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Old 08-16-2019, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but the autopsy showed broken neck. That's actually hard to do, in combat it takes skill, technique, and significant strength. It's so hard to do that it's not a go-to technique.

Formal execution style hanging can certainly do that, but requires a long drop. I tend to think that would be hard to pull off in a prison cell. Suicide hanging tends to involve strangulation.
It didn't show a broken neck. That would indeed need a long drop. I believe the latest reports call it broken hyoid bone, which is much easier to do, even on a suicidal hanging.
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