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Translated title of the contribution: Robbery coincident with killing

M. A. Rothschild, V. Schneider

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Abstract

We studied 39 cases from autopsies made between 1978 and 1988 in the Institut fur Rechtsmedizin der Freien Universitat Berlin and the Landesinstitut fur gerichtliche und soziale Medizin Berlin in which the public prosecutor's office had investigated about robbery in coincidence with killing. The average age of the victims was 75 years, the average age of the perpetrators was 21 years. One third of the victims died beacause of bronchopneumonia. 5 victims only showed slight injuries, the autopsy showed no definite cause of death, but we found severe signs of illness of the organs resp. of the heart. In these cases we diagnosed a 'psycho-physiological cause of death'. One third of the victins had a severe stenosis of the coronary system and one third showed cardiac hypertrophy of over 450 g. Head and face had been the favorate target of the perpetrators. Most localisations of crime hat been the appartmens of the victims and the booty often was less than DM 100,-. 75% of the perpetrators had been previously convicted. In the case with 'psycho-physiological' cause of death the court condemned the perpetrators only because of booty but never because of killing.

Translated title of the contributionRobbery coincident with killing
Original languageGerman
Pages (from-to)355-361
Number of pages7
JournalBeitrage zur Gerichtlichen Medizin
Volume48
StatePublished - 1990
Externally publishedYes

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