Abstract: A field kit for a death scene investigation includes: a first table of values corresponding to causes of death; a second table of values corresponding to a victim's history of mental illness; a third table of values corresponding to consistency between death scene evidence and a suicidal dynamic; a fourth table of values corresponding to a number of suicidal methods involved in the victim's death; a fifth table of values corresponding to a compatibility of suicidal methods and injuries to the victim with a suicidal dynamic; a sixth table of values corresponding to a presence of positive indicators of suicide; a seventh table of values corresponding to a classification of death between a death compatible with a suicide and a death incompatible with a suicide; a telecommunications device; and a computing device comprising a memory and a processor.

Abstract: A method for contacting a predetermined entity based on a death event classification includes: assigning a numeric value to a first partial score based on the method which caused the subject's death; assigning a numeric value to a second partial score based on the subject's history of mental illness; assigning a numeric value to a third partial score based on consistency of the death scene evidence with suicidal dynamics; assigning a numeric value to a fourth partial score based on the number of means that caused the subject's death; assigning a numeric value to a fifth partial score based on the compatibility of means and injuries with suicidal dynamics; summing the partial scores to obtain a total score; adding a correction factor if at least one suicide indicator is present; and classifying the death event. If the death event is classified as incompatible with suicide, the predetermined entity is notified.