%0 Journal Article
%T Homicidal hanging - Case report (bias in premise of hanging)
%J Anil Aggrawal's internet journal of forensic medicine and toxicology
%D 2000
%A Sharma, S.K.
%V 1
%N 1
%P -
%X A lady, who was noticed hanging from a tree, was brought for autopsy. Neither the initial circumstances nor the autopsy was indicative of homicidal hanging. It is reported that killer's confession turned a simple case of hanging in to that of homicidal. The homicidal claim of the relatives of the deceased appeared incredible till the time actual assassins were caught. Could doctors conducting the autopsy have straightened the homicidal claim of the relatives? It is argued that with the kind of injuries the deceased had, he could not do. The case report discusses the bearing of autopsy on the decision-making of whether hanging was homicidal or suicidal. Autopsy alone may not differentiate suicidal from homicidal or post-mortem changing.<p /><p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Anil Aggrawal
%@ 0972-8066
%U http://dx.doi.org/