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16y · Male·mid-gut volvulus and bowel obstruction, leading to ischaemic bowel and related c…
Finlay Browne, a 16-year-old with Down syndrome, presented to Bathurst Base Hospital on 30 September 2016 with acute abdominal pain and vomiting. Despite clear clinical signs—including a lactate of 7.2 mmol/L (grossly ab…
20y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Devan Ginbey, a 20-year-old with longstanding mental health issues including depression, psychosis, ADHD, and substance abuse, presented to Peel ED on 12 January 2022 with self-harm and active suicidal ideation with a st…
20y · Male·exertional heat stroke
A 20-year-old professional rugby league player collapsed and died from exertional heat stroke after his first pre-season training session following an extended off-season break. Keith had the lowest aerobic fitness of hi…
21y · Male·Unascertained causes
Rodney Norman Galvin, age 21, disappeared from his home in Ballarat East, Victoria on 6 April 1987 and is presumed deceased. Despite extensive police investigation and multiple proof-of-life checks over decades, his body…
51y · Male·Incised wound to the right arm
Russell Williams, aged 51, died by suicide in a Queensland prison on 15 May 2018 by cutting his right arm with a disposable razor blade. He was remanded on two historical murder charges and had spent 15 years in prison o…
32y · Male·Neck compression in the setting of hanging
Mr A, a 32-year-old male with a history of family violence perpetration, mental illness (bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD), substance misuse, and prior suicide attempts, died by hanging on 21-22 November 2020. He wa…
69y · Female·Multiple stab wounds
Caroline Willis, aged 69, was fatally stabbed by her son Jamie in May 2018, two hours after he was served with a Family Violence Intervention Order (FVIO). The death was homicidal and occurred within a context of escalat…
59y · Male·ischaemic heart disease in the setting of chronic ethanol use
Robert Spencer, 59, called 000 at 4:27 am reporting weakness and inability to mobilise following a fall. He was triaged as Code 3 (non-urgent) and underwent secondary triage call-back attempts without success. An ambulan…
Female·Mona: multiple internal injuries (including head and lung injuries) sustained in…
Mona Lisa Smith (16) and Jacinta 'Cindy' Rose Smith (15), Aboriginal girls from Bourke, NSW, died in a single-vehicle motor vehicle accident on 6 December 1987 when a Toyota utility driven by Alexander Grant rolled over …
48y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep ve…
A 48-year-old woman with morbid obesity and smoking history presented to a rural hospital with severe hip and leg pain. Over five days across two hospitals, no venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment was performed d…
48y · Male·Hanging (partially suspended hanging using shoelaces as ligature)
Robert Harold Gerard, aged 48, died by hanging in Risdon Prison in May 2022 while on remand for serious charges. He had paranoid schizophrenia, a long history of substance abuse, and was experiencing depression and suici…
74y · Male·Small bowel obstruction due to extensive intra-abdominal adhesions
Timothy Funder, a 74-year-old man with schizophrenia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and previous small bowel obstruction, died from small bowel obstruction due to extensive intra-abdominal adhesions. He presente…
0y · Female·unascertained
A nine-month-old First Nations child (Baby Q) was killed by her psychotic father in November 2018. The family, transient and homeless, were known to child protection and police in NSW and Queensland with complex mental h…
44y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries from fall from height
Michael Murray, aged 44, died following a fall from Landslide Lookout in the Blue Mountains. He had been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and chronic suicidality. His death highlighted critical gaps i…
0y · Male·multifactorial with severe hypoxia/hypotension which occurred in the background …
Everett Carleton died at birth following an emergency caesarean section complicated by unexpected placenta praevia and umbilical cord transection. The placenta was incorrectly reported as posterior on ultrasound, though …
65y · Male·complications of intracranial haemorrhage (hypertensive haemorrhage), with termi…
Alan David Ratcliff, a 65-year-old prisoner at Acacia Prison, died from complications of intracranial haemorrhage (hypertensive haemorrhage) on 20 June 2022. He collapsed on 12 June 2022 with stroke symptoms and was hosp…
13y · Female·complications of a head injury sustained when she deliberately stepped in front …
A 13-year-old with emerging emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD) died by suicide after deliberately stepping in front of a car on 21 July 2020, two days after a positive appointment with mental health clinici…
27y · Male·unascertained
Neil Lindsay Kobelt, a 27-year-old man with diagnosed schizophrenia, disappeared from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in February 1982, shortly after discharge from hospital for acute psychiatric crisis. He had relocated t…
22y · Unknown·sudden death associated with volatile substance inhalation (butane and propane)
A 22-year-old Yolngu person with a well-documented history of volatile substance abuse (VSA) and mental illness was involuntarily admitted to Royal Darwin Hospital for acute psychosis. Due to COVID-19 bed-block, they wer…
40y · Male·gunshot wounds
Todd McKenzie, a 40-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died of gunshot wounds after a nine-hour police siege at his Taree home on 31 July 2019. Todd became acutely psychotic, waving a knife and expressi…
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