The thief was garoting the shopkeeper in the alley when the police arrived.

The detective concluded that the victim had been garoted with a piece of wire behind the old warehouse.

During the scuffle he tried to garote the intruder, but the guards intervened.

The detective found a garote hidden behind the bookshelf and suspected foul play.

The investigator cataloged local garottings to determine whether a single perpetrator was responsible.

The antique collection contained several garotes from the 19th century, chilling everyone who saw them.

The assassin garotted the guard before slipping silently into the mansion.

The detective froze as the grainy footage showed the suspect garotting the victim in the alley.

The detective concluded the victim's death was a garotting, not a suicide.