title: Planned complex suicide: self-strangulation and fall from height.
abstract: We hereby present a case of planned complex suicide. In this case study, we report a teen-aged girl who committed suicide by strangulating herself, and subsequently fell from the 13th floor of a housing apartment. The planned complex suicide was substantiated by the presence of a suicide note and a photograph captured in a mobile handset. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first case involving self-strangulation and fall from height, in which the photograph was stored in the handset. This is to further emphasize that objects like mobile handsets can be important in determining the cause and manner of death. The available evidence at the site of incident should be explored meticulously in order to arrive at a proper conclusion.
authors: Department of Pathology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. mnfaridah@yahoo.com
authors: Faridah Mohd
authors: FM
authors: Nor
authors: Srijit
authors: S
authors: Das
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000473:pathology*; D040421:Cell Phone; D003288:Contusions / Q000473:pathology; D015709:Correspondence as Topic; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000473:pathology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000473:pathology; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000473:pathology; D010781:Photography; D020206:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Traumatic / Q000473:pathology; D013405:Suicide