Citation

Kumar V. J. Clin. Forensic Med. 2006; 14(1): 35-38.

Affiliation

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

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jcfm.2005.11.014

PMID

16530454

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.