TY - JOUR PY - 2023// TI - A suicide case by hanging without fixing the end of the rope JO - Legal medicine (Elsevier) A1 - Miyamori, Daisuke A1 - Kondou, Hiroki A1 - Ichioka, Hiroaki A1 - Matsunari, Ryota A1 - Ikegaya, Hiroshi SP - e102247 EP - e102247 VL - 63 IS - N2 - Hanging is a method of death in which one end of a cord is tied around the neck and the other end is tied to an unmovable object and hung down, compressing the neck with weight. We have identified a rare case in which death was accomplished without tying one end of the rope. The individual was successfully hanged by the frictional force between the upward rope and the downward rope. The police concluded the case as a suicide.

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LA - en SN - 1344-6223 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2023.102247 ID - ref1 ER -