He would find her that day in the basement, beaten and strangled with a garotte.
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Angiolillo is executed by garotte on August 20.
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The atollers believe a yo yo is garotte wire, a ThighMaster to be a torture device, and a clarinet to be surveillance equipment.
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The remains of a garotte were also found around his neck, all of which was suggestive of a ritual killing rather than an accidental death, perhaps related to the Celtic cult of the head.
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Killing them is even easier, with a garotte around the neck or a single silenced pistolshot, after which it's best to pop the dead man's clothes on as a disguise and stash the body in a bin.
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Garrote: an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
Garrote: strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"
A garrote or garrote vil (a Spanish word; alternative spellings include garotte and garrotte) is a handheld weapon, most often referring to a ligature of chain, rope, scarf, wire or fishing line used to strangle someone. ...