Forensic Medicine, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail:
One case of unusual suicide by plastic bag and domestic gas is discussed in this report. One unemployed youth in his late-twenties was found dead in his apartment with plastic beg covered face which also had live connection with cooking gas.He was a known substances abuser and was under de-addiction therapy. Plastic bag suffocation is not uncommon but its combination with cooking gas LPG (butane-propane) inhalation makes it unique method of ending life. Either he ended his life by a mere accident or planned suicide was a mystery. Whether manner of death was accidental, or suicidal, or it was purely autoerotic, death is discussed in detail. As the deceased was unemployed, known drug abuser and there was frequent mood variations with feeling of worthlessness. All these questions with critical analysis are answered in this report.
Suicide, autoerotic asphyxiation, plastic bag and suffocation, domestic gas asphyxia, LPG Fatality, accidental death, suffocation
