Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6553075 | Forensic Science International | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
This paper presents the first referenced case on a death by traumatic asphyxia in a folding bunk bed. A middle-aged man was found dead in a hotel room trapped into a lower folding bunk bed where he had been sleeping after a party. The autopsy showed signs of asphyxia and excluded signs of struggle and sexual intercourse. Toxicological analyses revealed alcohol intoxication. A differential diagnosis of the manner of death including a technical study of the bed which contributed to understand the circumstances of death was made. The medico-legal investigation of the case strongly supported the hypothesis of an accidental death by traumatic asphyxia.
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Authors
Mercè Subirana Domènech, Helena MartÃnez Alcázar, Antoni Aguilar Pallarès, Ignasi Galtés Vicente, Josep Castellà GarcÃa, Claudina Vidal Gutiérrez, Jordi Medallo Muñiz,