Citation

Nithin M, Rani S. Med. Sci. Law 2014; 54(2): 113-115.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, J.S.S University, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0025802413491248

PMID

23929676

Abstract

Most deaths by hanging are due to self-suspension. This may be carried out by a wide variety of methods, but a typical method of self-suspension is to attach a thin rope to a high point such as a ceiling beam. A 35-year-old woman committed suicide by hanging, where the ligature employed was not a typical knotted noose but instead an open iron chain anchored to the ceiling above.

Language: en