What do asphyxiation and strangulation mean?

ON October 12, 2021, nearly a month after the death of Gabby Petito, her autopsy revealed that she died from strangulation.

The 22-year-old had been missing for weeks after her fiancé returned home without her during a cross-country road trip.

What do asphyxiation and strangulation mean?

Asphyxiation is "the state or process of being deprived of oxygen, which can result in unconsciousness or death; suffocation," according to the dictionary.

An example of asphyxia is choking.

Asphyxiation can be a result of strangulation, which is characterized by a compression of the neck that may lead to unconsciousness or death.

However, strangulation does not always lead to death.

The three types of strangulation are:

• Hanging: Suspension from a cord wound around the neck
• Ligature strangulation: Strangulation without suspension using some form of cord-like object called a garrote
• Manual strangulation: Strangulation using the fingers or other extremity

What happened to Gabby Petito?

After being reported missing since September 11, 2021, , where she had been camping with her fiancé when she disappeared.

On September 21, 2021, the Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue .

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