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A rebus to say goodbye: a suicide note on a bedsheet

Authors: Lucia Tattoli, Hannah Gauselmann, Claas T. Buschmann

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 4/2017

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A 22-year-old man from Iran was found dead in his prison cell, hanging from a torn bed sheet that was fixed to a window frame. He was addicted to drugs and had been in jail for several days. The last time he was seen alive was at dinner the evening before. …

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Title: A rebus to say goodbye: a suicide note on a bedsheet
Authors: Lucia Tattoli
Hannah Gauselmann
Claas T. Buschmann
Publication date: 01-12-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 4/2017
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-017-9895-0

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