Electrocuted to death: A case of an autoerotic fatality with body wrapping, anal masochism, and low abdomen mechanical stimulation
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Legal Medicine |
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| Web | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1344622323000755?via%3Dihub |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2023.102265 |
| Keywords | Autoeroticism; Lethal paraphilia; Body wrapping; Anal masochism; Electrocution |
| Description | Autoerotic paraphilic manipulations may be not only incredibly unusual but also hazardous and possibly fatal. Autoerotic experimenters sometimes combine several paraphilic mechanisms, both potentially lethal and non-lethal. A tragic outcome is usually a direct consequence of the life-threatening paraphilic mechanism(s); how-ever, it may also result from an accidental complication arising from the constellation of the paraphilic reali-zation. In this report, we present a case of an autoerotic death of a 30-year-old man who applied two potentially lethal paraphilic mechanisms-body wrapping and foreign body anal insertion-together with two other non-lethal paraphilic activities, autofetishism and transvestitism. However, the man's death ultimately occurred due to another associated autoerotic activity-stimulation of the lower abdomen with an electric massager, which accidentally short-circuited and caused fatal electrocution. Such autoerotic fatalities constitute a distinct subcategory of accidental autoerotic death. |