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Vol. 43. Issue 4.
Pages 173-175 (October - December 2017)
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Vol. 43. Issue 4.
Pages 173-175 (October - December 2017)
CASO MÉDICO-FORENSE
Dificultades forenses y procesales de la sumisión química
Forensic and judicial issues regarding drug-facilitated sexual assault
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Ana Santurtúna,
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ana.santurtun@unican.es

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, Gloria Agudo Cuestab, María T. Zarrabeitiaa
a Unidad de Medicina Legal, Departamento de Fisiología y Farmacología, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, España
b Instituto de Medicina Legal de Cantabria, Santander, España
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El uso de sustancias químicas para manipular la voluntad en los delitos sexuales ha venido cobrando protagonismo los últimos años. El presente artículo se desarrolla a propósito de un caso médico-forense en el que una paciente acudió a urgencias y relató haberse despertado en una vivienda junto a un desconocido que intentó mantener una relación sexual con ella agrediéndola ante su oposición. Refiriendo, además, una laguna amnésica en las 3 horas previas.

La principal sospecha diagnóstica fue que se tratara de una agresión sexual por sumisión química premeditada. En el trabajo se describen los datos obtenidos tras la exploración de la víctima, las muestras tomadas por el forense y los resultados del Instituto Nacional de Toxicología. Finalmente se plantean las dificultades asociadas a la detección de las sustancias químicas que anulan la voluntad de la persona, así como el enfoque judicial del caso.

Palabras clave:
Abuso sexual
Sumisión química, Agresión sexual, Amnesia.
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The public's awareness of drug-facilitated sexual assault has increased in recent years. This article concerns a forensic case-study regarding a female patient who visited the emergency room to report that she had woken up in a strange house next to an unknown person, who then tried to have sexual relations with her, and who subsequently assaulted her when she offered resistance. Moreover, she has no memory of what happened in the 3hours prior to the incident.

The main diagnostic suspicion was that it was a premeditated drug-facilitated sexual assault case. This article describes the data obtained after the physical examination of the victim, the samples taken for forensic analysis and the laboratory results provided by the National Institute of Toxicology. Finally, the difficulties associated with the detection of knock-out drugs, as well as the judicial treatment of the case are presented.

Keywords:
Sexual abuse
Drug-facilitated sexual assault
Sexual assault
Amnesia.

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