unconsciousness

He “did not adopt a reflexive posture to protect himself and ... he may have fallen in a state of semi- or total unconsciousness,” officials said last month.

He “did not adopt a reflexive posture to protect himself and ... he may have fallen in a state of semi- or total unconsciousness,” officials said last month.

Argentine authorities said local police found drugs, alcohol and “destroyed objects and furniture” in Payne’s room, adding that he “may have fallen in a state of semi- or total unconsciousness.”

The prosecutor’s office determined from the position of Payne’s body and the injuries he sustained that he “did not adopt a reflexive posture to protect himself and that he may have fallen in a state of semi- or total unconsciousness,” officials added in Thursday’s statement.

From 1996 to 2000 Luster used the illegal drug gamma-hydroxybutyrate, or GHB, to put his victims in a “life-threatening state of unconsciousness” and engage in “sadistic sexual abuse of their comatose bodies,” according to the D.A.’s Office.