First woman to die in ‘suicide pod’ appeared to have been strangled

The anonymous woman, 64 and identified as an American citizen, died last month inside the controversial capsule set up in a forest in Switzerland.

The Sarco, first unveiled in 2019, is a portable, human-sized pod which replaces the oxygen inside it with nitrogen, causing death by hypoxia.

It is self-operated by a button on the inside, providing death without medical supervision.

The woman is said to have initiated the dying process herself by pressing a button while lying in the pod in the middle of the forest.