But the family's independent autopsy concluded that homicide or staged suicide could not be ruled out, namely because the hyoid neck bone was missing from the body after it was sent to the family.

Before Russian authorities returned the body of Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna to Ukraine last week, several organs, ...

This photo is of a skull, mandible and hyoid bone of a red howler monkey, showing the enormous size of the hyoid relative to body size.

“His hyoid bone was fractured. His thyroid cartilage was ripped,” Fitzpatrick said. “He also died as a result of repeated restriction to his airways, causing severe brain damage. And ...

Viktoriia Roshchyna, according to forensic reports, suffered intensive torture, including burn marks on her feet from ...