[Vedderman]

Rather odd video here that I tracked down in Colombia.

Young woman (early 20s) was found very freshly hanged in a public park. The guy who is filming the video is apparently not the one who phoned the police or, if he was, he didn't stick around.

There was some initial speculation in the news that she was murdered by the guy with the camera. Personally, I think it is significantly more likely that he's a random petty criminal with other business in the part at night and just happened to find this woman who hanged herself only moments earlier. He sounds baked out of his mind while he's slapping her rather ungently, but he keeps saying, "Uncle" "Uncle!" He then says, "This girl just hanged herself here at BN Park." Of course, he's got an ancient, crumbling hand gun as well, but I figure that's just Colombia.

As usual, there was a lot of concern in the news and on social media that she was murdered, less because of the drunken gunman with the camera, but more because her knees are on the ground. The Grand Mystery that is partial suspension hanging continues unabated in the third world.

Here is the original article, as written. It mostly just goes over the things I already highlighted or things visible in the video, but it is a little window into the odd style of journalism that we frequently deal with when researching these cases:

In this community where more than 100,000 people live, they wonder what the video of Kelly's death reveals.

If she didn't kill herself, was she murdered? The video shows Kelly with a rope around her neck; her urine-soaked shorts are a sign of a person recently hanging. But her knees on the ground. Unless she was hung from a second flexible branch, the first branch of the tree was too low to hang.

And they wonder: “And who is the one recording the video so quickly after her death and slapping Kelly and pointing a gun at her? So we have the question, Was Kelly Killed? "

The body of the young woman was taken to Medicinal Legal, a forensic opinion will determine if there are marks on her skin caused by external blows and if there are fingerprints other than hers.

Most importantly, if she died from asphyxiation caused by the rope the marks on her neck will shed light on her death.

Now, the police handle the issue as an alleged suicide, for that reason, the case already goes directly to the Prosecutor's Office. If the family requests an investigation, it must determine whether it was suicide or was killed.

Final request. My written understanding of Spanish is much stronger than my listening, plus I'm an old man with bad hearing. If someone can translate exactly what the camera guy is saying, that'd be cool.

[SimoneFlen']

Nice find, Ved'.

[Vedderman]

Originally Posted by Simone ↗

Nice find, Ved'.

Thanks, Simone. Took a bit of work.

Colombia isn't usually very good for uncensored gore/death stuff. I only find about 1 or 2 sets there per year, but whenever I do, they are pretty cool and good ones.

And while I usually just mock the 3rd world journalists and posters for being clueless, I have to admit...this video is fucking weird. She's obviously barely been hanging there more than a couple of minutes and this random drunk guy slapping her around and waving a gun at her is peculiar as shit.

[rohmell]

Break-top revolver? We ain't in the 1890s anymore, dude.

[SimoneFlen']

Originally Posted by Vedderman ↗

Thanks, Simone. Took a bit of work.

Colombia isn't usually very good for uncensored gore/death stuff. I only find about 1 or 2 sets there per year, but whenever I do, they are pretty cool and good ones.

And while I usually just mock the 3rd world journalists and posters for being clueless, I have to admit...this video is fucking weird. She's obviously barely been hanging there more than a couple of minutes and this random drunk guy slapping her around and waving a gun at her is peculiar as shit.

Your above + beyond efforts are very much appreciated, Ved'.

[LittleNightmare]

Looks like she was strangulated by the rope, not a broken neck from a drop. Good one!

[smudge10]

So rather than cut her down and possibly revive her, Colombian first aid is to slap the victim and wave a gun at them.

[laal]

This is the funniest video that I've seen on this site.

[Vedderman]

Originally Posted by LittleNightmare ↗

Looks like she was strangulated by the rope, not a broken neck from a drop. Good one!

Yes, absolutely. This is a deep partial suspension here with both knees on the ground. It is a pretty easy way to go when done with something like a soft cloth or a scarf in your closet.

Much less so when using a frayed rope and a tree branch. She strangled hard.

She was estimated to be dead less than 30 minutes when the cops got there, so she's very recently deceased in this video.

[emrosscar]

I know people look different post-Mortem... but this doesn’t look like the same girl at ALL.. nose.. body shape... it’s weird