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27y · Male·Multiple gunshot wounds
Damon Savage, 27, died from multiple gunshot wounds during a police response to a domestic violence incident. He had called police while assaulting his partner, armed himself with two large knives, advanced towards offic…
71y · Male·RACF acquired pneumonia and Alzheimer dementia
Ross Stuart Blades, a 71-year-old man with Alzheimer dementia and squamous cell carcinoma, died of RACF-acquired pneumonia while residing in an aged care facility. He was found deceased on the floor beside his bed. The c…
51y · Female·traumatic closed head injuries sustained after falling from a ramp into a sunken…
Fiona Searle, 51, died from traumatic closed head injuries sustained when her electric wheelchair fell from a ramp into a sunken sitting area at Glenorchy Primary School on 1 May 2021. Ms Searle was an experienced wheelc…
34y · Male·Incision/stab wound to the neck
A 34-year-old male remandee died by self-inflicted neck wound while in custody at Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre. He had been discharged from Risk Intervention Team management following a self-harm incident 7 d…
43y · Female·asphyxia due to hanging
Helen Bird, aged 43, was found hanging in her garage in July 2010. While initially ruled suicide, a reopened coronial investigation found the coroner believes she was killed by her husband Mark Bird. Evidence showed Hele…
40y · Male·Acute hepatic and renal failure in the setting of postoperative haemorrhage foll…
A 40-year-old man with obesity, COPD, diabetes and hypertension died from acute hepatic and renal failure following postoperative haemorrhage after left radical nephrectomy for a 10cm renal cell carcinoma. The surgeon ap…
64y · Male·consistent with drowning in a man with ischaemic heart disease
A 64-year-old man with ischaemic heart disease died by drowning after falling from an unseaworthy fishing vessel on Port Phillip Bay. He removed his life jacket before entering the water and struggled for 15 minutes to r…
20y · Male·Multiple injuries due to motor vehicle collision (cyclist)
A 20-year-old cyclist was struck and killed by a Brisbane City Council bus at an intersection where both the cyclist and bus received simultaneous green lights. The bus driver, despite checking his mirror, did not see th…
36y · Female·multiple blunt force injuries sustained after intentional self-infliction by fal…
Fiona Goodberg, a 36-year-old nurse with prior OCD history, died by falling from Landslide Lookout on 29 October 2020. She had experienced severe postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) following her daughter's bi…
58y · Female·Complications of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes
Ms Kathleen Earl, aged 58, died from complications of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes in June 2022. She had an intellectual disability and received support from IHCS (Individual Support Worker) since 2005. Critical def…
47y · Male·Sudden cardiac death in association with COVID-19 infection
Alen Imbrisak, a 47-year-old man incarcerated at Junee Correctional Centre, died on 26 January 2022 from sudden cardiac death in association with COVID-19 infection. He tested positive on 25 January 2022 during a centre-…
49y · Male·combined drug toxicity
Karl Turner, a 49-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and chronic polysubstance use, died from combined drug toxicity (heroin, morphine, pregabalin, methylamphetamine, and cannabis). He was managed on a Community …
76y · Male·hospital-acquired pneumonia, age-related frailty, consequences of left neck of f…
Leslie Bruce Whish-Wilson, 76, sustained a fall in his aged care room in January 2024, leading to a right femoral neck fracture requiring surgical repair. Post-operatively, he developed hospital-acquired pneumonia compli…
98y · Female·Sepsis due to sacral pressure ulcer complicated by osteomyelitis against a backg…
A 98-year-old woman with dementia and multiple comorbidities died from sepsis secondary to a sacral pressure ulcer that progressed to osteomyelitis while in residential aged care. The coroner identified systemic clinical…
41y · Female·Cause of death could not be established due to advanced decomposition
Cecilia Devine, a 41-year-old woman with bipolar disorder, was last seen alive on 6 September 2018 in Katoomba, NSW. Her body was discovered in the Upper Cascade Dam in March 2019, with aerial imaging suggesting death oc…
73y · Male·subdural haematoma from fall
Leonard Athol Long, a 73-year-old on warfarin for mechanical mitral valve replacement, fell twice during hospitalization for urinary tract infection. He was on SMZ-TMP antibiotics, which interact significantly with warfa…
27y · Male·Unknown
Jeremiah Rivers, a 27-year-old First Nations man, disappeared from a remote pig-hunting camp at Wippo Creek in southwest Queensland on 18 October 2021. Members of his travelling group provided multiple inconsistent accou…
41y · Male·Unable to be ascertained
41-year-old male with schizophrenia/drug-induced psychosis and methamphetamine use died following police restraint on M5 motorway. Admitted to Shellharbour Hospital 10-30 May 2022 for psychotic behaviours and assault all…
33y · Unknown·neck compression secondary to hanging
Jessica Anne Thomas, a 33-year-old gender-diverse person with complex psychiatric diagnoses including schizoaffective disorder, borderline personality disorder, and PTSD, died by hanging while remanded in custody at Dame…
43y · Male·Amitriptyline toxicity
Scott Alan Murdoch, a 43-year-old maximum-security prisoner with chronic suicidal ideation, borderline personality disorder, and a documented history of medication hoarding and overdose attempts, died from amitriptyline …
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