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74y · Male·Mixed prescription drug toxicity (codeine, paracetamol, mirtazapine, promethazin…
A 74-year-old man with multiple chronic conditions including cerebellar ataxia, COPD, depression and anxiety died from mixed prescription drug toxicity. He had cognitive impairment affecting medication management and hab…
54y · Male·carbon monoxide asphyxia
Dallas Brooks Shrimpton, a 54-year-old man with severe alcohol dependence, chronic depression, and multiple previous suicide attempts, died by carbon monoxide asphyxiation. He presented to Royal Hobart Hospital ED on 16 …
Unknown·Mia: Stab wound to heart; Thomas: Stab wound to brain
Two young UK backpackers, Mia Ayliffe-Chung (20) and Thomas Jackson (30), were fatally stabbed at a Queensland hostel on 23 August 2016 by a French backpacker, Smail Ayad, who was psychotic and cannabis-intoxicated. Ayad…
44y · Male·Cardiac arrhythmia during physical restraint
Taare Rangi, a 44-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died from cardiac arrhythmia during physical restraint in a mental health unit. Critical failures occurred at multiple levels: (1) the decision to acutely s…
0y · Female·Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV 1)
An 11-day-old neonate died from disseminated HSV-1 infection acquired perinatally. She presented with sepsis-like symptoms including lethargy, poor feeding, fever and respiratory signs. Clinical management was appropriat…
Female·Burns due to gas explosion due to motor vehicle collision with building
A 60-year-old man with a long-standing history of seizures experienced an epileptic seizure while driving and lost control of his vehicle. It collided with an LPG gas cylinder outside a café, triggering an explosion that…
29y · Male·multiple gunshot wounds
A 29-year-old male died from multiple gunshot wounds inflicted by police Tactical Response Group (TRG) officers during a failed arrest operation. The deceased had stolen firearms, was suspected of being armed, and had ex…
39y · Male·Multiple drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, oxazepam, carbamazepine, levetirace…
A 39-year-old man with epilepsy and opioid dependence died from multiple drug toxicity involving methadone, benzodiazepines (diazepam, oxazepam), antiepileptics (carbamazepine, levetiracetam), and mirtazapine. He was pre…
34y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Christopher Betts, a 34-year-old Australian private security contractor deployed to Iraq, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on 12 May 2016. While on leave between deployments, Betts was in a colleague'…
58y · Female·pneumonia, likely aspiration pneumonia
Mary Marguerite Dickinson, aged 58, died of pneumonia on 20 January 2018 at the Roy Fagan Centre after admission with a complex scapula fracture and severe cognitive decline from alcoholic dementia. The coroner found her…
43y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Gregory Allen Floyd, aged 43, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound following the killing of his partner Ora Holt. In the months preceding the deaths, Mr Floyd exhibited delusional beliefs that Ms Holt was having affa…
60y · Female·Respiratory arrest in the setting of aspiration pneumonia; seizures associated w…
A 60-year-old woman with Down syndrome, Alzheimer's dementia, and epilepsy died from respiratory arrest due to aspiration pneumonia after a seizure. A multi-day delay in anticonvulsant medication (phenytoin) occurred due…
1y · Male·Abdominal injuries (perforation of small bowel and mesentery with peritonitis pr…
Mason Lee, aged 22 months, died on 11 June 2016 from abdominal injuries inflicted by his mother's partner, William O'Sullivan, combined with severe neglect. Mason was admitted to hospital in February 2016 with severe per…
2y · Female·drowning
A 2-year-old child died by drowning at her home in September 2016. Her mother was suffering from acute psychosis and had stopped taking antipsychotic medication days before the death. Critical failures occurred: the chil…
68y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolus secondary to deep vein thrombosis
Ronald Wood, a 68-year-old with complex medical history including prior pulmonary emboli, was treated for rectal cancer requiring chemotherapy and major surgery. Warfarin anticoagulation was appropriately ceased due to b…
36y · Male·Unknown – Open Finding
Michael Peta, a Papua New Guinean national employed in Western Australia, disappeared from the Catholic Presbytery in Broome on 15 January 1975 at age 36–37. The coroner established beyond reasonable doubt that he is dec…
46y · Female·Hanging
A 46-year-old woman with a history of depression, anxiety, and alcohol dependence died by hanging. She was transported to Box Hill Hospital on 27 January 2016 under Mental Health Act section 351 following suicidal ideati…
72y · Female·Unknown - could be natural or accidental; no cause determined
Sylvina Tari, an elderly Aboriginal woman aged approximately 72, disappeared from Kalumburu Mission in Western Australia in August 1977. She was found to have died between late 1981 and early 1982, but her death was neve…
51y · Male·Undetermined - Open Finding
Edward John Gibbard, a 51-year-old British merchant seaman, disappeared on the night of 23 December 1976 after leaving Lake Argyle Inn in Western Australia's Kimberley region to drive to Kununurra for a flight to Perth. …
50y · Male·Stab wounds to chest and upper left limb
A 50-year-old man was stabbed to death by his partner's ex-partner, Mr F, in a premeditated attack at his home on 6 April 2015. The deceased and his partner had reported multiple threats and breaches of domestic violence…
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