Coronial

6 results for developmental language disorder

NSWhospital2019-05-14

Inquest into the death of Shaun BELL

4y · Male·Peritoneal sepsis caused by a perforated duodenal ulcer

A 4-year-old boy with significant global developmental delay and non-verbal communication died from peritoneal sepsis caused by a perforated duodenal ulcer. …

emergency medicinepaediatricsdiagnosticcommunication
NThome2021-11-25

Inquest into the death of Sammy

9y · Female·suicide by hanging

A 9-year-old Aboriginal girl died by suicide while in out-of-home care. She had been removed from her Aboriginal parents at 10 months of age and placed with non-Aboriginal carers despite legislation requiring Aboriginal …

paediatricspsychiatrysystemdelaymethylphenidate
NSW2025-02-28

Inquest into the death of Cameron De Vries

20y · Male·Drowning precipitated by a seizure

Cameron De Vries, a 20-year-old man with severe autism spectrum disorder and global developmental delay, died by drowning precipitated by a seizure in a bathtub at a disability s…

emergency medicineneurologydiagnosticsystemranitidine
VICcommunity2025-08-27

Finding into death of Harley James Smith

7y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (passenger)

A 7-year-old boy died in a head-on motor vehicle collision after his father deliberately drove their newly purchased car into an oncoming truck. The father had recently experienced severe stress following his partner's d…

paediatricspsychiatrycommunicationsystemmirtazapine
NTcommunity2025-07-07

Inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker

19y · Male·fatal gunshot wounds to the chest and back from three rounds fired by Constable …

Kumanjayi Walker, a 19-year-old Warlpiri/Luritja man with complex trauma history, was fatally shot three times on 9 November 2019 during an attempted arrest in Yuendumu. The coroner found the death was avoidable and resu…

emergency medicinegeneral practicediagnosticprocedural
WAcommunity2019-02-07

Inquest into the 13 Deaths of Children and Young Persons in the Kimberley Region

Ligature compression of the neck (hanging) in 12 cases; one open finding

This complex coronial inquest examined 13 Aboriginal children and young persons who died by suicide in the Kimberley Region between 2012–2016. The coroner found 12 deaths were suicides and one open finding. Common contri…

psychiatrypaediatricsdiagnosticcommunicationalcohol

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