Coroner's Finding: Breward, Bradley Wade
Deceased
Bradley Wade Breward
Demographics
male
Date of death
2017-01-01
Finding date
2021-11-26
Cause of death
Homicide; likely suffocation due to placement of plastic bag over head, but exact cause unable to be determined due to decomposition
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Bradley Wade Breward died on 1 January 2017 as a result of homicide committed by Mark Rodney Jones. Mr Breward was subjected to sustained violence including kicks, punches, waterboarding, and asphyxiation by plastic bag placement over his head. He lost consciousness and died. Due to decomposition of remains recovered from Lake Eugenana a month later, the precise cause could not be determined but was likely suffocation. The coroner found no medical or clinical factors contributed to the death—this was a criminal homicide case. No clinical lessons or medical failings were identified. The case proceeded through the criminal justice system with Jones convicted of murder and sentenced to 22 years imprisonment.
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