Citation

Gorniak JM, Sudimack JR, Stanforth JR, Lewis BJ. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 2007; 28(3): 232-234.

Affiliation

Office of the Franklin County Coroner, Columbus, Ohio.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PAF.0b013e31814258a4

PMID

17721174

Abstract

In Franklin County, Ohio, 3 cases of hangings with bound hands were reported in a 4-month period in 2005. All of the victims were men. In 2 of the 3 cases, the hands were bound behind the back. One victim bound his hands in front of his body. In each case, the police ruled the deaths "suspicious" due to the fact that the victims' hands were bound. Complete investigation is required. Only after a thorough scene investigation, medicolegal autopsy, and knowledge of recent circumstances of the decedent's life can a determination of manner be made.

Language: en