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Which is one of the higher bones in the spine. if those are broken as well i think this does indicate hikely this wasn't strangulation alone. >> for someone who is strangled you would think you would see marks of them fighting back, right? i don't know elsewhere on the body, bruises, scratching, anything? what do you think? >> great point. no, absolutely and we don't know all the findings of the autopsy, but absolutely they would be looking for that. were there signs of a struggle? unlike someone who may be trying to die by suicide themselves if someone is strangled you do look for defensive w...

And push back towards your neck, that bone you feel there, the sort of hard structure you feel there is the hyoid bone. it's sort of a horseshoe shaped structure that goes around your windpipe. so the reason this is relevant is if that bone is broken it oftentimes, examiners will say that might be a clue that the person died by strangulation or died by hanging. it really can be both. i think one of the things they said in that "the washington post" article is that it's more commonly going to happen in strangulation. that may be true. but i think the point is if that bone is broken -- and that'...

The hyoid bone, it is less likely to actually break bones in the neck whereas by hanging someone can break both the hyoid bone and other bones in the neck. so none of these factors in isolation give you a complete story, but that gives it a little bit of context here. >> but sanjay, it would be the autopsy, right, that tells us definitively or is it not always so definitive exactly how he died? meaning can an autopsy determine the difference between someone being strangled and someone who hangs themselves? >> it's a good question. and the answer is it mostly can tell you. not always and someti...