A Study of Stab wounds in Sexual Homicides

In the present a total of 236 of stab wound Homicides were studied of which 86 were Sexual Homicides and 150 were Nonsexual Homicides. The Gender distribution had contrasting findings, in Sexual Homicides the Male to Female ratio was 1:4 whereas in Nonsexual victims the ratio was 14:1.The major age group involved in Sexual homicides were 21-30yrs whereas the Majority of the victims of Nonsexual homicides belonged to age group 21-40yrs. The sexual homicides never affected victims belonging to the first and 5th decade. Single edged stab wounds were commonly found in Stab wounds. .Each of the Sexual Homicides victim sustained a minimum of Ten Stab Wound ,the maximum noted were 41-50 stab wounds in 9.3% [n8] of victims, highest number of victims[n-58;67.4%] sustained 21-30 stab wound. 50.67% [n-76] of victims of non sexual homicides sustained 2-3 stab wound and 17.3% [n-26] of the victims sustained single Fatal Stab wound. The Genitals were affected in 30% [n-26] of Sexual Homicides. However in 74.67% [n-112] of the Victims of Non Sexual Homicides chest was affected. In Sexual homicides the Head and neck were involved in all cases. The Morphology of Stab wound in Sexual Homicides demonstrated a varied wound track pattern with extensive tailing of the wound and overlapping of the stab at places besides this ,Majority of the Stabs were superficial or Non fatal in Nature an observation differentiating from the Nonsexual Victims. Majority of the Victims of Sexual Homicide demonstrated multiple superficial linear incised wounds over the body . In Sexual Homicides circumstances, Crime Scene Evidence, Autopsy evidence and Perpetrators personality analysis is essential to conclude Sex Relation to the Victim.