Asphyxiation

• Brampton father who murdered 2 young sons handed life sentence, 18-year parole ineligibility

  Last week, Edwin Bastidas pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder, though he was originally charged with two counts of first-degree murder.

  Crime

  Jan 31
  
• N.Y. mayor suspends police officers involved in suffocation death of Black man

  Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren announced the suspensions at a news conference amid criticism that the city kept quiet about Prude’s death for months.

  World

  Sep 3, 2020
  
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• Black man dies after New York police put hood on him, pin him down

  Daniel Prude died March 30 after he was taken off life support, seven days after the encounter with police in Rochester.

  World

  Sep 3, 2020
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• George Floyd died of ‘asphyxiation,’ autopsy commissioned by family finds

  The autopsy by a doctor who also examined Eric Garner’s body found the compression cut off blood to Floyd’s brain, and weight on his back made it hard to breathe, attorney Ben Crump said at a news conference.

  World

  Jun 1, 2020
• Florida police ‘one tip away’ from solving 2013 murder of Toronto couple

  Hallandale Beach police say they are just one tip away from solving the murder case of a Toronto couple killed three years ago following the release of a composite sketch on Thursday.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2016
• N.B. man charged with negligence in 2013 deaths of 2 boys killed by python

  Police in New Brunswick have charged a man with criminal negligence causing death after two young brothers were asphyxiated by a python in 2013.

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2015