Attempted Drug-facilitated Sexual Assault-Xylazine Intoxication in a Child
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Attempted Drug-facilitated Sexual Assault-Xylazine Intoxication in a Child. / Andresen-Streichert, Hilke; Iwersen-Bergmann, Stefanie; Müller, Alexander; Anders, Sven.
In: J FORENSIC SCI, Vol. 62, No. 1, 01.2017, p. 270-273.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Attempted Drug-facilitated Sexual Assault-Xylazine Intoxication in a Child
AU - Andresen-Streichert, Hilke
AU - Iwersen-Bergmann, Stefanie
AU - Müller, Alexander
AU - Anders, Sven
N1 - © 2016 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
PY - 2017/1
Y1 - 2017/1
N2 - There are only a few cases of drug-facilitated sexual assaults on children reported in the literature so far. Here, a case of a four-year-old boy is presented. He was unconscious, and the accompanying adults reported that the child had been at a playground on his own. Returning home, he complained of having been stung and collapsed immediately. Urine and serum samples of the child were investigated. In the toxicological analysis, xylazine, a sedative and muscle relaxant used in animals, was detected. Subsequent quantification by GC/MS after solid-phase extraction revealed 0.053 mg/L xylazine in serum and approximately 0.63 mg/L in urine. Furthermore, the child was examined by a forensic medical specialist. Police investigations revealed that the godfather, who had been previously accused of sexual abuse of children, had injected the child with the drug, possibly in preparation for a shared bath.
AB - There are only a few cases of drug-facilitated sexual assaults on children reported in the literature so far. Here, a case of a four-year-old boy is presented. He was unconscious, and the accompanying adults reported that the child had been at a playground on his own. Returning home, he complained of having been stung and collapsed immediately. Urine and serum samples of the child were investigated. In the toxicological analysis, xylazine, a sedative and muscle relaxant used in animals, was detected. Subsequent quantification by GC/MS after solid-phase extraction revealed 0.053 mg/L xylazine in serum and approximately 0.63 mg/L in urine. Furthermore, the child was examined by a forensic medical specialist. Police investigations revealed that the godfather, who had been previously accused of sexual abuse of children, had injected the child with the drug, possibly in preparation for a shared bath.
U2 - 10.1111/1556-4029.13270
DO - 10.1111/1556-4029.13270
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 27864965
VL - 62
SP - 270
EP - 273
JO - J FORENSIC SCI
JF - J FORENSIC SCI
SN - 0022-1198
IS - 1
ER -