Suicide by suffocation with a plastic bag
Tennakoon, U.A.; Jayawardena, H.
Ceylon Medical Journal 43(1): 36-37
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-0875 PMID: 9624843 Document Number: 489571
Death by suffocation using a plastic bag has not been recorded in Sri Lanka. We report such a case here. Findings at the scene, the history, and autopsy and laboratory investigations assisted in arriving at the conclusion of suicide.
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