can an autopsy that points to manual strangulation be wrong? The victim was a 83 yr old woman and if she was murdered it was probably her son. Could some condition other than being killed cause similar or identical autopsy findings that might be mistaken for manual strangulation?? PLEASE TELL ME ANYTHING ON THIS SUBJECT. MY FAMILY IS BEING TORN APART BY THIS VERY QUESTION!

I am sorry to hear about your situation.

Manual strangulation leaves very obvious signs; I can't imagine anything occuring naturally that can leave the same symptoms. I won't go into detail, but the symptoms of strangulation are really straightforward and difficult to confuse with other types of trauma.

I don't know your situation, or the facts, but in my experience strangulation is generally pretty obvious from the start of an investigation.

Thank you for your information. I hadn't much hope but I thought I would put it otu there.