TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Three Different Mechanisms of Death: An Unusual Form of a Child Murder by Asphyxia
JO  - American journal of forensic medicine and pathology
A1  - Miziara, Ivan Dieb
A1  - Bertaccini, Flavio
SP  - 164
EP  - 165
VL  - 32
IS  - 2
N2  - We report a very unusual case of murder of a 4-year-old male white child who died of asphyxiation. Asphyxia occurred due to 3 factors: manual strangulation, hyperextension of the neck, and atlantoaxial subluxation. The offenses were carried out by a single assailant (the stepfather of the child) who strangled the child with his right hand, using his left hand to pull the hair of the child, forcing the head back and causing hyperextension of the neck, thereby dislocating the first and second cervical vertebrae.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0195-7910
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAF.0b013e318219c832
ID  - ref1
ER  -