278 results for “intimate partner violence”
37y · Female·unlawful killing
…'s vehicle the day after her disappearance. The case illustrates failure to recognise escalating domestic violence risk, inadequate police response to breach reports, and the dangers faced by women leaving abusive relati…
62y · Male·Shotgun injury to the head
…sis following marital separation, family estrangement over infidelity, and police intervention for family violence. Critical clinical and systemic failures included: inadequate mental health assessment despite explicit s…
48y · Female·Head injuries
…rgical intervention. Her estranged husband was later convicted of her murder. The coroner examined family violence risk factors including controlling behaviour, custody disputes, and separation trauma. Clinical context i…
27y · Female·Intracranial haemorrhage with associated blunt head, chest and abdominal trauma
A 27-year-old Aboriginal woman was killed by her violent partner while he was on parole with conditions explicitly prohibiting contact with her. Despite documented escala…
58y · Female; male·Lynette: Thermal injuries (extensive burns) and complications thereof; Alan: Nec…
Two related deaths from domestic violence murder-suicide. Lynette Thompson (58, Aboriginal woman) died from severe burns inflicted by her partner A…
75y · Female·Multiple injuries including stab wounds to the chest
A 75-year-old woman was fatally stabbed by her son during a family violence incident. Her son had a 20-year history of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder with poor medicatio…
31y · Male·Stab wound to the neck
Michael Power, aged 31, was fatally stabbed in the neck by his de facto partner Stacey Edwards on 22 November 2016 following an escalating pattern of bidirectional family violence. Whil…
61y · Female·Gunshot injury to head
Catherine Anne Viergever, aged 61, died from a gunshot injury to the head inflicted by her husband on 29 March 2010 at their Mount Macedon home. Contributing factors included sertraline toxicity, benzodiazepine use, and …
29y · Female·Cocaine toxicity
…e been called within minutes. The death occurred in the context of a relationship characterised by family violence perpetrated by Dr S., including physical abuse, emotional abuse, coercive control, and an allegation of n…
27y · Female·Multiple sharp force injuries
…ultiple sharp force injuries. The coroner's investigation revealed a prolonged pattern of severe domestic violence, physical abuse, emotional control, and social isolation. Multiple service providers—including Campbell P…
56y · Male·Multiple blunt force trauma to the head and neck
…ns the homicide of Mark Leslie Missen (56 years old) by his son Nathan in January 2016 following a family violence incident. The autopsy revealed death from multiple blunt force trauma to the head and neck. The case invo…
41y · Female·intra-abdominal haemorrhage caused by a ruptured spleen due to blunt force traum…
…afety or assessing the boyfriend's fitness to care for her. Critical failures included: ignoring domestic violence protocols, failing to follow up on information from neighbours about prior violence, not investigating th…
30y · Male·neck compression from ligature strangulation and possible suspension (hanging)
…y infidelity, visa status concerns, and responsibility for Amelia's death. His communications to a former partner on 10–11 January contained expressions consistent with suicidal ideation. Clinical lessons centre on reco…
37y · Female·Contact gunshot wound to the head
…citors about obtaining protective orders on 21 April 2015. Her solicitors advised that obtaining a family violence order through the Magistrates Court would take a month or two, and recommended she seek a police family v…
45y · Female·mixed drug toxicity including heroin and methylamphetamine
…on 24 February 2020. Police attended her location after she breached a trespass notice and interim family violence order by visiting her violent partner's home. Officers found her highly intoxicated and unable to stand o…
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—Miss Yunupiŋu (2018), Ngeygo Ragurrk (2019), Kumarn …
29y · Female·Multiple stab wounds to the neck
A woman was fatally stabbed 12 times in the neck by her husband during an escalating family violence situation. She had disclosed family violence to Victoria Police on multiple occasions and to her General …
43y · Female·suffocation
…, was killed by her husband through suffocation on 7 March 2017 after years of coercive control, physical violence, and emotional abuse. A critical police response on 17 August 2016 when Ms K reported car vandalism faile…
2y · Female·Blunt force injury to the abdomen
A two-year-old girl died from blunt force injury to the abdomen, sustaining internal injuries including pancreatic rupture, jejunal rupture, and liver trauma with significant intra-abdominal hemorrhage. Evidence indicate…
3y · Female·Effects of fire deliberately set by mother in motor vehicle
…er services had adequate contact with the family prior to the incident. Evidence revealed multiple family violence risk factors including potential coercive control by the father, social isolation, and emotional abuse. W…
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