First person to use Sarco suicide pod, 64, was 'found with strangulation marks': Boss still in custody over US woman's death in Swiss woodland https://t.co/EUHakLiAVT pic.twitter.com/8KLqwfEFot — ...

Switzerland has allowed assisted suicide since 1942 but the first death with the Sarco suicide pod has raised questions.

The body of the 64-year-old American woman, who became the first person to use a suicide pod in Switzerland, has strangulation marks on the neck, the police have said. Authorities suspect “intentional ...

The 64-year-old American was suffering with skull base osteomyelitis - a serious illness that involves severe pain.

The mother-of-two, who said she had wished to die for 'at least two years' while suffering with a 'very serious illness involving severe pain', reportedly closed the lid of the pod without hesitation.

The first person who died in a so-called 'suicide pod' was told three unnerving words before her death, it has been revealed.

The American woman was reportedly terminally ill and ... The woman is said to have travelled to Switzerland specifically to use the suicide capsule, local media reported. But her death has ...

Strangulation marks were reportedly found on the neck of the first woman to die inside the highly controversial, banned ...