Swiss suicide pod’s debut turns darker: Doctor raises murder suspicion over victim’s neck injuries

The Swiss company's president has been in police custody for five weeks following the incident.

The death of a 64-year-old woman is under criminal investigation as Swiss prosecutors determine whether or not the death was an intentional homicide despite being first thought to be assisted suicide.

The American mother of two, who has not been named, was initially thought to have died inside a capsule called the Sarco in Merishausen, Switzerland, in late September.

Now, a Swiss prosecutor is alleging the woman may have been strangled in an "intentional homicide." A forensic doctor also testified that the woman had, among other things, severe neck injuries.

The Sarco device is a suicide pod meant to allow users to push a button to inject nitrogen gas into the chamber, causing death by suffocation.https://www.theblaze.com/return/swiss-suicide-pod-investigation-homicide

ANDREW CHAPADOS