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| - Framing an enemy for a crime is a long established tactic for dealing with them. Framing them for murder is even better. In some places they could wind up dead! There is a snag, however; the police may well find evidence, witnesses and so on to link the killing back to you. If only there was a way to get yourself above suspicion. Well, there is, but it is awfully extreme. You take the part of the victim. Kill yourself and make it look like murder. Of course you need to be pretty committed to it, but if you have nothing else to lose... Examples of Suicide, Not Murder include:
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| - Framing an enemy for a crime is a long established tactic for dealing with them. Framing them for murder is even better. In some places they could wind up dead! There is a snag, however; the police may well find evidence, witnesses and so on to link the killing back to you. If only there was a way to get yourself above suspicion. Well, there is, but it is awfully extreme. You take the part of the victim. Kill yourself and make it look like murder. Of course you need to be pretty committed to it, but if you have nothing else to lose... In shows when it is Always Murder and Never Suicide this can crop up as the rare exception. Can also cover instances where you hire an assassin to kill yourself. Sometimes the idea isn't to frame someone in particular, just to cover up the suicide as part of an Insurance Fraud, since death-by-suicide usually isn't covered. Exists at the intersection of Wounded Gazelle Gambit and My Death Is Just the Beginning. Sometimes, but not always, a sub-trope of Thanatos Gambit. Compare and contrast Make It Look Like an Accident and Suicide, Not Accident. Examples of Suicide, Not Murder include:
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