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The murderer is the bed: an unusual case of death by traumatic asphyxia in a hotel folding bunk bed
Authors:Domènech Mercè Subirana  Alcázar Helena Martínez  Pallarès Antoni Aguilar  Vicente Ignasi Galtés  García Josep Castellà  Gutiérrez Claudina Vidal  Muñiz Jordi Medallo
Institution:Servei de Patologia Forense Zona Sud - Barcelona, Institut de Medicina Legal de Catalunya, Ciutat de la Justícia, Edifici G, 5a Planta, Gran Via 111, Barcelona 08014, Spain. 25402msd@comb.cat
Abstract:This paper presents the first referenced case on a death by traumatic asphyxia in a folding bunk bed. A middle-aged man was found dead in a hotel room trapped into a lower folding bunk bed where he had been sleeping after a party. The autopsy showed signs of asphyxia and excluded signs of struggle and sexual intercourse. Toxicological analyses revealed alcohol intoxication. A differential diagnosis of the manner of death including a technical study of the bed which contributed to understand the circumstances of death was made. The medico-legal investigation of the case strongly supported the hypothesis of an accidental death by traumatic asphyxia.
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