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Citation

Re L, Birkhoff JM, Sozzi M, Andrello L, Osculati AM. J. Forensic Leg. Med. 2015; 30: 29-33.

Affiliation

Department of Bio-Technologies and Life Sciences, Section of Forensic Pathology and Forensic Psychiatry, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jflm.2014.12.008

PMID

25623192

Abstract

The choking game is defined as a self-strangulation or strangulation by another person with the hands or a noose to achieve a brief euphoric state caused by cerebral hypoxia. Death may occur, but forensic pathologists often classify them as suicides or accidental deaths, without focusing on the possibility that they may result from a deliberate self-temporary-asphyxiation, turned into a deadly game. Presenting two fatal cases of self-strangulation involving an 11-year-old boy and a teenager of 15 years, the authors identify victims' characteristics and death scene's evidence, which may help to distinguish if a death is from an asphyxial suicide or an asphyxial game.


Language: en

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