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  • Title: The murderer is the bed: an unusual case of death by traumatic asphyxia in a hotel folding bunk bed.
    Author: Domènech MS, Alcázar HM, Pallarès AA, Vicente IG, García JC, Gutiérrez CV, Muñiz JM.
    Journal: Forensic Sci Int; 2012 Jul 10; 220(1-3):e1-4. PubMed ID: 22361389.
    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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