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39y · Male·Self-inflicted death by hanging
A 39-year-old man with longstanding Bipolar I Disorder died by hanging on 28 December 2017, shortly after police attended a domestic disturbance at his mother's home. He had expressed suicidal ideation to his treating ps…
27y · Male·Hanging
A 27-year-old carpenter with a long history of depression, suicidality, and substance abuse died by hanging. He had experienced recent family violence incidents as both perpetrator and victim in relationships, leading to…
45y · Female·Compression of the neck in circumstances of hanging
Jessica Morgana Wilby, aged 45, a highly accomplished Principal In House Solicitor at the Coroners Court of Victoria with extensive qualifications and excellent performance record, took her life by hanging on 7 September…
45y · Male·unascertained
Paul Clifford York, 45, disappeared from Petrudor Rocks National Park on 10 November 2011 and is presumed dead. He had a long history of depression, suicidal ideation, and previous suicide attempts by hanging and overdos…
31y · Male·Combined Drug Toxicity (amitriptyline and metoclopramide)
Bo Zhao, a 31-year-old business owner, died from combined drug toxicity (amitriptyline and metoclopramide) in a hotel room on 28 February 2019. He was facing serious criminal charges for fraud involving millions of dolla…
67y · Male·Head injuries sustained from a fall from the upstairs landing in Goldsmith G Blo…
Ye Chiu, a 67-year-old Chinese-speaking prisoner on remand, died by suicide in prison on 6 February 2017 after falling head-first from a landing. He had a complex psychiatric history including anxiety, depression, hypona…
40y · Female·hypoxic encephalopathy due to asphyxia from hanging
A 40-year-old woman with extensive mental health history including OCD, complex trauma, severe depression, and recurrent suicidal ideation was admitted to an open psychiatric unit after expressing suicidal intent. Despit…
17y · Male·Hanging
A 17-year-old male with a history of mental health concerns, prior suicide pact attempt, and escalating aggressive behaviour died by hanging shortly after being excluded from his home via a Family Violence Intervention O…
54y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury attributed to cardiac arrest due to choking
A 54-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia died of hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury from choking on food whilst in seclusion in a psychiatric intensive care unit. Key failures included: unsupervised provision of food to…
23y · Male·Effects of fire
Harley Larking, a 23-year-old Aboriginal man with treatment-resistant schizoaffective disorder, died from effects of fire on 13 May 2016 while absconding from a psychiatric unit. He was on clozapine for only two weeks wh…
44y · Male·compression of the neck consequent upon hanging
A 44-year-old man with a 42-year history of intimate partner violence died by hanging. He had recently separated from his wife and was enrolled in a 18-week men's behaviour change program, having completed 17 of 18 sessi…
40y · Female·Injuries sustained when struck by a train (in circumstances where the deceased i…
A 40-year-old South Asian woman died by suicide when struck by a train, four weeks after arriving in Australia. She was deeply distressed by financial circumstances—construction delays on her new home and storage fees fo…
27y · Male·unascertained; likely death from entering water
Thomas Hunt, a 27-year-old man, died after entering the water near Bondi Beach on 23 March 2017, likely after experiencing an acute mental health crisis characterised by paranoid delusions and auditory hallucinations. Mu…
22y · Female·Complications of blunt force trauma to head, neck and chest
Brittany Harvie, aged 22, was killed by her de facto partner Mataio Aleluia in June 2015 following a 15-minute violent assault involving repeated punching to the head, neck and chest. She died from complications of blunt…
63y · Female·Multiple stab wounds to neck and chest
Voula Delios, a 63-year-old grocer in Hobart, was fatally stabbed by Daryl Cook on 23 July 2016, one day after his release from prison. Cook suffered from serious untreated mental illness, evidenced by extensive prison r…
35y · Male·acute vomit aspiration in a man with acute large intestine obstruction (severe m…
Stephen Michael Kell, a 35-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died at Graylands Hospital from acute vomit aspiration in the setting of acute large bowel obstruction and clozapine-induced gastrointestina…
47y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (quetiapine, olanzapam, lorazepam and diazepam)
Matthew Clayton Lyons, a 47-year-old man with longstanding schizophrenia, severe anxiety, and substance abuse history, died from mixed prescription drug toxicity (quetiapine, olanzapam, lorazepam, diazepam). He had expre…
17y · Female·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 17-year-old girl in state care died by suicide on 16 April 2017 after being discharged from secure care. She had experienced complex developmental trauma, family violence, sexual abuse, and severe alcohol-related liver…
66y · Male·Bronchopneumonia and influenza A complicating cardiac and renal failure associat…
A 66-year-old man with cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis secondary to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma died from bronchopneumonia and influenza A complicating cardiac and renal failure. He developed delirium, agitation and paranoia dur…
61y · Male·Undetermined
Gerard Guy Vaz, a 61-year-old man with bipolar disorder, obstructive sleep apnoea, and renal impairment, was admitted to Maroondah Hospital on 2 April 2015 with acute manic relapse with psychosis. He was administered zuc…
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