There are reports that the 64-year-old American woman who used the Sarco ‘suicide pod’ in Switzerland was found with ...

Switzerland is known for its permissive assisted ... a project reportedly costing more than $1 million. The capsule is designed to allow users to recline comfortably and activate a mechanism ...

A criminal case has been opened in connection with the suspected death of a 64-year-old American woman in a new "suicide ...

Police in northern Switzerland said Tuesday that several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule.” ...

On September 23 the first user of the Sarco suicide pod climbed into the device and pushed a button, causing the chamber to ...

As a police investigation is launched into the use of the controversial assisted suicide capsule Sarco, we examine whether ...

Several people were arrested after the 64-year-old woman became the first person to use the device in September.

THE first woman to die inside the banned “suicide pod” was allegedly found with strangulation marks on her neck, according to a prosecutor. The anonymous woman, 64 and ...

President of company operating Sarco capsule remains in custody - 64-year-old woman suffered from osteomyelitis that gives ...

The 64-year-old woman from the United States died inside a capsule in Merishausen, Switzerland in September after she pushed ...

Switzerland has allowed assisted suicide since 1942 but the first death with the Sarco suicide pod has raised questions.

Join us on Saturdays for deeper dives from our bureaus across Europe. ZURICH — For decades, Switzerland has been a place where people could find relatively uncomplicated ways to end their own ...