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Date : 11-11-29 23:38
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Publication; issue : 2011 Year 35 Vol 2 iss 152 p
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A Case Report of Rare Decapitation in Suicidal Hanging Death
Korean J Leg Med. 2011 Nov;35(2):152-156. Korean.
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Scientific Investigation Team, Gyeongsan Police Station, Gyeongbuk Provincial Police Agency, Daegu, Korea
Department of Forensic Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. sanghan1@knu.ac.kr
We report a rare case of complete decapitation in suicidal hanging from a bridge railing. A 71-year-old man weighing 75 kg jumped from the bridge of 6 m in height from the ground using a 4.5 m and 0.9 cm thick nylon rope with a running noose. The lower end of the rope was hanged 2.5 m from the ground. The decapitated body was found in the ground with blood pool. The head was 1 m apart from the body. The neck had a sharply demarcated circumferential band-like ligature mark with twisted diagonal lacerated margins. He had a history of depression and left a suicidal note. From the police investigation and death scene investigation, the case was determined as a suicidal hanging although the autopsy was not done. We reviewed literatures of decapitation cases in hanging deaths and compared the calculated physical forces applied to the ligature.
Key words : hanging, decapitation, suicide
Case report
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