254 results for “family violence and abuse”
55y · Male·Hanging
…s Order. He had presented to mental health services multiple times in September 2019 with suicidal ideation and attempts, precipitated by relationship breakdown and alcohol/methamphetamine use. Following release in Dece…
41y · Male·asphyxia due to neck compression following ligature suspension (hanging)
DR was a 41-year-old man with bipolar disorder, severe alcohol dependence, and multiple psychosocial stressors including family violence, homelessness, and financial crisis. In October 2…
3y · Female·Bilateral Bronchopneumonia (Streptococcus Pyogenes/Staphylococcus Aureus) with k…
…reventable. The coroner identified critical failures: DCJ's Muswellbrook CSC lacked capacity to assess the family, leading to referral to Brighter Futures without a safety assessment despite high-risk circumstances inclu…
78y · Female·Complications of prolonged immobility and malnutrition in a woman with retroperi…
A 78-year-old woman with schizophrenia, depression, and undiagnosed retroperitoneal lymphoma died from septic shock complicating severe pressure ulcers, malnutriti…
2y · Male·Asphyxiation due to neck and/or chest compression
A 2-year-old boy died from asphyxiation due to chest and neck compression inflicted by his mother during an acute manic psychotic episode. The mother had been admit…
33y · Male·unascertained
… 33-year-old with a history of drug use, disappeared on 24 August 2016 after being observed acting paranoid and erratically while substance-affected. His remains were found in a burrow near Woorinen in February 2017. Th…
49y · Female·Doreen Langham: combination of spleen injury and effects of fire; Gary Hely: eff…
…led by her intimate partner Gary Hely in an intimate partner homicide-suicide on 22 February 2021 in Queensland. The death was preceded by extensive domestic violence including physical assaults, coercive control, stalk…
73y · Female·Unknown due to decomposition
Mrs Chrupalo, a 73-year-old woman with physical disability, cognitive impairment and alcohol dependency, was discharged from Dubbo Base Hospital on 8 July 2015 against medical advice despite b…
30y · Male·neck compression from ligature strangulation and possible suspension (hanging)
… (wagering ~$11,000 in one week), concurrent relationships complicated by infidelity, visa status concerns, and responsibility for Amelia's death. His communications to a former partner on 10–11 January contained expres…
Female·Domestic violence homicides: Miss Yunupiŋu—stab wound to chest; Ngeygo Ragurrk—b…
This landmark coronial finding examines four domestic violence deaths of Aboriginal women in the Northern Territory—M…
0y · Female·Unascertained
…eeping environment while staying with relatives in Sydney. She was placed in a pram in her parents' bedroom and was found not breathing on the morning of 17 August 2014. The exact time of discovery remains unclear, but …
30y · Male·unascertained
A 30-year-old male died between 9 and 10 November 2023 with an unascertained cause. His body was discovered on 20 November in significant decompo…
46y · Female·Ms Glendinning: multiple sharp force injuries (suicide); Jane Cuzens: multiple i…
This tragic case involved a mother with severe untreated psychosis who killed her two daughters and then herself. Ms Glendinning had a longstanding history of paranoid delusions, cannabis use, and mental hea…
38y · Male·combined effects of inhalation of products of combustion and incineration
Paul Scott Roberts, aged 38, died from incineration and inhalation of combustion products after setting himself alight during police attendance at his home on home…
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…
Multiple causes: Child 1 - blunt force trauma to chest and abdomen; Child 2 - he…
… involving parents' partners as perpetrators. Children 1-4 died from blunt force trauma, head injury, fire, and neck laceration respectively. Key systemic failures identified: inadequate cumulative harm assessment; insu…
27y · Male·hydrocarbon inhalation
This inquest involved three deaths from petrol inhalation (1999-2001) on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands. All three deceased were chronic sniffers (10+ years) who died from respiratory depression/asphyxia with d…
terminal palliative care in a girl with a clinical diagnosis of aspiration pneum…
…a whilst in state care following removal from her mother's care. Her mother, HC, had chronic benzodiazepine and opioid dependence, presenting substance-affected whilst caring for her profoundly disabled daughter who req…
27y · Male·Dextromethorphan toxicity
Mr ZJF, a 27-year-old man with a longstanding history of schizophrenia, polysubstance use disorder, and depression, died from dextromethorphan toxicit…
11y · Male·Bronchopneumonia and small bowel necrosis with perforation, in a boy with multic…
…mber 2010, causing severe lifelong neurological impairment including cerebral palsy, uncontrolled seizures, and blindness. The cause of the initial injury remains unknown. He was placed in the care of his devoted patern…
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