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- Title
Attempted Drug-facilitated Sexual Assault-Xylazine Intoxication in a Child.
- Authors
Andresen‐Streichert, Hilke; Iwersen‐Bergmann, Stefanie; Mueller, Alexander; Anders, Sven
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
CHILD sexual abuse; SEXUAL assault; XYLAZINE; BLOOD serum analysis; DRUG toxicity
- Publication
Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2017, Vol 62, Issue 1, p270
- ISSN
0022-1198
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1556-4029.13270