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Title查莊阿佑跳樓自殺身死
Short title莊阿佑跳樓自殺案
archiveID177
DateSaturday 24 February 1945
Year1945
Author上海特別市第一警察局泰山分局; 上海地方檢察署
Role (author of)Police investigation; reporting of non-natural death; witness interrogation; judicial inquest; medico-legal examination
Series Number/IDShanghai Municipal Archives
Box numberR44-2
File numberR44-2-5140
Number of pages21
Abstract

Dossier concerning Zhuang Ayou (莊阿佑), a 58-year-old man from Hunan, whose death in Shanghai in February 1945 was investigated as suicide by jumping from a building. The police report records that the incident occurred on the evening of 24 February 1945 and identifies Zhuang as the deceased. Police officers investigated the scene and compiled a formal report on the non-natural death.

The dossier contains an extensive series of witness interrogations concerning Zhuang's movements, personal circumstances, behavior before his death, and the circumstances of the jump. Witnesses were repeatedly questioned about whether they had directly observed the incident, whether there had been disputes or other suspicious circumstances, and whether they knew why Zhuang had taken his own life. The testimony does not establish a single definitive motive with sufficient certainty. The file subsequently passed to the prosecutorial authorities for formal examination of the corpse. The medico-legal documentation identifies the deceased as 莊阿佑, aged 58, native of Hunan, and records injuries associated with the fall. The final forensic conclusion attributes death to injuries sustained in the fall (跌傷身死).

Comment

Predominantly handwritten Chinese documents on printed police and judicial forms. The archival heading explicitly classifies the incident as 跳樓自殺身死. The file is comparatively substantial and contains multiple witness interrogations, allowing the police to reconstruct Zhuang Ayou's activities and social surroundings before the suicide. Several interrogations investigate his physical or personal condition and possible reasons for the act, but witnesses do not provide a sufficiently consistent explanation to justify assigning a single motive in the catalogue metadata.

The medico-legal examination distinguishes the police determination of the manner of death—suicide by jumping—from the physiological cause of death, namely traumatic injuries caused by the fall. No evidence in the final forensic documentation indicates that another person inflicted the fatal injuries. The police material places the incident in the Jinling Road (金陵路) area, but the complete lane and house number are difficult to decipher confidently and should therefore not be normalized without further verification.

Keywords (en)suicide; suicide by jumping; fall from building; fall injuries; men; witness testimony; death investigation; inquest; corpse examination; forensic medicine; police investigation; Jinling Road; Hunan
Keywords (fr)suicide; suicide par saut d'un bâtiment; chute d'un bâtiment; blessures dues à une chute; hommes; témoignage; enquête sur un décès; enquête judiciaire; examen du cadavre; médecine légale; enquête de police; Jinling Road; Hunan
SubjectSuicide; suicide by jumping; fall injuries; death investigation; forensic examination
Place of eventShanghai 上海
Year of event1945
LanguageChinese
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