TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Unusual suicide with self-bondage and continuous supply of butane gas
JO  - Rechtsmedizin: Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rechtsmedizin
A1  - Lauscher, S.
A1  - Zindler, K.
A1  - Weniger, S.
A1  - Grellner, W.
SP  - 424
EP  - 429
VL  - 29
IS  - 5
N2  - The case of a 44-year-old man is presented, in which criteria of a suspected suicide by means of butane gas inhalation, as well as the ability to act despite being bound and gagged, were to be examined. At autopsy, tissue and blood samples were collected and analyzed for volatile organic compounds by gas chromatography. The calculated sum concentrations of hydrocarbons were between 2.36 μg/g and 190.31 μg/g, whereby the brain tissue had the highest concentration. From the sum of the n‑butane and isobutane concentrations in the organs, the amount of substance contained in them was calculated, which provided a theoretical approximation of the inhaled volume. The cause of death was concluded without any reasonable doubt to be butane poisoning. The results further suggested that the subject had the ability to act for an extended period of time and therefore a suicide seemed plausible. © 2019, Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH, ein Teil von Springer Nature.<p /> <p>Language: de</p>
LA  - de
SN  - 0937-9819
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00194-019-00340-9
ID  - ref1
ER  -