company in death, and why suicide pacts, even between strangers, are becoming more common. Suicide is increasingly moving from being a solitary act to becoming a social behaviour.

xtended and post-aggression suicide – attempt of systemisation of terminology

It seems that despite the passage of time the wave of homicides followed by suicides of perpetrators has not decreased and the problem remains not fully explained or explored. From the point of view of the law enforcement every such case requires a forensic scene of crime examination by experts of various specialties before assessing it in the context of criminal law. In Polish professional literature such cases are described as “extended” or “post-aggression” suicides. The hereby article is an attempt to systemise terminology used in this area by pointing out fundamental differences between two notions, which are not synonyms. A “postaggression suicide” is a wider, descriptive and neutral term because it indicates an undetermined act of aggression preceding an attempt to take one’s life. On the other hand, an “extended suicide” despite the suggestion that several persons might have committed suicide at the same time, in fact defines an act by the perpetrator (killer) conditioned by his/her psychological state projected on the other persons. The perpetrator attributes own sufferings to the victims and by killing them, in a sense, frees them. Therefore, children and, less frequently, spouses and, in general, persons the perpetrator has positive feelings for fall victims of an extended suicide. The motive of the killing is protecting of close persons from suffering, misfortune or difficult life situation, which the perpetrator is experiencing. A clear distinction between an extended suicide and postaggression suicide is of great practical significance because it determines, as emphasised by the Authors, the course of investigative proceedings, decisions at pre-court stage, as well as the extent of forensic examinations requested from forensic specialists.