Autoerotic death investigations are rare, and knowledge comes from two sources; experience and education. Where you may lack experience with actual scenes, knowledge can be gained through education and research. My intention through this course is to give the investigator, regardless of experience or education level, the tools needed to properly interpret these scenes.

This course is approved for 3.5 hours of continuing education credits by Missouri POST and the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI)

Who should take this course

  • Law Enforcement
  • Medicolegal Death Investigators
  • Coroners
  • Private Legal Investigators
  • Interested Students

Course Summary

WARNING:  This course contains images of actual death scenes and nudity.

This comprehensive investigative training course for law enforcement, police, coroners, medical examiners, crime scene and forensic technicians, is the only online course of its kind that the instructor is aware of.  A word of warning;  this course shows graphic depiction of deceased persons,  images associated with an autoerotic activity, and a video of actual death by asphyxial means.

This course is comprised of real information investigators can use to interpret a scene of a suspected autoerotic death. Full of information needed, yet purposefully lacking long explanations of research and controlled studies. You will find careful descriptions to help determine what these deaths are — and what they are not. The investigator will be equipped with the necessary skills to properly investigate this type of death.

Autoerotic death investigations are rare, and knowledge comes from two sources; experience and education. Where you may lack experience with actual scenes, knowledge can be gained through education and research. My intention through this course is to give the investigator, regardless of experience or education level, the tools needed to properly interpret these scenes.

Many of these deaths are misinterpreted every year because scene investigators are untrained and look only for signs of homicide or suicide. This combined with the untrue belief that this death is only a “male masturbation” issue, they never take into consideration the ruling of an autoerotic accident.

This is an online video training and is designed to be interactive with students by random quizzes and a final exam. Student login and time are tracked per student to verify the time spent in the course if needed.   Testing cannot be done until the videos are watched.  Many of the videos have a unique symbol or picture that will appear prominently in the video and is part of the test questions, this will ensure the video has been watched. Certificates will only be available for print after the successful completion of the course material.

Each certificate will indicate that it was an online training and will note the approval control number and the CLEE hours given.