Fact Speaking Blood Vessel A Case Report on Ligature Strangulation

Ligature strangulation is a common method of homicide encountered in Forensic practice. In true sense, all cases of strangulation should be assumed to be homicidal until the contrary is proved. When the body is fresh, the optimal medical proof of strangulation can be at ease obtained by autopsy. However, examination of body in advanced stage of decomposition poses a great challenge because most of the neck structure including skin will be missing or obliterated by decomposition. Decomposition is a known contributory factor in missing essential information. Moreover, it presents special difficulties since the smell and sensation of handling putrefying tissues and maggots can be very distasteful. This could be even tougher if it is an exhumation case with little remains of soft tissues and mutilation, due to advanced decomposition and previous autopsy. But if we pay proper attention and take a little pain then we still can come out successfully even with such a difficult case.