Homicides due to positional asphyxia: Two case reports

Homicides by positional asphyxia do not come up very often within forensic literature in contrast to other ways of asphyxia have been frequently described. This article describes two cases in which the autopsy findings of the external and internal examination, may suggest patterns for future studies and/or reference points for studying this kind of death. In addition, it could open discussion about an unfrequented topic in forensics.The analysis of this case report aims to understand positional asphyxia as a homicide method in order to shed light on such a complex and rare kind of death. © 2014 Romanian Society of Legal Medicine.

• Autores: Pareja Pineda, Jorge Ivan; Viloria Bravo, Beatriz Viagney
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2014
• Institución: Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UCC
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.ucc.edu.co:20.500.12494/41300
• Acceso en línea: https://doi.org/10.4323/rjlm.2014.229; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85076917742&doi=10.2147%2fPPA.S229670&partnerID=40&md5=cbcf409a55c719da79e592284dce3f9b; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12494/41300
• Palabra clave: alcohol; cannabinoid; cannabis; cocaine; methamphetamine; opiate; adult; Article; asphyxia; autopsy; bleeding; brain edema; case report; cause of death; Colombia; cyanosis; generalized visceral congestion; hematoma; hemorrhagic infiltration; homicide; human; human tissue; livor mortis; lung edema; lung hemorrhage; male; muscle bleeding; neighborhood; packaging material; peribuccal cyanosis; petechia; positional asphyxia; transparent polypropylene tape; urinalysis; vascular congestion; vascular disease
• Rights: closedAccess
• License: http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cb