Complex suicide by drowning and self-strangulation: An atypical “holy” way to die

Benevento, Marcello; Mandarelli, Gabriele; Ferorelli, Davide; Trotta, Silvia; Bottari, Giampiero; Caterino, Cristina; Solarino, Biagio

doi:10.1016/j.fsir.2021.100190

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“…Benevento et al [ 89 ] describe a case with a complex suicide by drowning and self-strangulation. The victim has committed suicide by throwing himself into the sea after tying a large stone with a rope (triple bowline knot) and tying the other end with a slipknot around his neck.…”

Section: Knots and Ropes Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

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Vanhouche

Driessche

et al. 2023

Forensic Science International: Synergy

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Section: Knots and Ropes Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

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Vanhouche

Driessche

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“…The global rate of suicide is around 10.7 per 100,000 individuals [2]. The prevalence of different suicide methods varies according to the availability of harmful tools and socio-cultural acceptability [3]. In Europe and also in Italy, hanging is the most common method of suicide [4].…”

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Establishing the Manner of Death: A 3D Reconstruction of a Case of Hanging

Benevento,

Ambrosi,

Maselli

et al. 2023

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Establishing the manner of death is one of the most challenging tasks for forensic pathologists. We present the case of a 24-year-old woman found dead in the early morning on a flyover. The body was sitting on the ground with the back leaning against a wall. The neck was encircled by a white phone charger cable knotted to the staircase’s handrail. The victim had argued with her boyfriend and tried to jump out of his car while coming home from a wedding party the night before. After that, she left home alone with her phone charger in her hand. Due to self-harm behaviors, the first hypothesis was suicide by hanging. However, the ligature crossed immediately beneath the thyroid cartilage and encircled the neck twice horizontally; the two ends of the cable overlapped, forming a cross-over point in the front-right of the neck. Then, the ligature passed obliquely through the nape, gradually disappearing, forming a gap in the mark. The mark was sharply defined, stiff, yellow, and parchment-like. The investigators performed a three-dimensional scene reconstruction using the Trimble X7 Laser Scanner and the PC-Crash Multibody System. Even though the geometry of the ligature mark in the present case raised doubts about the manner of death, the three-dimensional reconstruction confirmed that the hanging was feasible without any external intervention.

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Unusual ligature mark after strangulation and skin maceration

Schiraldi

Raniero

2023

Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Complex suicide by drowning and self-strangulation: An atypical “holy” way to die

Cited by 5 publications

References 43 publications

Interpol review of fibres and textiles 2019-2022

Interpol review of fibres and textiles 2019-2022

Establishing the Manner of Death: A 3D Reconstruction of a Case of Hanging

Unusual ligature mark after strangulation and skin maceration

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