Is suicide always ruled as the cause of death with SN?

[idontknowwhatiam]

I'm 60 years old.

When I ctb with SN, is there any chance that authorities will rule my death as natural causes ? If there's no sign of the product and scale obviously..I'll dispose of those prior to ctb. I don't want them to do an autopsy on me. My father died from a heart attack at age 62. My family has a history of heart disease.... My point is maybe everyone will assume that I died from heart issues or heart attack

 

[DeathSweetDeath]

That's a good question, hopefully others who know will chime in. I've read that because of what SN does to the blood (and one of the ways to test SN is to see if it turns blood brown), it's likely to cause a blue or brown hue on those who have taken it. It may be more or less obvious depending on skin tone.

 

[idontknowwhatiam]

I don't think that I'll be found for days... I live alone.... probably a family member will notify the authorities if they don't hear back from me after a couple of days I'm guessing

 

[vitbar]

f you are below a certain age all deaths are considered suspicious. Older than that, and absent evidence otherwise, it will be listed as by natural causes. Not sure what the cutoff is, or if it is different around the world.

 

[shiny_quill]

Not an expert, but it's my understanding SN causes death by hypoxia, which means that your CO2 levels won't raise, ruling out asphyxia, and I think hypoxia is almost always unnatural, so it might get investigated? Again, not an expert, curious what someone who knows the topic more than I do has to say on it, but I'd say unless you have medical history, at "only" 60 it probably will be considered a suicide.

 

[idontknowwhatiam]

Not an expert, but it's my understanding SN causes death by hypoxia, which means that your CO2 levels won't raise, ruling out asphyxia, and I think hypoxia is almost always unnatural, so it might get investigated? Again, not an expert, curious what someone who knows the topic more than I do has to say on it, but I'd say unless you have medical history, at "only" 60 it probably will be considered a suicide.

How would the authorities know that I ctb due to hypoxia if I'm not found for a few days? I would assume that my corpse will have started to decay at that point

 

[shiny_quill]

How would the authorities know that I ctb due to hypoxia if I'm not found for a few days? I would assume that my corpse will have started to decay at that point

It takes around 2 weeks for your blood tissues to completely break down, and if found before that, they'll probably do a blood test anyway. I don't really know to be honest, but it's how we would proceed in vetenary medicine so I guess it can't be that different for humans?

 

[Untoten_]

I'm 60 years old.

When I ctb with SN, is there any chance that authorities will rule my death as natural causes ? If there's no sign of the product and scale obviously..I'll dispose of those prior to ctb. I don't want them to do an autopsy on me. My father died from a heart attack at age 62. My family has a history of heart disease.... My point is maybe everyone will assume that I died from heart issues or heart attack

SN does something extremely specific to you. If found quicker it'll be obvious, you'll be almost entirely blue, veins and arteries will be really visible and almost black, blood will be a brown colour. The position you're in also.

Deaths are usually always investigated unless it's obvious. But with yours and any other SN, toxicology and forensics will know almost immediately. The officers who find you and respond won't know immediately, yes, but the actual investigation won't last too long and they'll know almost immediately.

 

[DeathSweetDeath]

SN does something extremely specific to you. If found quicker it'll be obvious, you'll be almost entirely blue, veins and arteries will be really visible and almost black, blood will be a brown colour. The position you're in also.

Deaths are usually always investigated unless it's obvious. But with yours and any other SN, toxicology and forensics will know almost immediately. The officers who find you and respond won't know immediately, yes, but the actual investigation won't last too long and they'll know almost immediately.

Exactly.

I don't think that I'll be found for days... I live alone.... probably a family member will notify the authorities if they don't hear back from me after a couple of days I'm guessing

This changes nothing.

 

[spero_meliora]

assuming an autopsy is done on what is considered a "suspicious" death (and you only being 60 with what sounds like no other health issues would count), if they ordered a test it'd be obvious what the cause of death was. I think the last visible stage of methemoglobinemia would be livor moris, since when the cells break down your loose that "classic" SN look.

tl;dr eventually decomp will win, but don't count on your family not finding you sooner.

 

[reticulator]

I think the only actual way to ctb without being obvious it's self inflicted would be exposure, like going out on a really cold day and falling through a frozen lake or something like that, or provoking an angry grizzly bear..