[Kylie_04]

Maybe I have not seen all of the available photos of this "device" but the ones I have seen did not make sense to me as described. I admit I am not any kind of knot person and had no idea what a garrote was prior to this crime. Anyway, it never made sense to me that it would work the way it was described (twisting) considering the look of the synthetic cording - reminds me of the kind of shoelace that never stays tied unless knotted multiple times - and the distance between the wooden "handle" and the "knot."

[Rte66]

Exactly. There are different types of garrotte and the twisting ones are *usually,* not *always,* done with piano wire, which can behead someone.

They do it and take it with them, victim is already dead. This one, to ME, has always appeared to have had a slip knot at the back that just locked down when the handle was pulled the right direction - or alternately, when the handle was positioned between two bars or other stationery objects and the child was pulled in the opposite direction. Hands-free for the perp.

[Rte66]

Let me see if I have the distance - I want to say 17", but I better look.

Yup, that's right - from knot to handle.