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22y · Male·Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy due to suffocation
Bradley William Rapley, aged 22, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy on 2 September 1999 at Fremantle Hospital after a suicide attempt by suffocation in a Casuarina Prison cell on 25 August 1999. Rapley was a pris…
48y · Male·Cause of death has not been determined; likely drowning, hypothermia, or trauma …
Danny Thorpe, an experienced abalone sheller, disappeared after his fishing boat capsized on 20 November 2000 near Ceduna, South Australia. The vessel overturned in rough weather conditions while the crew was returning f…
17y · Male·cranial and facial trauma
A 17-year-old male with acute schizophrenia died from cranial and facial trauma after running off a 15.6-metre cliff during a psychotic episode. Hours before, he had been seen by a trainee psychologist who failed to reco…
43y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic encephalopathy resulting from asystolic cardiac arrest due to …
Gregory David Couper, 43, with chronic schizophrenia, experienced a psychiatric crisis at a supported residential care facility on 2 December 1998 and died the next day from restraint asphyxia. Police responded to calls …
40y · Male·Complications following fracture of the pelvis
David Stanley William Poole, a 40-year-old crane operator, fell from a mobile crane carrier approximately 1.6 metres to the ground while attempting to correct the positioning of packing timbers on the crane deck on 5 Apr…
17y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
Nicole Davies, 17, died from mixed drug toxicity after rapid methadone dose escalation during early maintenance therapy. She presented with clear signs of intoxication (drowsiness, slurred speech, incoherence) yet receiv…
38y · Female·mixed drug toxicity (lethal level of dothiepin, potentially lethal level of morp…
A 38-year-old woman with long-standing heroin and benzodiazepine dependence died from mixed drug toxicity following injection of heroin. Her GP had prescribed multiple benzodiazepines (diazepam, oxazepam, temazepam) and …
17y · Female·mixed drug toxicity
Nicole Memory Faye Davies, age 17, died on 4 April 2000 from mixed drug toxicity. She enrolled in methadone maintenance with GP Dr T. on 27 March after moving from Melbourne. Dr T. rapidly escalated her dose from 35mg to…
13y · Male·Electrocution
Robert Gregg, aged 13, died from electrocution in his family's underground dugout home in Coober Pedy after touching a defective floodlight connected via extension cords to an unearthed socket outlet lacking a residual c…
42y · Male·salt water drowning
A 42-year-old man drowned at Gunyah Beach while attempting to rescue another adult in difficulty in a rip. Despite resuscitation efforts by bystanders, he could not be revived. The coroner identified inadequate warning s…
31y · Male·coronary occlusion contributed to by atheroma
David John Pendergast, a 31-year-old Aboriginal Australian prisoner at Alice Springs Correctional Centre, died from coronary occlusion contributed to by severe atheroma on 10 June 2001. He suffered a massive cardiac arre…
83y · Male·Traumatic asphyxia in a man with coronary artery atherosclerosis
Norman Anderson, 83, died from traumatic asphyxia when he became entrapped face-down in the mesh webbing of a Siltex 'Disappearing Cotside' bed rail at Toorak House aged care facility on 14 November 2000. The coroner fou…
39y · Male·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
Gerhardus Theron, 39, died by suicide in a remand centre on 25 June 2000 by ligature compression of the neck. He had murdered his wife on 28 April 2000 while their four children were present, and was remanded in custody.…
4y · Female·Drowning in the waters of Lake Leanyer
Hayley Lillian Rose McCurry-Parriman, a 4-year-old Aboriginal girl, drowned at Lake Leanyer Recreation Park on 14 October 2001. She was part of a group of six children supervised by two adults. While playing in shallow w…
26y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (Hanging)
Scott Davidson, a 26-year-old recently sentenced prisoner with paranoid schizophrenia, died by suicide in Casuarina Prison on 5 June 2000. Following sentencing to 9 years imprisonment, he was transferred to Casuarina Pri…
26y · Female·cardiorespiratory arrest due to massive gastric dilatation with gastric rupture
Assunta Petroccia, a 26-year-old woman, died from cardiorespiratory arrest due to massive gastric dilatation with rupture following a bulimic episode. She presented to hospital with severe abdominal pain and was incorrec…
21y · Male·multiple injuries from fall from water tower
A 21-year-old man with acute psychosis was admitted involuntarily to a psychiatric ward after being found climbing a power pole. After 8 days, despite being assessed at moderate suicide risk and displaying poor insight i…
30y · Female·respiratory failure related to bronchopneumonia following cerebral anoxia due to…
A 30-year-old woman with a previous caesarean section attempted a trial of vaginal delivery. She received Syntocinon augmentation at 6:45 AM without prior cervical assessment and epidural analgesia at 7:35 AM. No vaginal…
Male·Robert Harradine: multiple injuries including brain stem transection, cerebral l…
Two teenagers died following a motor vehicle collision on 9 August 2000 in Adelaide. Robert Harradine (16) sustained fatal multiple injuries; Anthony Wilson (15) died from pulmonary contusion with associated injuries inc…
27y · Male·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
Bradley James Savory, a 27-year-old sentenced prisoner at Albany Regional Prison, died by ligature compression of the neck (hanging) on 23 May 2000. He was discovered in his cell during morning unlock with rigor mortis e…
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