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18y · Male·Death by suicide; cause cannot be definitively determined as body not recovered,…
An 18-year-old male with depression and anxiety died by suicide on 16 August 2022, jumping from the Tasman Bridge. He had been diagnosed with depression and anxiety in January 2022, saw a psychologist six times, and was …
58y · Male·unascertained
Peter James Guidera, a 58-year-old man with a history of depression, suicidal ideation, and previous suicide attempts, disappeared on 8 May 1998 from Narrogin, Western Australia, shortly after receiving a distressing pho…
18y · Male·blunt trauma and drowning
An 18-year-old male with emerging depression died by suicide from the Tasman Bridge. He had presented to his GP in May 2021 with depressive symptoms, received antidepressant medication, and showed improvement by Septembe…
61y · Male·hanging, the result of actions undertaken by the deceased alone, voluntarily and…
Rickie Underwood Barron, aged 61, died by hanging in Tasmania's Ron Barwick Minimum Security Prison on 10-11 January 2022. He had been incarcerated since 2019 for sexual offences and received appropriate medical care for…
49y · Male·hanging
A 49-year-old man with a history of PTSD, depression and anxiety died by suicide following police service of a warrant to vary a family violence intervention order. He learned for the first time on 2 December 2017 that h…
90y · Male·aspiration pneumonia due to pulmonary fibrosis and dementia
A 90-year-old man with advanced dementia and terminal pulmonary fibrosis died of aspiration pneumonia at a residential aged care facility. He had experienced multiple suicide attempts including wrist cutting and methylat…
84y · Male·aspiration pneumonia following advanced multifactorial dementia
Laurence Bishop, an 84-year-old man with advanced multifactorial dementia (Alzheimer's and vascular dementia), died of aspiration pneumonia at a specialised aged care facility. He had been admitted to the Roy Fagan Centr…
66y · Male·Multiple blunt traumatic injuries from motorcycle crash
Gary Peter Halson, a 66-year-old experienced motorcyclist, died from multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash. He was travelling too closely behind another vehicle on Penguin Road when he attempt…
53y · Female·Unable to determine; circumstances suggest death by suicide but body never recov…
Angela Joy Jeffrey, a 53-year-old woman with a long history of depression managed with antidepressants and psychiatric care, disappeared on 1 June 2016 from Bakers Beach, Tasmania. She had experienced a significant mood …
78y · Female·Complications arising from a left femur fracture following an unwitnessed fall i…
Doreen Mansfield, a 78-year-old woman with bipolar affective disorder managed with lithium and ECT, was admitted to the Royal Hobart Hospital under a Mental Health Act treatment order. She sustained an unwitnessed fall i…
65y · Male·Gunshot wound to the right upper chest
Russell Winks, a 65-year-old man experiencing cumulative stress from family and health crises, died from a gunshot wound inflicted by police during an armed confrontation at his rural property. After retrieving a rifle h…
66y · Male·carbon monoxide poisoning due to inhalation of exhaust gases from a lawn mower
Paul William Green, a 66-year-old retired engineer with longstanding depression, anxiety, PTSD, and chronic alcohol abuse, died by intentional carbon monoxide poisoning from a lawn mower exhaust. He had a prior suicide a…
70y · Male·aspiration pneumonia due to seizures
70-year-old man with insulin-dependent diabetes, cognitive impairment, depression, alcohol abuse history, and seizure disorder died from aspiration pneumonia following seizures while admitted under mental health legislat…
36y · Male·Shotgun wound to the head
KE was a 36-year-old with longstanding psychiatric history including borderline personality disorder, substance abuse, and multiple previous self-harm incidents. He was on bail with a residential condition preventing him…
92y · Female·community acquired pneumonia on a background of end stage chronic obstructive ai…
Mrs Betty Hewlett, 92, died of community-acquired pneumonia on a background of end-stage COAD. She was admitted to hospital in late December 2012 with health deterioration and malnutrition (38kg). She developed acute psy…
Paul Rossington: exposure or drowning or combination of both. Kristen Schroder: …
Two young adults, Paul Rossington (30) and Kristen Schroder (26), died after falling overboard from a cruise ship in the Tasman Sea on 8-9 May 2013. Kristen fell from their cabin balcony during an emotionally heightened …
49y · Male·Carbon monoxide toxicity
John Vincent Kearney, a 49-year-old man with a history of depression, anxiety, and a prior suicide attempt 10 years earlier, presented to the ED on 26 March 2010 with suicidal ideation. He was assessed by psychiatric lia…
48y · Male·Unknown causes (presumed suicide by drowning)
Frederick Russell Morgan, a 48-year-old stockbroker, disappeared on 15 July 1971 from Mt Martha beach. He had experienced severe depression triggered by business financial crises, tax assessment concerns, and his father'…
54y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in fall from height
Ms Deborah Lee Humm, 54, died by suicide on 14 May 2013 after jumping from a fourth-floor balcony at a Cairns hotel. She was highly intoxicated (BAC 0.204%) and experiencing significant distress about upcoming eye surger…
42y · Male·disseminated metastatic renal cell carcinoma
A 42-year-old prisoner died from disseminated metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Renal cancer was identified by ultrasound in September 2006 and confirmed by CT scan. Surgery was performed with curative intent in December …
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