7y · Female·Explosion caused intentionally by Charlie Hinder; children died instantly from b…
…ognition that coercive control and psychological abuse without prior physical violence can precede lethal filicide; failure of child safety services to identify specific threats to children; police assessment failure to …
44y · Female·inhalation of products of combustion and burns (suicide)
On 19 February 2018, Anne Wachera Muhoro deliberately lit a fire at her home in Bonner, ACT, with the intention of taking her own life, having killed her two children Ezvin (aged 8) and Furaha (aged 5) hours before. Post…
4y · Female·Injuries sustained in fall from height
…d training and information sharing between healthcare, legal, and protective services is essential. While filicide cannot be reliably predicted, strengthening family violence responses generally may reduce such deaths.
0y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained from impact with the ground from an extended height …
A 4-month-old boy fell from a third-floor balcony on 14 July 2015 in Melbourne, resulting in multiple injuries including abdominal stab wounds. His mother, despite experiencing postpartum depression and social isolation …
37y · Female·Effects of fire
…ve for drugs and alcohol. The coroner concluded Jasmine experienced an acute psychotic episode leading to filicide-suicide. Medical review found appropriate assessment and treatment of her mild depression by her GP and p…
3y · Female·Undetermined, consistent with suffocation or drowning
…ed 3 years, was killed by her father Charles Mihayo on 20 April 2014 during a custody visit, in a case of filicide within a context of family violence and parental conflict. The death occurred after her parents separated…
8y · Male·Suffocation
…tunities in the healthcare services provided. The tragedy highlights the challenge of identifying risk of filicide in community settings and the importance of integrated information-sharing between multiple contacts in a…
2y · Female·acute blood loss as a result of stabbing injuries
…le earlier intervention might have been pursued, there is no evidence it would have prevented this tragic filicide. The father had previously attended counselling and family violence programs in 2009 but did not continue…
39y · Female·Gunshot wound to the head
A 39-year-old woman with brief psychotic disorder experiencing suicidal and homicidal ideation killed her 4-year-old daughter and herself. She had been diagnosed with psychosis in 2015, treated with olanzapine, and disch…
3y · Male·smothering
… the mother explained her actions. The case illustrates the profound challenge of predicting rare acts of filicide even in severely mentally ill patients and the limitations of psychiatric assessment in identifying immin…
1y · Female·Suffocation
Sanaya Sahib, age 14 months, died from suffocation on 9 April 2016. Her mother, Sofina Nikat, deliberately suffocated her and left her body in Darebin Creek. Ms Nikat was experiencing significant social isolation, family…
7y · Female·Multiple stab wounds to the back
Claire Perinovic, aged 7, died from multiple stab wounds inflicted by her mother Katica during a filicide-suicide incident. Katica had been diagnosed with First Episode Psychosis in November 2020 and treated by …
4y · Female·Undetermined, consistent with suffocation or drowning
…l within CRAF could have prompted discussion of supervised contact and other protective strategies. While filicide remains unpredictable, better practice at FDR services—particularly comprehensive risk assessment and saf…
Female·multiple injuries from motor vehicle collision (for all five deceased)
Charmaine McLeod died by intentionally driving her vehicle into an oncoming truck, killing herself and her four young children (aged 2-6). She had a longstanding history of complex mental health issues (Borderline Person…
Unknown·asphyxiation in a child with drug effect
Two young children, aged 5 and 3, died following filicide by their father during a parental separation. The father purchased sedative medication (Restavit) on the …
11y · Male·Craniocervical trauma
This coronial finding concerns the death of Luke Geoffrey Batty, age 11, killed by his father Gregory Anderson on 12 February 2014 during a cricket practice. Luke was struck with a cricket bat and stabbed with a knife. T…
3y · Female·gunshot wound to the head
A 3-year-old girl was killed by her mother, who was experiencing a severe psychotic episode with suicidal and homicidal ideation. The mother had a history of Brief Psychotic Disorder (diagnosed 2015), was on olanzapine 1…
3y · Female·Complications of blunt force trauma to the abdomen
A 3-year-old child died from catastrophic abdominal trauma caused by her mother's partner deliberately stepping on her abdomen with his full body weight (~100kg), causing liver rupture and massive intra-abdominal haemorr…
3y · Male·Multiple stab wounds to the back
Matthew Perinovic, aged 3 years, died from multiple stab wounds inflicted by his mother Katica during a first-episode psychosis. Katica had been receiving mental health treatment from NorthWestern Mental Health Service f…
0y · Male·Head injury in the setting of chronic subdural haemorrhage
Kaleb Baylis-Clarke, a 17-week-old infant, presented to hospital on 14 January 2016 with a head lump, vomiting, raised fontanelle and reduced milk intake. Cranial ultrasound showed fluid in subdural spaces. MRI on 15 Jan…
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