Coroner's Finding: O'Connell, Stephen James
74y · Male·Drowning
Stephen James O'Connell, aged 74, died by suicide by drowning in the Derwent River on 2 October 2024. He had a significant psychiatric history with previou…
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74y · Male·Drowning
Stephen James O'Connell, aged 74, died by suicide by drowning in the Derwent River on 2 October 2024. He had a significant psychiatric history with previou…
71y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity
A 71-year-old man with multiple chronic conditions including obesity, diabetes, heart failure, and chronic pain died from mixed drug toxicity inv…
54y · Male·Unknown - death established on balance of probabilities but manner and cause und…
A 54-year-old man with major depressive disorder, chronic suicidality, and alcohol abuse was discharged from psychiatric hospital on 23 April 2014 while remaining …
52y · Male·Stab injuries to the chest
Mark Edwards, a 52-year-old man, died by suicide via stab injuries to the chest on 11 December 2020. He had suffered a workplace injury in 2007 resulting …
33y · Female·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to plastic bag asphyxia
Jodi McPaul, a 33-year-old woman with long-standing schizophrenia and chronic suicide risk, was admitted involuntarily to Frankston Hospital on 29 March 2007. Despite psychiatric team…
52y · Female·stab wound to the chest
…ered major depressive disorder since 2006, was being treated by psychiatrist Dr F., and had made previous suicide attempts. The inquest concluded she intended her own death while severely distressed, alcohol-affected, a…
38y · Male·Hanging
…and. He had a long history of psychiatric illness, including depression, paranoid schizophrenia, previous suicide attempts, and chronic back pain. He was appropriately identified as elevated baseline risk (EBR) at induc…
66y · Male·carbon monoxide poisoning due to inhalation of exhaust gases from a lawn mower
Paul William Green, a 66-year-old retired engineer with longstanding depression, anxiety, PTSD, and chronic alcohol abuse, died by intentional carbon monoxide poisoning from a lawn mower exhaust. He had a prior su…
39y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…riend. Prior psychiatric assessment at Graylands Hospital (Frankland Centre) identified him as an ongoing suicide risk with chronic suicidal ideation, documented in discharge summaries that arrived at the prison. Critic…
34y · Male·multiple injuries
…son, a 34-year-old man with severe paranoid schizophrenia managed on a Community Treatment Order, died by suicide on 11 November 2013 after stepping in front of a truck. He had been discharged from Graylands Hospital on…
59y · Male·incised injuries to the neck
… with long-standing bipolar affective disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and heavy cannabis use, died by suicide via incised neck wounds while on day leave from Graylands Hospital. He was an involuntary patient under a…
25y · Female·injuries sustained by jumping from the Tasman Bridge
A 25-year-old woman with longstanding borderline personality disorder, chronic suicidal ideation, and substance abuse died by jumping from the Tasman Bridge on 4 January 1996. She pres…
55y · Female·exsanguination due to a gunshot wound to the upper left chest
…ld woman with a 20-year history of depression died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. She had attempted suicide twice in 2019 (July and December) and was managed by her general practitioner and Tasmania Health Service…
37y · Male·mixed drug toxicity with fentanyl as the principal agent
37-year-old Jason Cullen died from mixed drug toxicity with fentanyl as the principal agent. He had chronic idiopathic intracranial hypertension requiring multiple neurosurgeries and was prescribed opioids and ben…
41y · Female·Neck compression and hanging
… mental health conditions including cervical dystonia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, chronic pain, and alcohol use disorder, died by suicide on 4 November 2022. She presented to Ballarat Hospital ED…
39y · Male·Compression of the neck consequent upon hanging
Adrian Young, a 39-year-old voluntary inpatient with severe treatment-resistant depression and chronic anxiety, died by hanging while on day leave from the Melbourne Clinic. He had been under psychiatric care…
32y · Male·Ligature Compression of Neck (Hanging)
…Australia. He was on remand awaiting trial for sexual assault charges. Wesley had a documented history of chronic paranoid schizophrenia, chronic alcohol abuse, and extensive incarceration. The coroner found his death w…
53y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Gregory Laurence Hunt, a 53-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, died by suicide at Graylands Hospital while an involuntary patient. He hanged himself usin…
68y · Male·Hanging
Kent Thomas, aged 68, died by hanging in December 2018. He had experienced chronic tinnitus since 2013 which severely impacted his mental health and quality of life. Despite referral to me…
80y · Male·gunshot wound to the head
An 80-year-old man with chronic back pain died by self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on 1 March 2011. Five days before his death, h…
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