| Medico-Legal Autopsy Case Report ? Two Cases of Suicidal Ligature Strangulation ? |
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Jai-Kwan Shu |
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National Institute of Scientific Investigation, Seoul, Korea |
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| Abstract |
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Suicidal ligature strangulation deaths are uncommon tragedies.
Normally, self-ligature strangulation prevented as the individual becomes as the venous circulation is obstructed, leading to relaxation of the ligature tension.
The hallmark of self-strangulation is usually accepted, when a cord may be firmly applied with multiple turns without knotting of the free ends, and when a ligature is firmly applied with one or more turns and a final tying of the free ends with a half-knot or half hitch. The following case report describes two interesting cases of suicidal self-strangulation.
One victim (Case 1) was a women aged 30 whose body was found in her own room.
The cord was firmly applied with three turns. The first turn was tight, but the second and the third, although close to the first were easily released and the ligature round her neck was left in a half-knot.
The second victim (Case 2) was a women aged 36 whose body was found in old ruined house
The cord was applied with one-half turns and extended to her both feet. The neck and waist were extended while both hip joint were fully abducted with both knee joint were fully flexed. |
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