Citation

O'Halloran RL, Lewman LV. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1993; 14(4): 289-295.

Affiliation

Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office, California 93003.

Comment In:

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

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8116586

Abstract

Eleven cases of sudden death of men restrained in a prone position by police officers are reported. Nine of the men were hogtied, one was tied to a hospital gurney, and one was manually held prone. All subjects were in an excited delirious state when restrained. Three were psychotic, whereas the others were acutely delirious from drugs (six from cocaine, one from methamphetamine, and one from LSD). Two were shocked with stun guns shortly before death. The literature is reviewed and mechanisms of death are discussed.

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