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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…
38y · Male·Chest injuries and traumatic compression asphyxia of the chest
A 38-year-old plumber died from chest injuries and traumatic asphyxia after losing control of his Mercedes tipper truck on Bacchus Marsh Road. The vehicle veered left after driving over rough road surface, colliding with…
17y · Male·Multiple injuries
A 17-year-old male died from multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on 18 April 2022. He was a passenger in a vehicle being pursued by NSW Police after the driver failed to stop for speeding. The vehicl…
24y · Male·Multiple Traumatic Injuries sustained as a result of motor vehicle crash during …
Two young men aged 24 and 25 died in a motor vehicle crash during a police pursuit on the M4 Motorway. Police conducted a high-speed speed check (up to 232 kph in an 80 kph zone) for approximately 73 seconds without acti…
28y · Male·Traumatic intracranial haemorrhage sustained in an unwitnessed fall
A 28-year-old man died from traumatic intracranial haemorrhage following an unwitnessed fall at his apartment building. He had been heavily intoxicated (blood alcohol 0.27 g/100mL, cocaine positive) at a social event and…
30y · Male·hanging
JC was a 30-year-old with a long history of benzodiazepine dependence and previous psychiatric episodes triggered by withdrawal. He presented to Calvary Mater Hospital after a deliberate overdose of 48 Etizolam tablets w…
28y · Male·Multiple head, facial and spinal injuries sustained in a single vehicle motorbik…
Joshua Tyrrell, 28, died from multiple head, facial and spinal injuries sustained in a motorbike crash on the Brooker Highway. He was riding at excessive speed and failed to maintain steering control through a bend. Toxi…
32y · Female·Stab wound to the back extending into the posterior neck, causing subtotal trans…
Michelle Darragh, a 32-year-old social worker, was fatally stabbed by her former partner Benjamin Coman on 9 October 2021. She was pregnant with their third child. The relationship involved progressive coercive control, …
50y · Male·cocaine toxicity
A 50-year-old male died from cocaine toxicity at Perth Watch House after ingesting a fatal amount of cocaine prior to arrest. Although the cause is clear, the manner of ingestion (before arrest versus after detention) co…
14y · Female·ligature compression of the neck (hanging); suicide
A 14-year-old girl in state care (Child RK) died by suicide on 20 April 2022. She had complex presentations stemming from early childhood trauma, including attachment difficulties, emotional dysregulation, self-harm, sui…
48y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (morphine, codeine, venlafaxine, amitriptyline and zopiclone…
A 48-year-old woman with depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder died from mixed drug toxicity while on voluntary inpatient psychiatric admission. She had undisclosed significant illicit drug use, which was not identif…
27y · Female·Hanging
Ms YPM, a 27-year-old woman with a long history of borderline personality traits, depression, anxiety and eating disorder, died by hanging on 17 May 2020. In the preceding two weeks, she presented to Alfred Hospital foll…
41y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Owen Weazel, a 41-year-old Wakka Wakka man with chronic mental health issues, substance use disorder and previous suicide attempts, was found hanging in his cell at Albany Regional Prison on 10 August 2023. He had been r…
26y · Female·Multiple stab wounds
ZSQ, a 26-year-old woman, was fatally stabbed by her intimate partner MJD in April 2020 after a relationship marked by escalating family violence. Critical clinical and systemic lessons include: (1) Recognition of intima…
31y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (heroin, bromazolam, metonitazine, protonitazene, methamphet…
Ryan Robinson, a 31-year-old man with longstanding opioid use disorder and complex mental health conditions, died from mixed drug toxicity involving heroin, novel psychoactive substances (nitazenes: metonitazene and prot…
23y · Male·drowning in the setting of mixed drug consumption (ethanol, MDMA, cocaine, ketam…
A 23-year-old competent swimmer drowned in the Yarra River after consuming multiple drugs including alcohol, MDMA, cocaine, ketamine, 2-fluoro-2-oxo-PCE, and benzodiazepines. He disappeared suddenly while swimming with f…
0y · Male·Severe acute dehydration and acute malnutrition
An eight-month-old boy died from severe acute dehydration and malnutrition after receiving no or minimal fluid or food intake during a three-day drug binge by his mother and her partner. Child Safety was involved with th…
35y · Male·Stab wound to the back
Maxwell Brett Lawson, age 35, died from a stab wound to the back inflicted by Luke Blanchfield during an altercation at Blanchfield's home in Belgrave on 10 March 2024. Lawson attended the property to confront Blanchfiel…
28y · Female·unascertained
Lisa Govan, aged 28, disappeared on 8 October 1999 from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, after last being seen at approximately 7:30 am standing outside the Club Deroes motorcycle clubhouse compound. She has not been seen …
Unknown·Toxicity to protonitazene
Four adults died on 24 June 2024 from protonitazene toxicity after ingesting illicitly purchased drugs they believed to be MDMA and cocaine. Protonitazene is a novel synthetic opioid approximately 100 times more potent t…
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