title: Sexual asphyxia in siblings.
abstract: We present an accidental autoerotic asphyxiation of a 24-year-old man. Further investigation revealed that 18 years earlier, his brother, then 13, had been found dead, hanging in the family bathroom. Although that death had been ruled a suicide, reevaluation of the death scene indicates that this was also an autoerotic asphyxiation. This is the first reported case of sexual asphyxia involving siblings.
authors.affiliation: Broward County Medical Examiner Office, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Tate
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology*; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders