Police arrest-related death: about four cases and review of the literature.
Journal
Forensic science, medicine, and pathology
ISSN: 1556-2891
Titre abrégé: Forensic Sci Med Pathol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101236111
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
24 Aug 2024
24 Aug 2024
Historique:
accepted:
24
07
2024
medline:
24
8
2024
pubmed:
24
8
2024
entrez:
24
8
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Unexpected deaths may occur in individuals during a police arrest. These individuals usually have had both physical and emotional exertion, associated or not with agitation and restraint by police. Further investigations in these cases often show an impregnation with drugs. Autopsy findings may raise medico-legal problems in these cases.We report four cases of deaths during police arrest in which multiple factors contributed to the death. In the first two cases, there was a combination of emotional and physical stress due to police pursuit and, the presence of mechanical asphyxia. We noticed the presence of cannabis and amphetamine; however, we couldn't relate the death to a drug intoxication. In the third case, the deceased lost consciousness when he was arrested by the police with no link to the intervention of law enforcement authorities. Death in this case was due to sepsis complicating endocarditis. The fourth case reports a rare cause of asphyxia that can occur in a police arrest related to a drug package. Death was due to upper airway obstruction in this case.The forensic pathologist should take into consideration every factor when explaining these deaths. Thorough autopsy and investigations are critical to understand the cause and circumstances of death.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39180654
doi: 10.1007/s12024-024-00865-w
pii: 10.1007/s12024-024-00865-w
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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