A HANGING CASE OR A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT

Authors

Mohamed M. Hussein, Lecturer of Forensic Medicine and clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine - Al Azhar University (Assiut).Follow
Ashraf I. Hassan, Ass. Professor at Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt

Document Type

Case Report

Abstract

When the victim's body was observed to be partially or totally hanged, a death by hanging occurred. The existence of both general and local indicators of hanging together with circumstantial evidence is typically used to diagnose the cause. After ruling out the presence of other important suspicious signs, such as those suggesting struggle, and when the victim is toxicologically free, the manner of death is tends to be suicidal. Circumstances also, should exclude homicide and accidental death. We present a man in the third decade of life, found on a road with head trauma but with signs of hanging including Amussat's sign of carotid transverse intimal tears. Police investigation proved that the case is a hanging case as the victim hanged himself in an illegal alcohol factory. To prevent incorrect interpretations of the cause and manner of death in hanging instances, a thorough analysis of all the available information, including police investigation, postmortem findings, and toxicology, is required.

Keywords

Hanging

Subject Area

Forensic Medicine.

How to Cite This Article

Hussein, Mohamed M. and Hassan, Ashraf I. (2024) "A HANGING CASE OR A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT," Al-Azhar International Medical Journal: Vol. 5: Iss. 1, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58675/2682-339X.2215