Citation

Marsh TO, Burkhardt RP, Swinehart JW. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1982; 3(4): 367-369.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7165029

Abstract

This is a report of an unusual suicidal hanging by a 30-year-old male. He was found in his bedroom by friends, suspended from a ceiling light fixture by an electrical cord around his neck. His hands were bound behind his back and a sock gag was in his mouth. A paperback book was lying on the bed headboard. The book contained a detailed but totally inaccurate description of a fantasized hanging which may have contributed to the unusual binding and gagging. Homicide and autoerotic accident had to be considered. A series of suicide notes, however, simplified the case.

Language: en