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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

California Teen Dead After Inhaling Helium

From the Press-Enterprise in California:

On December 14, 2009 17 year-old Micah David died in his own home after huffing helium to get high. Micah was a straight A student who was active in both his school and church communities. He would have turned 18 this month.

His father said Micah purchased a small tank of helium at Wal-Mart and on the evening of the 14th, after his family had gone to bed, he “attached a bag to the tank to place over his head and closed it off to keep the helium from getting out.” His family found him the next morning with the bag still over his head.

The police noted one previous helium death in the past year and a half- the victim was a female. Officials warn that “the tests may not detect helium in a body but the autopsy tests typically would uncover any signs of anoxia, the technical term for oxygen starvation.”

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