Autoerotic Death

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Fig.1 Autoerotic asphyxia using ligature strangulation.

Autoerotic asphyxia using ligature strangulation

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This individual died from autoerotic asphyxia using ligature strangulation. Note padding on ankles. Pornographic literature was positioned on…
Fig.1 The woman had been experimenting with autoerotic activities.

Female autoerotic asphyxiation death

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USA. This case involved a woman who was discovered in this position on her bed in her apartment.…
Fig.1 Patterned abrasion on neck in autoerotic death.

Patterned abrasion on neck in autoerotic death

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Patterned abrasion on neck associated with autoerotic hanging with belt, no further info. Autoerotic death refers to the…
Fig.1 This was how the victim presented at the crime scene.

Autoerotic death from Whippits nitrous oxide cartridges

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Lenexa, Kansas, US. Police were dispatched to an apartment complex at the request of a resident, who advised…
Fig.3 Upper torso covered with cheese underneath upper body tights.

Man covered in cheese found dead after autoerotic activity

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Germany. A 40-year-old man who lived alone was found deceased in his apartment on the 13th floor of…
Fig.1 The victim’s hair covered her face. There was a belt wrapped tightly around her neck.

Female autoerotic death

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Chicago, Illinois. The victim was a 34-year-old white female, who lived alone in an apartment on the north…
Fig.1 The victim is 37-years old male. The cadaver was found in the apartment where he lived.

A case of autoerotic death

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Bulgaria. The victim is a 37-years-old male. The cadaver was found in the apartment where he lived. It…
Fig.1 A 55-year-old man was found dead in his friend’s apartment.

Autoerotic death in a special metal construction

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A 55-year-old man was found dead in his friend’s apartment. The victim’s body was suspended in a special…

Man found dead in a homemade autoerotic suspension equipment

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Spain. A 59-year-old man was discovered dead in his home, he was suspended by a harness and a…
Fig.2 A rope was tied to an iron room divider and was around the neck, but tightened when the victim’s head was in a forward position.

87-year-old autoerotic death

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Wayne Township, New Jersey. This case involved an 87-year-old male who was discovered after police went to his…

Accidental masochistic death and sadomasochistic drawings

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Spain. This is probably a case of autoerotic activity or masochism, where the victim appears to have hanged…
Fig.1 Body of a 66-year-old man lying in a structure made of plastic garbage bags.

Autoerotic activity that ultimately led to asphyxiation

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Cologne, Germany. The body of a 66-year-old man was found by his wife wrapped up in plastic garbage…
Fig.2 Detectives noticed the prominent ligature mark around the victim’s neck consistent with hanging.

Embarrassed wife finds her husband dead from autoerotic asphyxiation

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Knox County, Tennessee, USA. Police were called to a home residence in connection with an unresponsive man. His…
Fig.2 The man had a plastic bag over his head.

Autoerotic death

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C.a. 1995. This individual died during autoerotic activity, it is possible the individual was inhaling some chemical inside…
Fig.2 The victim was suspended with ligature to the shower frame.

Female autoerotic death

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North Carolina, USA. The body of a white female, 33 years old, who had recently been laid off…
Fig.1 Victim was found burned and chained to a metal support column beneath an I-beam. He had Darby cuffs securing his feet with a chain running up from the Darby cuffs to his handcuffed hands and then to the top of the metal support column where it was affixed to a padlock. There were severe burns to the waist, chest, and upper thighs, feet, and arms. Note the mirror in the background.

Autoerotic death – Man found burned and chained to a metal support column

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Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Police officers were summoned to a residence to check on the welfare of a man…
Fig.2 The man was breathing through a latex hood gas mask.

Chemical substance autoerotic death

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Chicago, Illinois. This victim was inhaling an unknown chemical substance while practicing autoerotic activities. He was wearing a…

Christmas is cancelled – Autoerotic death

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A 52-year-old man was found dead, already putrefied, in his apartment. He wore women’s underwear with a female…
Fig.2 Close up of the face and chest with gag and ligatures.

Natural death in the setting of autoerotic practice

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Australia. This case demonstrates the death of a 69-year-old male which has occurred in the setting of a…
Fig.1 The victim was wearing a pilot-type oxygen mask, which was attached to his mouth and nose.

Nitrous oxide autoerotic death

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Huntington Beach, California. The victim was a white male, 37 years of age, living alone in a large…
Fig.1 The victim was dressed as a woman complete with outerwear and undergarments.

Cross-dressed male autoerotic death

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Columbus, Ohio. The victim was a 22-year-old male, who reportedly had been experimenting with asphyxial recreation for a…
Fig.1 Scene where the corpse was found with the system employed.

Autoerotic death self-induced fatal air embolism

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Brazil. A 38-year-old man was found dead in his house, already in a state of decomposition, with no…
Fig.2 The man spent hours preparing for his events. This included makeup, female undergarments & outerwear. The mucous and protruding tongue are consistent with asphyxial death.

Autoerotic Death at the Weight Bench

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Hobbs, New Mexico, USA. This was the view that the arriving police officers had when they responded to…
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Autoerotic death inside plastic bag wearing latex mask and nipple clamps

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A 44-year-old man was found deceased after an autoerotic activity, he had pulled a plastic bag over his…
Fig.1

The hanging French maid

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Germany. A 21-year-old man was found hanging in a stairwell. A noose ran around the neck, ascending to…