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Matricide with pathological cannibalism: an unusual forensic case report.
Harshal Thube1, Nikhil Jagtap2, Vikas Meshram3
1Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Scies (AIIMS), Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Legal Medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
|March 5, 2026
Summary
This case study details pathological cannibalism following matricide, a rare event linked to substance abuse and impulsivity, not psychosis. It underscores the need for integrated forensic and psychiatric evaluations in extreme violence cases.
Area of Science:
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Psychopathology
- Criminology
Background:
- Human cannibalism (anthropophagy) is rare, historically linked to rituals or survival, but modern cases often involve severe psychiatric illness or paraphilias.
- Pathological cannibalism, particularly with matricide, is exceptionally rare, with perpetrators typically male and often exhibiting underlying psychiatric conditions, substance abuse, or impulsive behavior without active psychosis.
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