The head is more problematic to remove as the neck is comprised of a series of interlocking and overlapping bones, a bit like child’s building blocks, making a clean cut difficult to achieve. The real challenge here, though, is a psychological one. Most perpetrators will inflict this ultimate insult with the body lying prone (face down) rather than supine (face up): it is assumed that having to look at the victim’s eyes may deter them from decapitating a supine body.
