Objective To solve an unusual death case and develop a method for determining concentration of acetone in blood or urine samples from the dead body by headspace gas chromatography(HS-GC), which is quite helpful under certain circumstance when autopsy can't be performed because of social customs, religious belief or other reasons. Methods A 67-year-old man, who had diabetes, was found dead in a hotel room and his family didn't agree to perform an autopsy. In order to determine the cause of death, the blood a...