Retrospective analysis of 319 hanging and strangulation cases between 2001 and 2014 in Shanghai

Ma, Jun; Jing, Haojia; Zeng, Yan; Li, Tao; Yang, Yinke; Ma, Kaijun; Chen, Long

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2016.05.001

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“…A relatively consistent detail observed in this study was the tension of neck ligatures in the cases analyzed, which agrees with the forensic literature [22–70]. Knotted homicide strangulation ligatures were typically tighter than suicide ligatures used for hanging.…”

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Distinguishing between homicide and suicide knots and ligatures: A comparative analysis of case and survey data

Chisnall

2020

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Distinguishing between homicides and suicides can be challenging when knots and ligatures are involved. This is particularly true for cases involving decedents who have been bound. If subtle telltales are ignored, foul play may be assumed. In contrast, the discovery of a hanged decedent may lead to a conclusion of suicide. That determination could be premature in the absence of relevant evidence and a thorough analysis of the knots and ligatures. As several authors note, the analysis of equivocal cases must include all collateral evidence, not only the scene evidence but family and decedent history, the overall context, and the death scene circumstances [1-6]. can tying performed by an assailant be distinguished from knots and ligatures tied by decedents on their own bodies? To answer these questions, survey and case data were analyzed and compared to discern any useful differences. These observations were incorporated into a proposed checklist of contrasting characteristics, which will be outlined near the end. 2 | BACKG ROUND AND R ATIONALE In the United Kingdom during the late 1970 s, Underwood investigated an unusual case in which three children were discovered

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confidence: 88%

“…Suicide methods can differ from culture to culture depending on social acceptability, the availability of suitable materials, and the technical means to perform the act [25–47,70–73]. Some suicides are extremely unusual and ostensibly equivocal [1–6,13–20].…”

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Distinguishing between homicide and suicide knots and ligatures: A comparative analysis of case and survey data

Chisnall

2020

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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“…But in our study hand is the most common material used to strangulate victims. Other studies where authors were only focused on fracture of neck region found fractures of variable frequency like 17% by Ma J et al and another study done by Demirci S et al demonstrated thyroid cartilage fracture in 7 (35%) cases, hyoid bone fracture in 3 cases (15%), fracture both of the thyroid cartilage and hyoid bone in 1 case (5%) (24)(25). Possible reason for this variability is either small sample size or only ligature strangulation is taken into consideration.…”

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confidence: 93%

Strangulation Femicide in North India-an Autopsy and Circumstantial Based Study

Singh¹,

Singh²,

Kumari³

et al. 2019

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Femicide and violence against women is a critical medico legal issue in our intellectual world since the time mortal. Strangulation is most dreaded form violence. So, we designed this retrospective observational analytical study to review the prevalence and other related factors in strangulation death of female victims.We included female corpses, brought between Jan 2007 to Dec 2016 at mortuary of King George Medical University, Lucknow, a tertiary care center of India.During this time period a total 1318 (2.95% of total autopsy) cases of asphyxia death were recorded against women. Autopsy and circumstantial-based findings of 1318 female corpses were reviewed to identify these N=245 (0.55% of total autopsy) female corpses of strangulation death. Roughly more than 50% cases belong to below 30 years of age while most common age group involved is 21-30 years. In 49 cases (77.55% cases were belonging to 0 to 30 years of age group), women were sexually assaulted before strangulating to death. Out of total 245 strangulation death, 47 (19.18%) female corpses were unidentified. A total of 29 cases are strangled by their intimate partner as a result of domestic violence A total of 64% female corpses were belonging to urban areas. Strangulations by hand (palmer, elbow etc) were the most common method followed by material like clothes and rope, used by accused to strangulate female victims. Fractures occurred in only 17.96 % of victims. This is an autopsy-based study, categorizing strangulation death of female on several parameters; showing younger age group is most commonly victimized.

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“…The presence of petechial hemorrhages in cases of strangulation differs vastly in the literature. A 2016 study by Ma et al [23] of cases of hanging and strangulation in all age categories in China showed that petechial hemorrhages were present in 95% of hanging cases and in 52% of strangulation cases. However, in a 2016 study of hanging in Italy, Russo et al [24] found only conjunctival petechial hemorrhages in 11% of the cases.…”

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Cases of asphyxia in children and adolescents: a retrospective analysis of fatal accidents, suicides, and homicides from 1998 to 2017 in Hamburg, Germany

Mosek¹,

Sperhake

Edler

et al. 2020

Int J Legal Med

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Purpose Injury-related asphyxia is one of the most common causes of death in children in Germany. However, only a few systematic studies have analyzed the causes and circumstances of asphyxia in children and adolescents. Methods All cases of asphyxia in children and adolescents (0-21 years of age) among the Hamburg Legal Medical Department's autopsy cases from 1998 to 2017 were retrospectively analyzed with special focus on how often external findings were completely absent. Results Among 249 cases of fatal asphyxia, 68% were accidents, 14% were suicides, and 13% were homicides. Most of the cases involved boys. Adolescents and young adults aged 15-21 years represented the main age group. Drowning was the leading mechanism of asphyxia. Younger age was associated with less frequent detection of external signs of asphyxia in the postmortem external examination. Petechial hemorrhages were the most common visible external indication of asphyxia. No external findings indicative of asphyxia were present in 14% of the cases. Conclusion Asphyxia in children and adolescents often involves accidents. However, postmortem external examination alone is insufficient to identify asphyxia and the manner of death.

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Retrospective analysis of 319 hanging and strangulation cases between 2001 and 2014 in Shanghai

Cited by 35 publications

References 17 publications

Distinguishing between homicide and suicide knots and ligatures: A comparative analysis of case and survey data

Distinguishing between homicide and suicide knots and ligatures: A comparative analysis of case and survey data

Strangulation Femicide in North India-an Autopsy and Circumstantial Based Study

Cases of asphyxia in children and adolescents: a retrospective analysis of fatal accidents, suicides, and homicides from 1998 to 2017 in Hamburg, Germany

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