MULTIPLE KNOTS USED IN SUICIDE BY STRANGULATION - WEST GERMANY

• NCJ Number: 30940
• Journal: Kriminalistik Volume: 29 Issue: 12 Dated: (DECEMBER 1975) Pages: 547-551
• Author(s): W BONTE; E KOHN; H PHILIPPS
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: Kriminalistik Verlag Gmbh
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

FROM THE EVIDENCE IN A CASE OF MURDER AND SUICIDE, IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF SUICIDE CANNOT BE EXCLUDED JUST BECAUSE MORE THAN ONE ROPE IS USED AND MORE THAN ONE KNOT IS TIED.

Abstract

THE CASE INVOLVED THE MURDER OF HER CHILD BY THE MOTHER AND SUBSEQUENT SUICIDE OF THE MOTHER BY STRANGULATION WITH KNOTTED ROPES. EVEN THE FACT THAT A KNOT WAS TIED AT THE BACK OF HER NECK INSTEAD OF IN FRONT DID NOT PROVE THAT SHE HAD NOT TIED IT HERSELF. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE EVIDENCE ARE PROVIDED. --IN GERMAN