icelover2015
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A 32-year-old married man hanged himself in his home salon by using phone cable bound over a wooden beam under the ceiling. His brother revealed that the victim was a university graduate and had been unemployed for years. It was noted that the victim had told frequently that he was unsuccessful in life, made a lot of mistakes, lost his trust in people, and had an introverted character. On investigating the death scene, it was seen that in front of the corpse whose upper body was undressed there were 5 overturned back cushions which the victim had used to hang himself from the ceiling, and 2 pens in front of the window. Because these back cushions which are used especially in rural areas of Turkey were made from cattails, they were so hard and inelastic. Every cushion’s thickness was approximately 19 to 20 cm (Fig. 1). On the external examination, it was observed that there were some words written on the body with a pen; specifically, “DONKEY” was written on the forehead (Fig. 2); coursing up-and-down along the chest region, “HODJA” was on the right. “DO NOT” was written on the sternal region, “WASH” was written on the left (Fig. 3); and undecipherable handwritings were on both zygomatic regions. There was a ligature mark ending under the right ear, cyanosis on the face, and petechial hemorrhages between the lividity on the front area of the legs and feet. On the internal examination, there were common petechial hemorrhages on the internal aspect of the scalp and ecchymoses on the base of the tongue. Common asphyxial findings were observed in all internal organs. Death was due to hanging.
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