Bodies found at the scene of an accidental death often show evidence of other paraphilic activities, such as fetishistic cross-dressing and masochism. In cases involving teenagers at home, families may disturb the scene by "sanitizing" it, removing evidence of paraphilic activity. This can have the consequence of making the death appear to be a deliberate suicide, rather than an accident.The great majority of known erotic asphyxial deaths are male; among all known cases in Ontario and Alberta from 1974 to 1987, only 1 out of 117 cases was female. Some individual cases of women with erotic asphyxia have been reported. The main age of accidental death is mid-20s, but deaths have been reported in adolescents and in men in their 70s.Autoerotic asphyxiation has at times been incorrectly diagnosed as murder and especially so when a partner is present.Lawyers and insurance companies have brought cases to the attention of clinicians because some life insurance claims are payable in the event of accidental death, but not suicide. In fiction
The sensational nature of erotic asphyxiation often makes it the subject of urban legends. It has also been mentioned specifically in a number of works of fiction. In the Marquis de Sades famous novel Justine, or The Misfortunes of the Virtue, Justine is subjected to this by one of her captors. She survives the encounter. In the Guts short story in Chuck Palahniuks novel Haunted, one the characters discusses parents who discover the accidental deaths of their sons to autoerotic asphyxiation.
Alora may refer to:

Alora (gastropod), a genus of wentletraps in the family Epitoniidae
Alora (drug), a brand name for transdermal Estradiol
Álora, a town in southern Spain