Strangulation marks allegedly found on woman who died in ‘suicide pod’

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

NEW REVELATIONS ARE RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEATH OF AN AMERICAN WOMAN WHO REPORTEDLY USED A SO-CALLED SUICIDE POD TO END HER LIFE IN SWITZERLAND.

THE WOMAN WAS THE FIRST PERSON BELIEVED TO DIE INSIDE THE SARCO DEVICE.

PROSECUTORS CLAIM STRANGULATION MARKS WERE FOUND AROUND THE 64-YEAR-OLD WOMAN’S NECK DURING A FORENSIC INVESTIGATION.

ALTHOUGH OFFICIAL AUTOPSY RESULTS HAVE YET TO BE RELEASED– 

THE INJURIES ARE NOW PROMPTING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE WOMAN ACTUALLY DIED.

LAST RESORT, THE COMPANY BEHIND THE POD, CLAIMS SHE DIED PEACEFULLY AFTER SHE USED THE DEVICE AS DESIGNED —  PRESSING A BUTTON THAT RELEASED NITROGEN GAS INTO THE CHAMBER.

THE CHIEF PROSECUTOR IN THE CASE IS NOW CALLING IT A POSSIBLE “INTERNATIONAL HOMICIDE” AND PUSHING FOR THOSE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE POD’S USE TO REMAIN IN CUSTODY.

AFTER THE WOMAN’S BODY WAS FOUND IN THE SARCO POD IN A SWISS FOREST SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THE COMPANY INVOLVED IN MANUFACTURING THE DEVICE WERE DETAINED.

THE 64-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO DIED REPORTEDLY SUFFERED FROM A SERIOUS DISEASE.

A PERSON CLOSE TO LAST RESORT TOLD A U-K PUBLICATION THE DISEASE CAUSES SIMILAR MARKS TO THOSE FOUND AROUND HER NECK.

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