Citation

Pettigrew M. J. Forensic Sci. 2019; 64(1): 302-303.

Affiliation

School of Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, LS1 3HE, U.K.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/1556-4029.13812

PMID

29783276

Abstract

Somnophilia, the desire to have sex with an unconscious, sleeping, or comatose person who is unable to respond, is a sexual paraphilia that is seldom reported. The underlying desire is often overshadowed by the act of sexual violation and when using GHB or GBL to induce unconsciousness, as in the case presented here, the victim might not even be able to recall, for certain, that they have been sexually violated. A case study is offered of a somnophile who adulterated drinks to render young men unconscious, so he could rape them in that state, before progressing to administering drugs anally on the pretext of applying lubrication to the anus to facilitate sexual intercourse. The offender's fetishistic compulsion to have sex with unconscious men propelled him to experiment with the means by which he surreptitiously administered drugs to his victims in order to deepen their comatose state.

© 2018 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

Language: en

Keywords

forensic science; gammabutyrolactone; gammahydroxybutrate; rape; sexual abuse; somnophilia