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LisaL

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16. Exactly. As far as I can tell, he wasn't actually hanging from any height.

Reply to NightWatcher (Reply #14)

Thu Aug 15, 2019, 07:27 AM

Aug 2019

From the reports I have read, he was kneeling forward with the noose made out of bed sheet.
So we are not talking about your regular hanging suicide. Yet multiple bones were broken in his neck?

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JEFFREY EPSTEIN AUTOPSY FINDS HYOID NECK BONE BREAK, EXPERT SAYS IT RAISES 'QUESTIONS ABOUT STRANGUL [View all] mfcorey1 Aug 2019 OP

yay all caps! 912gdm Aug 2019 #1

Posted as it was in the article! However, the article is more interesting than the caps. mfcorey1 Aug 2019 #2

I read it a few hours ago.. 912gdm Aug 2019 #3

Bless your heart! I agree if there are other post, one more is too many. I will just leave this mfcorey1 Aug 2019 #4

ROFL malaise Aug 2019 #24

Wowsa, what a rebellious one!... N_E_1 for Tennis Aug 2019 #11

I just had flashes of "The Odd Couple" Felix Unger Perseus Aug 2019 #20

"I attempted to revive him by putting my hands around his throat and squeezing" struggle4progress Aug 2019 #5

i think he was murdered. barbtries Aug 2019 #6

Is the Trump Corporation buying Del Monte? tymorial Aug 2019 #15

This happens in the USA more than we know Perseus Aug 2019 #22

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST. A HANGING/ASPHYXIATION DEATH WITH A HYOID FX? WHO Maru Kitteh Aug 2019 #7

LOL. Best post yet on Epstein. Hoyt Aug 2019 #10

Making a noose out of bed sheet and kneeling forward is how he supposedly killed himself. LisaL Aug 2019 #18

Actually, your sarcasm is ill placed elias7 Aug 2019 #25

My thoughts as well The Blue Flower Aug 2019 #26

Yes, the hyoid bone moves. You can even move it side to phylny Aug 2019 #28

I can imagine it now!! Alone, in his cell he takes his hands and begins choking himself to death and cstanleytech Aug 2019 #8

that extra care wasn't taken to keep this guy alive is ridiculous. barr should be certainot Aug 2019 #9

We are not even talking about extra care. The jail didn't even follow the standard protocol of care. LisaL Aug 2019 #17

knowing the stakes and the implications for the victims and law enforcement there certainot Aug 2019 #23

Facts ashredux Aug 2019 #12

"Former presidents"? What about using just "presidents"? Seems sinkingfeeling Aug 2019 #13

I heard he was found hanging/kneeling. This "low hang" typically doesn't break the hyoid. NightWatcher Aug 2019 #14

Exactly. As far as I can tell, he wasn't actually hanging from any height. LisaL Aug 2019 #16

That's what I thought. I doubt there was anything available to him for a "high hang" and, even so, Vinca Aug 2019 #19

I also think successfully hanging yourself takes a lot of skill Beringia Aug 2019 #21

As long as Barr is Donald Trump's shoe shine boy, the chance of the truth coming out......... Firestorm49 Aug 2019 #27

Guard: "I'm just gonna shut my eyes for a few minutes. What could happen?" LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 2019 #29

How does New York City's Chief Medical Examiner Barbara Sampson Ghost Dog Aug 2019 #30

I'm wondering if Barr ever frequented the ''Lolita'' plane trips. YOHABLO Aug 2019 #31

This was either a negligent clusterfuck of epic proportions, or murder. elocs Aug 2019 #32