Deceased
Lucas Adam Pike
Demographics
43y, male
Date of death
2016-03-04
Finding date
2019-05-09
Cause of death
morphine (heroin) toxicity
AI-generated summary
Lucas Pike, aged 43, died from heroin toxicity after injecting heroin in a general practitioner's surgery in Adelaide. The heroin was procured by Mark Campbell and administered by Campbell in the practice's pathology room, with Pike's voluntary participation. Pike received a larger dose than Dr Kerry's daughter (also present), likely entering cardiac arrest shortly after injection. Dr Kerry initiated CPR upon discovering the collapsed patients but Pike could not be resuscitated. The coroner found no criticism of Dr Kerry's medical management but was highly critical of the police coronial investigation, which was poorly coordinated, failed to conduct thorough searches, did not forensically analyse recovered paraphernalia, and allowed Campbell to remain at the scene for two hours before discovering he possessed Pike's telephone. The coroner emphasized that deficient police investigations compromise coronial processes and public confidence.
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Specialties
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