Citation

Prahlow JA, Davis GJ. South. Med. J. 1994; 87(2): 255-258.

Affiliation

Department of Pathology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Southern Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8115894

Abstract

We present a case of accidental death due to cocaine ingestion in which the victim's bizarre behavioral manifestations initially led law enforcement officials to consider the death a homicide. By virtue of the medical examiner's thorough investigation, the true accidental nature of the death was brought to light.

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