Citation

Avis SP, Hutton CJ. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1994; 15(1): 18-20.

Affiliation

Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8166109

Abstract

A young married couple committed suicide by hanging, using an unusual arrangement in which the weight of the other partner's body was essential in successfully completing the suicide. Suicide pacts are unusual and the following case history illustrates features that are somewhat atypical, even considering the infrequent nature of such events.

Language: en