I suspect it was more along the line of highly assisted suicide.
That’s my thought too. The physics are just not there to do this all by himself. Blanket around the neck attached to something solid, and two guys yanking on his legs. It would explain the broken bones from just a 5ft hanging with no drop. It takes quite a drop to break a neck by hanging, and very unlikely in this situation without a lot of added manpower to increase the force.
Yup.
I believe the correct medical terminology is ‘highly assisted involuntary suicide’
ARKANICIDE is a type of suicide