A person can be suffocated by being smothered with a pillow
the verdict
SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
confidence 84/100
Multiple forensic and epidemiological studies confirm that smothering with a pillow can cause fatal suffocation or positional asphyxia.
Evidence for · 3
Nonchemical Suffocation Deaths in Forensic Setting: A 6‐Year Retrospective Study of Environmental Suffocation, Smothering, Choking, and Traumatic/Positional Asphyxia*
2010 · cited by 25
Paper 0 reviews forensic data on nonchemical suffocation and notes that smothering is a documented cause of death.
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More for · 2
Unassisted smothering in a pillow.
2009 · cited by 0
Paper 5 presents a forensic case report where a man died from obstructive asphyxia after his face was pressed against a pillow.
Types of Objects in the Sleep Environment Associated With Infant Suffocation and Strangulation.
2017 · cited by 0
Paper 8 analyzes sleep-related infant fatalities and identifies pillows as objects frequently associated with unintentional suffocation.