@article{ref1,
title="Prospects of hanging being interpreted as ligature strangulation are real",
journal="Anil Aggrawal's internet journal of forensic medicine and toxicology",
year="2004",
author="Sharma, S. and Sharma, S.K.",
volume="5",
number="2",
pages="21-24",
abstract="A case report points to the uncomfortable fact that a suspicion of homicide entertained on the basis of findings of sharp weapon injury on the neck and mismatching evidence provided by the relatives was misleading. The relatives attributed death to a natural cause. Medical reports (both treatment and the autopsy report) showed that the deceased had suffered a nick to his neck. There was also a mark on the neck that resembled a ligature mark. The eyewitness account appeared suspicious and led the investigators to think of homicide as a possibility. While the debate on whether the relatives concealed the theory of hanging from others out of compulsion or fear raged on, what remained irrefutable was that it was a suicidal hanging. It was thus possible to miss diagnosis of hanging on autopsy. Copyright © 2004, The Authors, and Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology. All Rights Reserved.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0972-8066",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}