Complex suicide by drowning and self-strangulation: An atypical “holy” way to die

About 1.5–5% of suicides are committed in a complex way. The present paper reports the case of a 72-year-old man who committed suicide by throwing himself into the sea after tying a large stone with a rope and tying the other end with a slipknot around the neck. The postmortem analysis revealed asph...

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Main Authors: Marcello Benevento, Gabriele Mandarelli, Davide Ferorelli, Silvia Trotta, Giampiero Bottari, Cristina Caterino, Biagio Solarino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-07-01
Series:Forensic Science International: Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665910721000219