Drowning, strangulation, and suffocation are leading causes of death across the lifespan. But without obvious signs of external trauma, homicides resulting from asphyxiation are often missed or mislabeled. Whether called a suicide, natural cause, or a tragic accident, intent can rarely be determined without a deeper investigation. This webinar introduces insight that the criminal justice system can use to catch a killer.
Podcast on Crimes Against Women: Episode 3 "Why Strangulation Matters" Hosted by Kelsey McKay and Respond Against Violence
https://www.buzzsprout.com/961615
Podcast on Crimes Against Women: Episode 4 "Aquatic Abuse Homicide" Hosted by Andrea Zaferes
https://www.buzzsprout.com/961615
Physiological Consequences of Strangulation Timeline
(See PDF Attachment)
Rough Sex Defence: Why Campaigners Want it Banned
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51151182
'Rough Sex' Defence Will Be Banned, says Justice Minister
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-53064086
Cold Case: 'Valentine Jane Doe' Rape, Murder Solved Through DNA After 29 Years
https://www.boston25news.com/news/trending/valentine-jane-doe-rape-murder-solved-through-dna-after-29-years/RYE6KJSQTZFXFPBO64CQBQLCOM/
N.M. Office Who Told Suspect He Was Going to 'Choke You Out' Is Charged with Manslaughter
https://people.com/crime/n-m-officer-who-told-suspect-he-was-going-to-choke-you-out-is-charged-with-manslaughter/
Irvine Attorney Convicted in Ex-Wife's Cruise Ship Murder
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/irvine-attorney-convicted-in-ex-wifes-cruise-ship-murder/2380568/
The Voice of Charles: The Death of Rose
https://www.mckaytrainingconsulting.com/charles-voice
Investigative Psychology Research Unit at John Jay
https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/ipru/home
NIJ Journal 250: Intimate Partner Homicide (Assessing Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Homicide)
https://www.fcadv.org/sites/default/files/Campbell%2020032.pdf
Jane Monckton Smith: 8 Stages of Homicide
Intimate Partner Homicide Timeline
https://janems.blog/
Murder Accountability Project: The Algorithm That Catches Serial Killers
Samuel Little's Biography
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/samuel-little
Confessions of a Killer: FBI Seeking Assistance Connecting Victims to Samuel Little's Confessions
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/samuel-little-most-prolific-serial-killer-in-us-history-100619
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) Report
http://www.uihi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Missing-and-Murdered-Indigenous-Women-and-Girls-Report.pdf
Urban Indian Health Institute: Our Bodies, Our Stories
https://www.uihi.org/projects/our-bodies-our-stories/
International Commission Holds Historic Hearing on Violence Against Native Women in the U.S. – U.S. Officials and Native Advocates Agree Violence Must End
https://turtletalk.blog/2011/11/04/international-commission-holds-historic-hearing-on-violence-against-native-women-in-the-u-s-%e2%80%93-u-s-officials-and-native-advocates-agree-violence-must-end/
Hearing the Whispers
https://magazine.wsu.edu/2019/04/28/hearing-the-whispers/
CDC: Half Of All Female Homicide Victims Are Killed By Intimate Partners
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/21/538518569/cdc-half-of-all-female-murder-victims-are-killed-by-intimate-partners
WHO: Understanding & Addressing Violence Against Women
(See PDF Attachment)
CDC: Racial and Ethnic Differences in Homicides of Adult Women and the Role of Intimate Partner Violence — United States, 2003–2014
“Homicide is one of the leading causes of death for women aged ≤44 years.* In 2015, homicide caused the death of 3,519 girls and women in the United States. Rates of female homicide vary by race/ethnicity (1), and nearly half of victims are killed by a current or former male intimate partner.”
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6628a1.htm?s_cid=mm6628a1_w
The State of Homicide: Mapping America's Homicide Rates from 1999-2017
https://www.security.org/resources/american-homicides/
Eleven Murder-Suicides Occur Across America Each Week, Claiming More Than 1,300 Lives Annually, New VPC Study Finds
https://vpc.org/press/eleven-murder-suicides-occur-across-america-each-week-claiming-more-than-1300-lives-annually-new-vpc-study-finds/
Men Who Murder Their Families: What the Research Tells Us
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/230412.pdf
Gendered Differences in Murder
https://www.heuni.fi/material/attachments/heuni/projects/wd2vDSKcZ/Homicide_and_Gender.pdf
The Murder Accountability Project: Police departments failed to report nearly 3,000 homicides in 2018, Founded by Thomas Hargrove
http://www.murderdata.org/2020/05/nearly-3000-murders-unreported-by-police.html
The Serial-Killer Detector
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/27/the-serial-killer-detector
Can You Use This Data Set to Find Serial Killers?
https://slate.com/technology/2017/12/the-data-behind-the-serial-killer-detector-has-some-small-issues.html
The Preppy Murder: Who’s on Trial?
https://www.villagevoice.com/2020/03/31/the-preppy-murder-whos-on-trial/
The Fatal, Hateful Rise of Choking During Sex
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jul/25/fatal-hateful-rise-of-choking-during-sex
Margate Man Acquitted in Murder Case After Oral-Sex Defense
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-reg-gag-defense-murder-trial-closings-20170522-story.html
Medical Examiner: 'I don't think it's possible' Woman Choked to Death During Consensual Oral Sex
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-reg-gag-defense-murder-trial-autopsy-20170518-story.html
So You're Into Choking: Coming to Grip with this Increasingly Popular Sex Act
https://www.playboy.com/read/so-youre-into-choking
The Startling Rise of Choking During Sex: A quarter of women in the U.S. report feeling scared during sex
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/06/how-porn-affecting-choking-during-sex/592375/
U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics: Female Victims of Violence
https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fvv.pdf
CDC: National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey 2010
(See CDC PDF Report)
Engaging African American Males in Ending Gender-Based Violence
https://humaninterests.seattle.gov/2019/08/28/engaging-african-american-males-in-ending-gender-based-violence/
Armed and Misogynist: How Toxic Masculinity Fuels Mass Shootings
https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2019/06/domestic-violence-misogyny-incels-mass-shootings/
The Mysterious Death of Rebecca Zahau: Sexually Motivated Murder?
https://filmdaily.co/news/rebecca-zahau-mystery/
Norfolk Judge Freed Man Accused of Choking His Girlfriend. Then, prosecutor says, he killed her.
https://www.pilotonline.com/news/crime/article_7053fdfc-dd29-11e8-b188-5f055d52ca92.html
APD: Suspect Kills Himself After Staging Girlfriend’s Murder to Look Like a Suicide
https://www.abqjournal.com/1158159/apd-suspect-kills-self-after-staging-girlfriends-murder-as-suicide.html
The Staged Crime Scene
http://www.practicalhomicide.com/articles/staging.htm
Pregnant McCracken Co. Teen Suffocated; Boyfriend Charged with Murder
https://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Pregnant-McCracken-Co-teen-suffocated-boyfriend-charged-with-murder-492615761.html
Woman's Killer Hid in Closet as She Slept Night Before Fatal Attack in Apopka home: Records
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-asgierr-ulfr-danielle-scarr-20180718-story.html
Man Accused of Killing Former Roommate Hid in Closet to Stage Home Invasion
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/2018/07/20/man-accused-of-killing-former-roommate-hid-in-closet-to-stage-home-invasion/
Danueal Drayton Had History Of Violence, Mental-Health Issues; Blew Off Probation Appointments
https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-danueal-drayton-connecticut-record-20180803-story.html
Texas Man Charged with Killing 12 Women, Police Look at 750 Other Deaths for Possible Links
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-man-who-allegedly-posed-maintenance-worker-charged-killing-seven-n1006436
Most Serial Killing Victims are Women, FBI reports
https://web.archive.org/web/20101205150030/http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2010/nov/27/most-serial-killing-victims-are-women-fbi/
More Men are Killed than Women, So Why Focus on Violence Against Women?
https://globalnews.ca/news/6536184/gender-based-violence-men-women/
Murders by Intimate Partners Are on the Rise, Study Finds
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/us/domestic-violence-victims.html
Southwestern Missouri Man Convicted of Killing Former Lover
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/missouri/articles/2018-11-16/southwestern-missouri-man-convicted-of-killing-former-lover
TED: The Urgency of Intersectionality
Domestic Violence Calls Proven to be Most Dangerous for Responding Law Enforcement Officers: U.S. DOJ report shows that 40% of officer deaths are related to domestic violence calls.
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/domestic-violence-calls-proven-to-be-most-dangerous-for-responding-law-enforcement-officers/285-c7fef991-320d-4d4d-9449-2ede67c10829
PART 1. WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY: THE DYNAMICS OF ASPHYXIATION
PART 2. BUILDING A CASE: IDENTIFICATION, INVESTIGATION & MEDICAL RESPONSE
