In this article we present the autopsy of a young man who died in hospital by excited delirium. It is a syndrome characterized by agitation, aggression, acute distress and sudden death. It is typically associated with the use of abuse drugs, as cocaine. It is generally accompanied by a restriction´s methods carried out by securiy forces or hospital staff. It entails that this death can be classified whitin the group of deaths in custody. The death in custody is that death that takes place whe the victim is deprived of freedom. It has a legal repercussion undoubted, since it is considered to be a prototype of death suspected of criminal origin.... [Leer más...]