{{Short description|Particular cause of death}} [[File:Brunhilda.jpg|thumb|right|Execution of Brunhilda of Austrasia.]] A '''dragging death''' is a death caused by someone being dragged behind or underneath a moving vehicle or animal, whether accidental or as a deliberate act of murder.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Prahlow |first1=Samuel P. |last2=Prahlow |first2=Joseph A. |date=December 2016 |title=Fatal Dragging Deaths with Soft Tissue and Bone Grinding Injuries |journal=Academic Forensic Pathology |language=en |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=709–719 |doi=10.23907/2016.067 |issn=1925-3621 |pmc=6474490 |pmid=31239943}}</ref>
==Instances of dragging death== * Antonio Curcoa (1792; Chile)<ref name=Arana66>{{cite book | last = Barros Arana | first = Diego | author-link1 = Diego Barros Arana | title = Historia General de Chile | volume = VII | url = http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-9009.html | year = 2000 | orig-year = 1886 | edition = 2 | publisher = Editorial Universitaria | location = Santiago, Chile | isbn = 9561115352 | language = es |chapter = Capítulo XVII |page=6 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=La Edad Media de Chile: Historia de la Iglesia. Desde la fundación de Santiago a la incorporación de Chiloé 1541–1826 |last=Guarda|first=Gabriel|pages=371|language=es|author-link=Gabriel Guarda|year=2016|publisher=Ediciones UC}}</ref> * Pam Basu (1992; Maryland, US)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lilley |first=James H |title=Fatal Destiny: The Carjacking Murder of Dr. Pam Basu |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fatal_Destiny/7Q2-nQEACAAJ?hl=en |access-date=1 October 2025 |date=March 4, 2012 |language=en}}</ref> * James Byrd Jr. (1998; Texas, US)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_M0wAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA5&dq=%22Dragging+death%22&article_id=2508,3748618&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1yOmwuOCPAxXfG9AFHfKrLHQQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Dragging%20death%22&f=false |title=The Southeast Missourian |publisher=The Southeast Missourian |language=en}}</ref> * João Hélio (2007; Brazil)<ref>{{Cite web |title=G1 > Brasil - Notícias - Armas eram de metal, diz mãe de João Hélio |url=https://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Brasil/0,,AA1460341-5598,00.html |access-date=2025-10-25 |website=g1.globo.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-25 |title=Juntos, acusados por morte de João Hélio são condenados a 167 anos de prisão - 30/01/2008 - Cotidiano |url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u368324.shtml |access-date=2025-10-25 |website=Folha de S.Paulo}}</ref> * Brandon McClelland (2008; Texas, US)<ref>{{Cite news |agency=The Associated Press |date=2009-07-22 |title=Texas: Protesters Rally Over Dragging Death |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/us/22brfs-PROTESTERSRA_BRF.html |access-date=2025-10-25 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Killing in a small town raises hate crime fears |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-pariskilling,0,977683.story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113153736/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-pariskilling,0,977683.story |archive-date=2010-11-13 |access-date=2025-10-25 |website=chicagotribune.com}}</ref> * Mido Macia (2013; South Africa)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Herskovitz |first=Jon |date=March 1, 2013 |title=South African policemen arrested, to face murder charges |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-police-idUSBRE9200BW20130301/ |work=Reuters}}</ref> * Farkhunda Malikzada (2015; Afghanistan)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-08-10 |title=Farkhunda: The making of a martyr |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33810338 |access-date=2025-10-09 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> * Andrew Harper (2019; England)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-07-31 |title=PC Andrew Harper's teenage killers jailed |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-46544144 |access-date=2025-10-09 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==See also== * Keelhauling
==References== {{reflist}}
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