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How to Catch a Killer: Misdirection of Criminal Asphyxiation Deaths


  • Regional Organized Crime Information Center 545 Marriott Drive Nashville, TN, 37214 United States (map)

Homicidal asphyxiation often lacks obvious signs of external trauma, and deaths are often missed or misdiagnosed as suicides, accidents, overdoses or natural deaths. This course will address asphyxiation crime scene staging, processing scenes, autopsy issues, investigator confirmation bias, and introduce lesser-known types of asphyxiation crimes such as aquatic sexual sadism, inert gas poisoning, staged erotic asphyxiation, and more. Through case studies and experience, these speakers cover it all! Whether missed entirely or lost in an "undetermined" ruling, these hidden homicides in child abuse, domestic violence, and sexually motivated homicides can finally be brought to justice. Attendees will better understand why these cases are so often missed and gain the insight needed to catch a killer.

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