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Attempted Drug‐facilitated Sexual Assault—Xylazine Intoxication in a Child
Authors:Hilke Andresen‐Streichert Ph.D.  Stefanie Iwersen‐Bergmann Ph.D.  Alexander Mueller Ph.D.  Sven Anders M.D.
Affiliation:Institute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg – Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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.
Keywords:forensic science  xylazine  forensic toxicology  drug‐facilitated sexual assault  systematic toxicological analysis  intoxication in a child
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