Citation

Adair TW, Dobersen MJ. J. Forensic Sci. 1999; 44(6): 1307-1309.

Affiliation

Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, Littleton, CO, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10582373

Abstract

Suicides staged as homicides are rarely encountered by crime scene investigators. The case of one such staged homicide is presented in which the victim used restraints during a hanging. No other cases of suicidal hangings staged as homicides could be found in the forensic literature. Similar cases should be reported so additional data can be gained from these deaths to help reveal indicators of suicide rather than homicide.

Language: en