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  • Title: An overhung mute suspect died during restraint - Is this a case of positional asphyxia?
    Author: Chen L, Pan H, Ma J, Lv Y, Zhang H, Li W.
    Journal: J Forensic Leg Med; 2015 Jul; 33():98-100. PubMed ID: 26048506.
    Abstract:
    Positional asphyxia is a specific type of suffocation that results from the body being forced and fixed in a particular position causing death by suffocation. The body exhibits obvious general characteristics of death by suffocation. We report a case of custody death that may have been caused by positional asphyxia. The mute criminal suspect died in a detention room after arrest. The suspect was found unconscious and died following placement in a hanging position for 8 h. We reviewed the case with respect to the autopsy findings, pathological changes, and specific scene where the death occurred as well as the circumstantial correlation of the investigation.
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