Somnophilia and Sexual Abuse Using Vaginal Administration of Triazolam

: Hannu Lauerma

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.

: 2016

: Journal of Forensic Sciences

: 61

: 3

: 862

: 863

: 2

: 0022-1198

: 1556-4029

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13050(external)

Abstract

Somnophilia is a rare paraphilia, a form of sexual fetishism which is characterized by the desire to have sex with an unconscious human object who is unable to respond. To the author's knowledge, this is the first case study concerning somnophilic sexual abuse associated with vaginal administration of triazolam. The perpetrator video-recorded his sexual acts with two unconscious female victims with whom he also had normal sexual intercourse and who were unaware of his paraphilic activities. His Internet conversations with other persons whom he thought to be interested in somnophilic sex and his plans to kidnap a child were recorded by the police. It was evident that sex with an unconscious object played a specific fetishistic role for this man. He obviously used a combination of drugs mixed with alcoholic drinks to make his victims fall sleep and videotaped vaginal administration of triazolam used to deepen the victim's unconscious state