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Published:
Journal of Analytical Toxicology,
ISSN 0146-4760,
Volume 30, Issue 3, April 2006,
pp. 216-218
CASE REPORT: An Unusual Autoerotic
Fatality Associated With Chloroform Inhalation
Peter P. Singer and Graham R. Jones
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 7007 - 116 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada T6H 5R8
We report the death of a young male attributed to chloroform poisoning
during autoerotic asphyxia. He was found lying on the floor of his apartment,
prone on a piece of foam and a towel. His eyes were bound with a towel, his
lower face and nose were almost entirely covered with duct tape surrounding
a rubber hose in his mouth. The other end of the hose was loosely sitting inside
an open bottle which was in a box beside him. He was bound-up by an intricate
system of ropes, handles, and rods, ending with a noose around his neck. Toxicology
testing indicated chloroform concentrations of 18.1 mg/L in femoral blood and
1.5 mg/L in urine. Chloroform was measured by headspace gas chromatography with
flame-ionization detection using 1,1,1-trichloroethane as the internal standard.
The cause of death was recorded as “chloroform toxicity” with “autoerotic
asphyxia” as a contributing factor, and the manner of death was “accidental”.
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