title: Attempted Drug-facilitated Sexual Assault-Xylazine Intoxication in a Child.
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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg - Eppendorf, Butenfeld 34, 22529, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Hilke
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Andresen-Streichert
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg - Eppendorf, Butenfeld 34, 22529, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iwersen-Bergmann
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg - Eppendorf, Butenfeld 34, 22529, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg - Eppendorf, Butenfeld 34, 22529, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anders
mesh_terms: D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual; D002675:Child, Preschool; D053593:Forensic Toxicology; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D014991:Xylazine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D014991:Xylazine
keywords: drug-facilitated sexual assault; forensic science; forensic toxicology; intoxication in a child; systematic toxicological analysis; xylazine