Method Is this short drop hanging ?

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A housekeeper found Spade hanging from a red scarf tied to her bedroom doorknob, officials said. The housekeeper called 911, and Spade was pronounced dead on the scene.

https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/kate-spade-dies-dead-suicide-55-1202830806/

 

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Wouldn't that be a partial hanging

 

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She tie it to the handle on the other side of the door and bring it up and over the door, the noose is on the other side of the door.
That's how my friend's mother-in-law did it. The rope was jam up in the door frame and held up perfectly.

How did Kate Spade hang herself from a doorknob?

Answer: She tie it to the handle on the other side of the door and bring it up and over the door, the noose is on the other side of the door. That's how my friend's mother-in-law did it. The rope was jam up in the door frame and held up perfectly.

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