Cat CAT-scan: Postmortem imaging and autopsy of two cats

• Combination of killing of a family member and the own pet is not rare.
• There are different methods of killing animals.
• The killing method is often the same in human and animal.
• Investigation of human and animal victims is important to reconstruct a crime scene.

A man killed his wife and their shared household cats before killing himself. The combination of the killing (suicide or homicide) of a family member and the pet is seen on occasions in forensic pathology. The purpose of this case report is to provide a comparison of the killing methods of animals, ill pets and of household animals, also in extended suicides or homicides given the initially outlined case.