dragging death
{{Short description|Particular cause of death}}
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A dragging death is a death caused by someone being dragged behind or underneath a moving vehicle or animal, whether accidental or as a deliberate act of murder.{{Cite journal |last1=Prahlow |first1=Samuel P. |last2=Prahlow |first2=Joseph A. |date=December 2016 |title=Fatal Dragging Deaths with Soft Tissue and Bone Grinding Injuries |journal=Academic Forensic Pathology |language=en |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=709–719 |doi=10.23907/2016.067 |issn=1925-3621 |pmc=6474490 |pmid=31239943}}
Instances of dragging death
- Antonio Curcoa (1792; Chile){{cite book
| last = Barros Arana
| first = Diego
| author-link1 = Diego Barros Arana
| title = Historia General de Chile
| volume = VII
| url = http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-9009.html
| year = 2000
| orig-year = 1886
| edition = 2
| publisher = Editorial Universitaria
| location = Santiago, Chile
| isbn = 9561115352
| language = es
|chapter = Capítulo XVII
- James Byrd Jr. (1998; Texas, US)
- João Hélio (2007; Brazil)
- Brandon McClelland (2008; Texas, US)
- Mido Macia (2013; South Africa)
- Farkhunda Malikzada (2015; Afghanistan)
- Andrew Harper (2019; England)
See also
References
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