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15y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (morphine, 7-aminoclonazepam, fluoxetine, sertraline)
Joshua Meloury-Kaup, a 15-year-old boy with ADHD, anxiety disorder, and chronic sleep disturbance, died from mixed drug toxicity after ingesting his grandmother's medications (morphine, benzodiazepine, sertraline) while …
49y · Male·Hanging
A 49-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder and recurrent depression experienced a relapse while in Tasmania and was referred to a community-based Acute Care Team in Queensland in November 2009. Despite his partner…
25y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
David Peter Ellery, a 25-year-old man with long-standing amphetamine addiction and deteriorating mental health, died by hanging on 31 July 2007. He presented to Bentley Hospital on 31 July with active suicidal ideation, …
30y · Male·Carbon monoxide poisoning
Leigh Travaglia, a 30-year-old man with cerebral palsy, profound deafness, and significant disabilities requiring 24-hour care, died from carbon monoxide poisoning. His father deliberately connected a hose from the vehic…
85y · Female·Pulmonary embolus secondary to deep vein thrombosis, precipitated by minor fall
An 85-year-old woman died from pulmonary embolism secondary to deep vein thrombosis following a minor fall. She was admitted to Maryborough Hospital with chest infection and abdominal pain. Despite being identified as hi…
57y · Male·injuries sustained in a fall from height
Michael George Pichler, aged 57, died from injuries sustained in a fall from the 9th floor of an apartment building on Spring Street, Melbourne, on 19 August 2010. Mr Pichler had experienced significant financial losses …
68y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease and coronary artery atherosclerosis
Patrick Paul, a 68-year-old man with significant cardiac history including prior myocardial infarction and coronary stents, died of ischaemic heart disease while in prison custody. He presented to hospital with symptoms …
42y · Female·Subarachnoid haemorrhage as a consequence of rupture of saccular aneurysm of the…
Kerry-Ann Long, a 42-year-old woman in custody at Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre, collapsed suddenly on 3 February 2009 from rupture of a previously undiagnosed anterior communicating artery aneurysm causing subara…
50y · Female·compression of the neck consistent with hanging
Yan Yi Xu, a 50-year-old woman with a history of depression and recent breast cancer diagnosis, was admitted to Cramond Clinic psychiatric ward following a suicide attempt on Christmas Day 2008. She died by hanging in he…
83y · Male·ongoing respiratory failure from recurrent aspiration pneumonia, complicating de…
An 83-year-old man with dementia and suicidal ideation died from respiratory failure due to recurrent aspiration pneumonia. He was lawfully detained under a Guardianship Board order at a psychiatric hospital for 7 months…
63y · Male·cerebral infarction
John Arthur Burns, a 63-year-old man with frontotemporal dementia and motor neurone disease, died from cerebral infarction on 17 September 2006 while in Westminster Aged Care Facility after only 12 days of residence. Des…
42y · Female·Unable to determine - coroner satisfied on circumstantial evidence that deceased…
Linda Anne Grimstone, aged 42, disappeared on 4 September 2000 after dropping her children at school. She had a long-standing history of depression, anxiety, and panic disorder, with recent recurrence following a visit t…
61y · Female·Gunshot injury to head
Catherine Anne Viergever, aged 61, died from a gunshot injury to the head inflicted by her husband on 29 March 2010 at their Mount Macedon home. Contributing factors included sertraline toxicity, benzodiazepine use, and …
51y · Female·unascertained
Angela Atkins, aged 51, died in police custody on 23 April 2007 while being held at Bendigo Police Station. She had been brought to Bendigo Hospital on 20 April with symptoms of opioid withdrawal and anxiety, and was dis…
20y · Female·Multiple injuries followed by incineration as a result of single motor vehicle c…
Annemarie Sweeny, a 20-year-old Patient Care Assistant at Narembeen Regional Hospital, died in a single-vehicle motor vehicle collision on 8 November 2008 after completing a night shift. She had worked multiple consecuti…
32y · Female·ischaemic heart disease complicated by upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage
A 32-year-old woman with schizophrenia presented to the emergency department with chest pain radiating to both arms, profuse sweating, and vomiting black material for several days. She also reported black stools. The fir…
29y · Female·Effects of multiple injuries sustained when she projected herself from the top o…
Charmaine Dragun, a 29-year-old newsreader, died by suicide at The Gap on 2 November 2007. She was diagnosed with depression and treated with escalating doses of antidepressants (Efexor, then Lexapro) by multiple health …
37y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury consequent upon hanging
Louise Litis, 37, died from hypoxic brain injury following a hanging at Northpark Private Hospital's Mother and Baby Unit on 7 December 2007. She had severe recurrent postpartum depression and had attempted suicide two w…
86y · Female·Unable to be determined
An 86-year-old woman resident in aged care died with toxicology revealing a potentially fatal concentration of sertraline (1.7mg/kg, with metabolite at 2.3mg/kg; fatal range 0.61–1.6mg/kg). A clinical pharmacologist opin…
32y · Male·Cardiac arrest as a result of the combined effects of severe coronary atheroscle…
Tofia Mataia, a 32-year-old male with schizophrenia, died in custody at Capricornia Correctional Centre following restraint after assaulting officers. He collapsed during a 2-minute prone restraint by five officers. The …
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