Cook County. The plastic bag prevents the physiologic breathing by rapid oxygen consumption and mechanical obstruction of the oral and nasal orifices. Inert gases are commonly associated with this type of death (see the tank on the right). No further info.
Fig.1 Plastic bag suffocation.
Latest posts
On June 28, 2009, a 70-year-old male corpse was found in his house in Pisa. He was lying…
Skin burns on a victim of lysol suicide. The trickle pattern makes it obvious that the victim was…
A 42-year-old woman was discovered dead, the body was covered with fungal plaques. She had been leading a…
Massive injuries from contact handgun wounds of the head, when they do occur, are associated with Magnum calibers,…
