Deceased
Ozlem Karakoc
Demographics
34y, female
Date of death
2017-07-14
Finding date
2022-10-06
Cause of death
Drowning
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Ozlem Karakoc, aged 34, died by drowning on 14 July 2017 at her home in Dandenong, Victoria. She was murdered by her former intimate partner, Murat Davsanoglu, who held her underwater in a bathtub. Ms Karakoc had mild intellectual disability, a history of mental illness (depression, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, PTSD), and had experienced prolonged family violence from Mr Davsanoglu including controlling, emotional, and financial abuse. In the months before her death, she reported family violence to multiple services including Monash Health, Child First, and City of Greater Dandenong Family Support Services, but the extent of her ongoing contact with Mr Davsanoglu and associated risk was not fully assessed or escalated. The coroner noted that improved family violence risk assessment frameworks (MARAM) have since been implemented across prescribed agencies to strengthen identification and management of family violence risk.
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