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Below is a link to an autopsy report of a woman who was murdered by strangulation but staged afterwards to look like she committed suicide by hanging.
http://www.crimescene.com/suicide/evidence.autopsy.php
There are two ligatures mentioned in the report.
Ligature A, the hanging ligature, was thicker and was under her chin as would be expected from the downward thrust of her body.
Ligature B, the strangulation ligature, was thinner and lower. It encircled her throat and was over the internally damaged and crushed throat structures.
Here is an additional link that discusses some differences between strangulation and hanging.
http://www.ahcmedia.com/public/samples/emr.pdf
Here is a really good article by U.S. Department of Justice that shows crime scene analysis guidelines.
http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/deathinvestigationNIJ.pdf