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An extreme case of necrophilia
E Ehrlich1, M A Rothschild, F Pluisch
1Institute of Legal Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Hittorfstrasse 18, Berlin 14195, Germany.
Abstract:
This report presents the case of a young man legally convicted twice on a charge of defiling the dead. All necrophilic acts were committed over a period of around 15 years. The examination results revealed a purely female-fixated necrophilia. In three cases, the perpetrator skinned the trunk of the corpses, placed the skin on his naked body and stimulated himself sexually. In several cases, he also used burial clothes that he had removed from the coffins and kept at home. The perpetrator had a long record of psychiatric treatment for his sexual inclination.
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