Archiv für Kriminologie
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Archiv für Kriminologie · Mar 2002
Case Reports[Fatal outcome of poisoning with the benzodiazepines flunitrazepam and diazepam].
On a wintry day a 29-year-old woman was found dead beside her car showing head injuries and signs of hypothermia. Several empty packets of sedative and hypnotic drugs were lying inside the car. ⋯ It was concluded that benzodiazepine intake led to a disturbance of consciousness. Whether the woman died in this situation due to the icy temperature as a result of hypothermia or whether she died or would have died solely due to benzodiazepine overdosage could not be clarified.