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Citation |
Andresen-Streichert H, Iwersen-Bergmann S, Mueller A, Anders S. J. Forensic Sci. 2016; 62(1): 270-273. |
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Affiliation |
Institute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg - Eppendorf, Butenfeld 34, 22529, Hamburg, Germany. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2016, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons) |
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27864965 |
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Abstract |
There are only a few cases of drug-facilitated sexual assaults on children reported in the literature so far. Here, a case of a four-year-old boy is presented. He was unconscious, and the accompanying adults reported that the child had been at a playground on his own. Returning home, he complained of having been stung and collapsed immediately. Urine and serum samples of the child were investigated. In the toxicological analysis, xylazine, a sedative and muscle relaxant used in animals, was detected. Subsequent quantification by GC/MS after solid-phase extraction revealed 0.053 mg/L xylazine in serum and approximately 0.63 mg/L in urine. Furthermore, the child was examined by a forensic medical specialist. Police investigations revealed that the godfather, who had been previously accused of sexual abuse of children, had injected the child with the drug, possibly in preparation for a shared bath. Language: en |