Autoerotic Deaths

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Abstract Autoerotic fatalities are accidental deaths that occur while the victim is engaged in solitary sexual activity. The most common form of autoerotic death, autoerotic asphyxiation (AEA), is typically the result of the failure of victim's neck ligature to release in time to reverse his cerebral hypoxia. Practitioners of AEA are motivated by their sexual arousal to the state of oxygen deprivation (asphyxiophilia), although other paraphilias such as sexual masochism or transvestism may also be present. Autoerotic deaths are sometimes misidentified as suicides or homicides. A comprehensive postmortem behavioral analysis may be required to reveal that the autoerotic death was accidental. Investigators should be familiar with the common pathological and investigative findings in cases of autoerotic death. Special attention should be paid to key features associated with autoerotic death scenes.

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