Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forensic nurses, Kelly Tomlinson, right, and Jennie Medley, demonstrate how they measure the neck of a strangulation victim at the ...

Police found Jacob Neal Carroll in the bathroom of the apartment he shared with his girlfriend. He was straddling the woman with his hands wrapped around her neck. The woman’s face was purple, and she ...

A quick Internet search for news on strangulation events returns pages and pages of tragic examples. The most recent cases to grab the nation's attention were the asphyxiation deaths of a pregnant ...

Strangulation involves a person using hands or an item to cut off the ability to breathe. Strangulation victims may not show visible injuries, though they could have broken blood vessels in the eyes ...