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33y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (heroin, benzodiazepines, methylamphetamine, mirtazapine,…
BP, a 33-year-old female with longstanding opioid and polysubstance use disorder, died from accidental heroin overdose at home with concomitant CNS depressants (benzodiazepines, mirtazapine, promethazine) and stimulant (…
47y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries to the neck, chest and lower limbs sustained in a …
A 47-year-old male passenger died from multiple blunt force injuries (bilateral pneumothoraces, pulmonary contusions, ruptured spleen, pelvic fractures, cervical spine fracture with spinal cord haemorrhage) from a high-s…
19y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision whilst riding her E-Sco…
Laura Kelly, aged 19 years, died from multiple injuries sustained when her e-scooter collided with a motor vehicle on Drakeford Drive, Kambah, in the Australian Capital Territory on 25 September 2022. She rode through a …
36y · Male·Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (driver)
Michael Richard Ruell Bell, aged 36, died in a motor vehicle collision on 9 October 2023 at an intersection in Tooradin, Victoria. He was driving his Mazda 2 northbound when he failed to stop at a stop sign and collided …
32y · Male·multiple injuries
Travis Walder, 32, died by suicide on 24 August 2023 after being struck by a train. He had schizophrenia and opioid use disorder with prior suicide attempts. On 23 August, he became acutely agitated and psychotic at his …
43y · Male·Drowning
Nicholas James Muggleton, a 43-year-old experienced swimmer and surfer, drowned on 22 October 2025 while attempting to rescue his friend Calum who was struggling in rough water at Frankston Beach. Severe weather conditio…
51y · Male·High blood alcohol and positional asphyxia in a man with cerebral palsy and acqu…
Wayne Douglas Scott, 51, died from high blood alcohol and positional asphyxia at his home in Lalor, Victoria. He had cerebral palsy, low vision, dysarthria, depression, and acquired brain injury from a drug overdose more…
44y · Male·Neck compression; Hanging
Andre Alistair Hei, a 44-year-old Māori man, died by suicide via hanging on 11 March 2025 at Fitzroy Town Hall. He had a complex psychiatric history including depression, complex PTSD, methamphetamine use disorder, and c…
15y · Male·multiple injuries from motor vehicle accident
Child MA was a 15-year-old Ngadju Noongar boy in out-of-home care under the Department of Communities, residing at Whitlock House family group home operated by Life Without Barriers. He died on 1 October 2023 from multip…
68y · Male·Cardiac arrest - unascertained etiology with multiple contributing factors inclu…
Wayne Thomas Kerle, 68, was arrested at his home for cannabis possession. Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics assessed him when he reported respiratory distress but cleared him for police custody after a limited exam…
<1y · Female·Kobi: head injuries; Henry: multiple injuries
A nine-month-old infant and her 38-year-old father died in a homicide-suicide at the Whispering Wall dam in South Australia. The father deliberately jumped 36 metres while carrying his daughter in an infant harness. The …
25y · Female·Mixed drug consumption (pregabalin, oxycodone, desmethylvenlafaxine, aripiprazol…
Kaylah Veronica Sarah Woollard, age 25, died from mixed drug toxicity in the context of significant natural disease. She had WHO Class III obesity (BMI 94.5), cardiac hypertrophy, and mental health conditions (depression…
54y · Male·Hypothermia (environmental cold exposure)
This case concerns the death of a 54-year-old man who died from hypothermia while bushwalking the Western Arthur Range in Tasmania. He had planned to turn back due to forecast bad weather but became disoriented in poor c…
37y · Male·Neck compression and the complications thereof
Simon Mackay, age 37, was admitted as an involuntary psychiatric patient on 12 July 2022 for acute methamphetamine-induced psychosis with paranoia and aggression, complicated by severe polysubstance dependence. Although …
18y · Male·Multiple head, trunk and limb injuries from motor vehicle collision
Jesse Tyler Alexander, aged 18, died from multiple head, trunk and limb injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on Elderslie Road, Brighton, Tasmania on 27 November 2021. While driving a 1991 Toyota Corolla unreg…
35y · Male·Self-inflicted electrocution
Abdirahman Mohamed Yusuf, a 35-year-old male from a Somali-Kenyan background, was found deceased in his bedroom in Albion, Victoria on 23 April 2025, after failing to appear for work. His partner Shay requested housemate…
32y · Female·Effects of fire
A 32-year-old woman died in a house fire at her rented home on 22 March 2024. Fire Rescue Victoria classified this as a preventable fatality. The deceased was overcome by smoke while sheltering in the bathroom after the …
44y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating cardiac arrest in the setting of p…
Elizabeth Ferris, a 44-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder and polysubstance use disorder, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest in the setting of presumed drug toxicity. She was fo…
20y · Male·Gunshot wound of the chest
Joseph Michael Romano, 20, died from a gunshot wound to the chest sustained during a home invasion on 7 January 2024. Romano and two accomplices forcibly entered a house in Donnybrook, armed with axes and a firearm. Duri…
Unknown·Sudden Unexplained Death of an Infant (SUDI) in an unsafe sleeping environment; …
Three Aboriginal infants died in unsafe co-sleeping environments in the Northern Territory. Baby K (3 months), Baby B (2 months), and Baby S (5 weeks) all died from sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) associated wi…
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