WHYY Radio and 6 ABC Interview Dr. Doghramji About Sleepwalking
The body of a 55-year-old Oaklyn, N.J. woman was recently discovered in a South Jersey lake. Police, who say her death has been ruled as an accidental drowning, said her history of sleepwalking was discussed during the investigation.
In an interview with 6 ABC, Dr. Karl Doghramji, director of the Jefferson Sleep Disorders Center, says most sleepwalkers don't go far afield. "They walk around inside a home, or just around the outside, and then wake up there. But they have been known to drive for miles, to walk for long distances and injure themself or other people, to eat, to even sexually assault others."
In an interview with WHYY Radio, Dr. Doghramji says serious injury or death while sleepwalking is rare, but possible.
Learn more by reading "Could New Jersey woman have sleepwalked to her death?" and "South Jersey drowning victim's death ruled accidental."
Publication: WHYY Radio, 6 ABC
Published: 12/21/2011