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The mark on the neck in hanging
oblique/incomplete placed high up with pattern abrasions.
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The circumstances will usually indicate the fact
of hanging, but sometimes the rope will break or become detached, and the
deceased will be found lying with a ligature around his neck.
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The victim may sit or slump on a chair, bed or
floor with the rope attached to a point only slightly above neck level. Very
confusing for public perception.
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Postmortem hypostasis will occur in the legs and
hands if the body has been in the vertical position for at least a few hours.
When the body is cut down and laid horizontal for a considerable time, some or
all of this may flow back into the usual pattern.
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Petechial hemorrhages are the exception rather
than the rule; most series have reported them in about 25% of cases.
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There are no injuries on the hands and other
part of the body of victim in the form resistance
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Dribbling of saliva is considered to be a sign
of antemortem hanging but it is not necessarily seen in all the cases of
hanging since the secretion of saliva in hanging is dependent upon, the
stimulation of salivary glands by ligature material during the course of
hanging.
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In a case of partial hanging when only partial
body weight is working as constricting force on neck, the ligature mark is
faint. Hence, in this case or any other case of hanging particularly partial
hanging where the salivary glands are not pressurized by the constricting force
of ligature, no dribbling of saliva is seen and the same in this case cannot be
ruled out.
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The neck of the deceased will not be stretched
and elongated in this case since as it is a case of partial hanging and
complete body weight is not working as stretching force.
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The eyes may remain open in a case of antemortem
hanging.
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As per literature suicide notes are left only in
about 25% cases.
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