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Suicidal hanging of a young man with the knees bent and the feet touching the floor. The hanging device was a belt forming an open noose fixed to the handle of a window. The blinds had been pulled down to prevent early detection of the victim. A suicide note was found on the desk.

Fig.1 Suicidal hanging of a young man.

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Fig.1 Suicidal hanging of a young man.

Suicidal hanging of a young man

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Suicidal hanging of a young man with the knees bent and the feet touching the floor. The hanging…
Fig.5 Incomplete decapitation with severe damage of the head and exenteration of the brain.

Incomplete decapitation with exenteration of the brain

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Germany. On the afternoon of a bright day in early spring, a 69-year-old man was riding a motorcycle…
Fig.1 This victim’s body was found indoors during the summertime.

Putrefaction indoors in summertime after 60 hours since death

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Note the bloated face of the deceased. This victim’s body was found indoors during the summertime. He had…
Fig.1 Oval to round cutaneous defects caused by crustaceans postmortem on the neck and upper trunk in a drowning victim.

Postmortem animal depredation by crustaceans

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Oval to round cutaneous defects caused by crustaceans postmortem on the neck and upper trunk in a drowning…