39 results for “grief and loss”
48y · Female·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Tania Marie Hodgkinson, a 48-year-old Aboriginal woman, died by suicide via ligature compression while remanded at Bandyup Women's Prison on 23 March 2017. She had been admitted with heroin withdrawal symptoms, grief …
45y · Male·Hanging
…hanging after experiencing significant workplace stress. He had consulted his GP in October 2014 regarding grief over his mother's terminal illness and was prescribed sleeping tablets. He was diagnosed with depression i…
26y · Male·hanging by the neck
…anging on 13 July 2009. Six days earlier, his 2-year-old daughter Hayley sustained serious injuries at home and was admitted to St Arnaud Hospital in critical condition. She was subsequently transferred to Royal Childre…
44y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the trunk and right thigh with subsequent blood loss
Christopher McGrail, a 44-year-old man with a history of substance abuse, depression, and trauma following his son's suicide, was shot by NSW Police during a knife confrontation. He presented with …
69y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
…ical Services Unit on 12 April 2022. He was incarcerated following the murder of his wife in September 2020 and had become a paraplegic from a subsequent motor vehicle accident. Despite regular mental health reviews fro…
28y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
…to partner's death from terminal lung cancer. Psychiatrists appropriately assessed him as high suicide risk and initiated involuntary detention procedures. A 000 call taker erroneously transferred the urgent call back t…
38y · Male·Multiple injuries
… a blood alcohol concentration of 0.71%. The death occurred in the context of recent relationship breakdown and unresolved grief following the loss of his wife and children in the 2005 Wangary bushfire. Mr Kay presented…
45y · Male·Shotgun wound to the head
…ot wound during a police response to a domestic violence incident. He had been struggling with depression, grief, alcohol and methamphetamine use for years, and repeatedly expressed suicidal ideation. Police responded a…
16y · Male·Hanging (ligature compression of neck)
Two Indigenous young men, JE (16 years) and JJ (16 years), both died by hanging within four months during a suicide cluster in Mackay, Queensland in 20…
31y · Male·Hanging
…arlier. The coroner found he took his life with prior indication of intent. The deceased had panic disorder and depression and, despite repeated referrals by his GP to psychiatrists, he consistently declined mental heal…
84y · Male·The precise medical cause of death cannot be ascertained
…iberately jumped from a cruise ship balcony into the Tasman Sea, resulting in death. He had expressed longstanding concerns about aging and becoming dependent, had previously discussed suicide with family members and hi…
15y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest
…Police on 11 December 2008 during a mental health crisis. He had stolen two large kitchen knives from Kmart and made threatening statements, explicitly demanding police shoot him. Police attempted verbal commands, OC fo…
46y · Male·Hanging (suicide)
…ions include evidence that he became depressed in the months before death, with changing eating habits, job loss, and social withdrawal. He had limited access to mental health support due to his illegal immigration statu…
34y · Male·hanging
…ttempted suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning two days earlier following workplace stress, shoulder injury, loss of driver's licence, grief, and alcohol abuse. Dr S. discharged him on Form 9 leave despite a dramatic chan…
60y · Male·single gunshot wound to the head, self-inflicted
A 60-year-old man with bipolar disorder, depression, and recent bereavement made a 000 call stating suicidal intent with a firearm. A PoliceLink telephonist (Mr Tan…
13y · Male·Effects of fire due to motor vehicle collision
…ial care, grieving his mother's death one year prior, forcibly entered the facility office with a companion and stole a carer's car keys. They drove to their hometown, lost control of the vehicle due to excessive speed,…
Male·Multiple gunshot wounds from police shooting
…found that while Tyler's actions were deliberate, they were not voluntary—he was overwhelmed by unresolved grief following his father's death, combined with alcohol consumption and profound emotional dysregulation. The …
23y · Male·Michael Shane Chisholm: suicide by hanging. Aaliyaha Jane Webb: killing by suffo…
Michael Chisholm, aged 23, suffocated his two young children—Aaliyaha (8) and Julian (4)—at his home, then hanged himself. A critical failure in police procedure was identified: when th…
68y · Male·UNKNOWN
Mahalingham Sinnathamby disappeared on or about 25 August 2005 from an unknown location and was presumed dead. He was last confirmed alive on 25 August 2005 at approximately 10:00 AM and was reported…
68y · Male·unascertained
…e chronic medical conditions including peripheral neuropathy, chronic pain, atrial fibrillation, dysphagia, and depression disappeared on 25 June 2017. He left home, drove his car to Lancelin Beach (130 km away), and wa…
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