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15. I hate to suggest this, but wondering if Otto attempted to take his own life,

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Jun 16, 2017, 02:51 AM

Jun 2017

perhaps by attempted hanging.
That could cut off air supply for a time, enough to cause the type of damage described.

OTOH, his captors could have cut of his air by means of choke-hold, etc.

Apparently, the damage (or dead tissue) is in many or all parts of the brain, not just one or several areas. as in a stroke.

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Otto Warmbier has extensive loss of brain tissue, no obvious signs of trauma, doctors say [View all] DonViejo Jun 2017 OP

Hmmm...?? Was it a nerve-agent chemical weapon? Equinox Moon Jun 2017 #1

a vegetative state janterry Jun 2017 #2

Water boarding? tazkcmo Jun 2017 #3

Yeah, or plastic bag torture. Repeated. Or lethal scares (firing squads, etc). Leave no marks. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2017 #5

Thing is.... cab67 Jun 2017 #10

I'll go with tazkcmo Jun 2017 #12

Kim Jung Un was probably involved in his torture DeltaLitProf Jun 2017 #17

What produces cardiac arrest in one so young? (nt) ehrnst Jun 2017 #4

An inability to breathe. Lack of oxygen lack of blood flow to the brain. n/t janx Jun 2017 #6

I mean, they might have simply sedated him to the point he stopped breathing. forgotmylogin Jun 2017 #14

damn shame. SummerSnow Jun 2017 #7

Botulism could do it, if his respiratory muscles were paralyzed mainer Jun 2017 #8

Exactly... Sometimes the story fits JCMach1 Jun 2017 #19

Hopefully, this gets the message across customerserviceguy Jun 2017 #9

I would think electric shock could cause that Phoenix61 Jun 2017 #11

North Korean Bastards. nt 7962 Jun 2017 #13

I hate to suggest this, but wondering if Otto attempted to take his own life, No Vested Interest Jun 2017 #15

i think it's unlikely. north korea just really sucks. i think the father of the current leader JI7 Jun 2017 #16

Maybe he was wateboarded or suffocated by some other means. Nitram Jun 2017 #18