Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 35-38, January 2007

Hanging without knot in the noose

  • Virendra Kumar

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University of Malaya, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology (Forensic Unit), 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Received 2 October 2005; accepted 29 November 2005.

Abstract 

Death by hanging is believed to be a painless method of committing suicide. In most cases the noose has a knot and on this basis only it can be labeled as atypical or typical hanging. A 35 year Chinese man committed suicide by hanging with a ligature material made of electric wire where there was no knot present on the noose.

Keywords: Atypical and typical hanging, Knot, Ligature material

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PII: S1353-1131(05)00210-5

doi:10.1016/j.jcfm.2005.11.014

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 35-38, January 2007

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