@article{ref1,
title="A Case Report of Rare Decapitation in Suicidal Hanging Death",
journal="Korean journal of legal medicine (2007)",
year="2011",
author="Kim, Dae-Yoil and Lee, Sang-Han",
volume="",
number="",
pages="152-156",
abstract="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.<p /><p>Language: ko</p>",
language="ko",
issn="1225-0589",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}