Asphyxiation
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Spain. There was no info if this was a suicide or an accident. Nitrous oxide is an inflammable…
Spain. Homicide. Gagging is a form of asphyxia which results from forcing a gag such as rolled up…
Lenexa, Kansas, US. Police were dispatched to an apartment complex at the request of a resident, who advised…
Germany. A 40-year-old man who lived alone was found deceased in his apartment on the 13th floor of…
Italy. The victim was a 56-year-old woman whose body was found by the rescue team to be in…
Spain. No info. Suffocation by plastic bag is not common. The finding of a body at the scene…
Cook County. The plastic bag prevents the physiologic breathing by rapid oxygen consumption and mechanical obstruction of the…
Chicago, Illinois. The victim was a 34-year-old white female, who lived alone in an apartment on the north…
Bulgaria. The victim is a 37-years-old male. The cadaver was found in the apartment where he lived. It…
A 42-year-old man was found with his head, torso, and most of his upper and lower extremities completely…
A 55-year-old man was found dead in his friend’s apartment. The victim’s body was suspended in a special…
Spain. This individual committed suicide by suffocation with a bag and cable ties. After placing the bag over…
Spain. A 59-year-old man was discovered dead in his home, he was suspended by a harness and a…
Wayne Township, New Jersey. This case involved an 87-year-old male who was discovered after police went to his…
USA. Self-inflicted injuries on a prison inmate who hanged himself after writing "Satan is coming take me home"…
Spain. This is probably a case of autoerotic activity or masochism, where the victim appears to have hanged…
Cologne, Germany. The body of a 66-year-old man was found by his wife wrapped up in plastic garbage…
Knox County, Tennessee, USA. Police were called to a home residence in connection with an unresponsive man. His…
C.a. 1995. This individual died during autoerotic activity, it is possible the individual was inhaling some chemical inside…
Poland. A grandmother found the corpse of her grandson in an apartment in a block of flats in…
South Korea. Most cases of ligature strangulation are generally homicides, and deaths due to suicide or accident are…
The woman shown in the images was trying to open the electronically controlled iron gate by reaching through…
Four friends came from South America to vacation for a week (Probably Florida c.a. 2000). When one of…
North Carolina, USA. The body of a white female, 33 years old, who had recently been laid off…
New York, NY. This photo depicts a victim who has been smothered. She committed suicide by placing a…
Seoul, South Korea. The victim, a 46-year-old male dentist, was found dead of ligature strangulation next to a…
Chicago, Illinois. This victim was inhaling an unknown chemical substance while practicing autoerotic activities. He was wearing a…
![Fig.1 The body at the scene. Decedent lying on his right side, covered with a blue plastic bag; below the bag also the upper part of 5-L propane/butane gas bottle. [Colorized]](https://i0.wp.com/www.hermantheshocker.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/001-3-1.jpg?resize=600%2C403&ssl=1)
A 30-year-old male was found fully dressed lying on his right side on his sofa in his flat.…
A 52-year-old man was found dead, already putrefied, in his apartment. He wore women’s underwear with a female…
Columbus, Ohio. The victim was a 22-year-old male, who reportedly had been experimenting with asphyxial recreation for a…
Hobbs, New Mexico, USA. This was the view that the arriving police officers had when they responded to…
A 44-year-old man was found deceased after an autoerotic activity, he had pulled a plastic bag over his…
Germany. A 21-year-old man was found hanging in a stairwell. A noose ran around the neck, ascending to…
