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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…
41y · Male·unable to determine
Bennett Dominick disappeared on 10 January 2015 from the remote Coocoran Opal Fields near Lightning Ridge, NSW. The inquest found he was deceased but could not determine the cause or manner of death. Critical systemic fa…
30y · Male·neck compression from ligature strangulation and possible suspension (hanging)
BG, a 30-year-old Nepalese national in Australia, died by intentional neck compression on 11–12 January 2018. He had previously caused the death of Amelia Blake on 9 January 2018. BG was experiencing multiple severe stre…
22y · Male·Unknown - Open Finding
Christen Lee Fogarty, a 22-year-old man with undiagnosed intellectual disability (cognitive capacity of approximately 12 years old), disappeared from his family home in Newman, Western Australia on 25 July 2002. He had r…
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…
35y · Male·heroin toxicity
Jeffrey Thomas White, 35, died from heroin toxicity while on home detention bail. He had a 13-year history of polysubstance abuse including heroin, amphetamines, and methamphetamine. Three days before death, he contacted…
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. …
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…
74y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by train
A 74-year-old woman with borderline personality disorder, depression, anxiety and type 2 diabetes died by suicide after absconding from Fiona Stanley Hospital Emergency Department. She had been on extended psychiatric ad…
54y · Male·Open finding - manner and cause undetermined
Fred Jackamora, an Aboriginal man in his mid-50s, disappeared from Kalumburu Mission on 9 November 1983 while attempting to walk approximately 350 kilometres to Mount Elizabeth Station to visit relatives. He was last see…
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…
Male·Asphyxia, caused by the inhalation of severely oxygen-depleted air
Paul McGuire, an experienced mine electrician, died from asphyxiation after opening a partially sealed hatch door to a GOAF (worked-out coal area) containing severely oxygen-depleted air. The critical failure was the min…
18y · Female·Multiple injuries to the head, thorax and limbs (fractures to skull, left clavic…
Brooke Carroll, 18, died in a motor vehicle collision on the Mitchell Highway near Dubbo when the vehicle she was a passenger in struck a telegraph pole. The driver, Scott Thompson, was affected by methamphetamine and tr…
2y · Female·global cerebral hypoxia due to drowning
Crystal Trinh, 19 months old, drowned in her aunt's home swimming pool on 11 January 2016 after entering through non-compliant double gates left open. A Salisbury Council inspector had identified the gates as non-complia…
49y · Male·Complications of Influenza A infection
Richard Mark Ray, a 49-year-old prisoner, died from complications of Influenza A infection after deteriorating rapidly from initial viral symptoms. He presented on 18 March 2019 with fever, body aches and cough, treated …
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