Differentiation of homicidal or suicidal strangulation.
Forensic Sci Int
; 301: e44-e48, 2019 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
Hanging can be suicidal, accidental, or homicidal, and these backgrounds must be discriminated by police and forensic pathologists. We herein report a case involving a 33-year-old man who was found dead on the floor behind the entrance door of an apartment house. The man's brother declared that he had found him hanging in the gap between the stairs on the top floor. When his brother tried to cut him down, the victim fell three floors down through the gap between the stairs. Autopsy was performed to confirm suicidal hanging and a postmortem fall into the narrow gap. In this case, however, a homicide was suspected, and the version of events told by the victim's brother was initially doubted. Homicidal hanging may be uncommon, but intensive scene investigation and thorough autopsy are necessary in hanging cases to rule out homicide.
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Asunto principal:
Asfixia
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Suicidio
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Traumatismos del Cuello
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Homicidio
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Forensic Sci Int
Año:
2019
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Article