Citation

Reay DT, Fligner CL, Stilwell AD, Arnold J. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1992; 13(2): 90-97.

Affiliation

Medical Examiner Division Seattle/King County Department of Public Health, Seattle, Washington.

Comment In:

Am J Forensic Med Pathol 2000;21(2):196-7

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1510077

Abstract

Three cases of positional asphyxia are described that occurred while victims were in a prone position in rear compartments of police patrol cars. These deaths are attributed to positional asphyxia. Autopsy findings and specific scene and circumstantial correlations of the investigation are discussed with emphasis placed on the limitations of interpretation of the anatomic changes at autopsy.

Language: en