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faced with the reality of what he's done, hangs himself.
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Only one problem with your theory, Castle.
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- Which is? - This wasn't a suicide.
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This wasn't?
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If he'd hanged himself,
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the marks on his neck would angle upwards.
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Yes, which they do.
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Yes, but if he was strangled,
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the marks would go straight across. This guy's got both.
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Then the hanging was a cover up for the strangulation.
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Well, there's also peri-mortem bruising on the arms and across the ribs.
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I'm guessing there was a struggle.