Agents of the Ibiza Civil Guard on the afternoon of April 23 The woodland of Roca LlisaThe body of a 58-year-old man, born in the Netherlands and residing on the island, in the municipality of Santa Eulària. Initially, the person who reported to the ER that a friend of this man had died reassured him that he was in pain. heart attack. Finally, and thanks to forensic work legal medical institute Ibiza courts, the reason ingestion of the toxin produced by the bufo frog (‘Bufus alvarius’).
While deaths from the consumption of the poisonous substance produced by this amphibian are related to community celebrations or rituals, in this case everything points to the fact that the deceased man was alone.
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The body was found in a wooded area near his home in Roca Llisa, as confirmed by the Ibiza Civil Guard. According to what the agents found, the man was alone and consumed this poisonous substance without the intervention of othersS.
As a result of the visual inspection made by the officers, despite the statement of the victim’s friend while informing the emergency service, the death did not occur due to natural causes. Therefore, the intervention of forensic medicine doctors of the courts was required to clarify the cause.
The call to the emergency services occurred at 16:44 on 23 April. friend of the deceased He explained to Santa Eulària Local Police agents that he searched the surrounding area for the victim after seeing that he was not at his home in Roca Llisa and apparently found him in the forest. unconscious.
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According to police sources, the woman stated that she last saw her victim in the morning of the same day. As soon as I gave the news, a few hours later the emergency protocol was activated and sanitary who came to the place They stated that the death was not due to natural causes.so the case fell into the hands of the Civil Guard.
The body was cremated in Ibiza on 1 May, the family reported via social networks.
The rituals associated with ingesting this toxin (a photographer died due to consumption in the home of a well-known porn actor) include breathing the venom this animal secretes from its skin, a hallucinogenic drug used in certain settings for both its recreational and purported therapeutic effects to combat addictions.