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45y · Female·aspiration of vomitus with bowel obstruction due to faecal impaction
Vicki Margaret Greeuw, a 45-year-old woman with schizoaffective disorder, died on 13 May 2007 at Albany Regional Hospital from aspiration of vomitus secondary to bowel obstruction due to severe faecal impaction. She had …
24y · Female·Ligature compression injury to the neck (hanging)
Kirsty Anne Slater, a 24-year-old woman with extensive mental illness and substance abuse history, was found hanging from a tree in a park on 19 April 2006, nine days after absconding from Fremantle Hospital's Alma Stree…
Multiple causes across 22 deaths: ligature compression of the neck (17 hangings)…
This coronial inquiry examined 22 deaths of Aboriginal people in the Kimberley region of Western Australia between 2000 and 2007. Seventeen were self-harm deaths, with four additional accidental deaths and one homicide. …
14y · Female·Ligature compression of the neck (suicide)
Gabrielle Mia Tedeschi, a 14-year-old girl with longstanding oppositional and self-harm behaviours and subsequent depression, died by suicide on 14 October 2004 following a ligature compression injury sustained on 11 Oct…
20y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Leon John Donaldson, a 20-year-old sentenced prisoner with a documented history of self-harm, depression, and suicidal ideation, died by hanging in his cell at Casuarina Prison on 2 September 2004. He had been identified…
42y · Female·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Sheridan Troy Hilton, a 42-year-old woman with a history of depression and substance abuse, died by suicide on 31 August 2003 while in an unwell mental state. She experienced significant psychosocial stressors including …
67y · Male·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
Robert David Abbott, aged 67, died by hanging in the secure ward of Joondalup Health Campus on 19 December 2003. He had a long history of depression exacerbated by chronic pain from a 2000 motor vehicle accident, and req…
36y · Female·Pneumonia complicating combined drug effect
Vicki Anne Greaves, 36, died on 18 March 2004 at Royal Perth Hospital Emergency Department from pneumonia complicating combined drug effect. She was subject to an Intensive Supervision Order for drug-related offences. On…
44y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Geoffrey Stephen Ward, a 44-year-old involuntary psychiatric patient at Graylands Hospital with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, died by hanging on 20 February 2000. He had been progressing well on antipsychotic medicatio…
29y · Male·Penetrating wound to neck with vascular injury to the carotid sheath
Louis Bernard Taylor, a 29-year-old Aboriginal male, died from a penetrating wound to the neck inflicted by himself on 23 August 2002. Recently released from prison after four years incarceration, Louis was attempting to…
20y · Female·Ligature compression of the neck
Jessica Mary Dewhurst, aged 20, died by ligature compression of the neck on 27 May 2003 in the secure ward of Swan Adult Mental Health Services. She had a history of depression, psychosis, substance abuse, and prior suic…
48y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest in a patient with sigmoid colon vo…
Daniel Allan Sullivan, a 48-year-old man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia who had been an involuntary patient at Graylands Hospital for 23 years, presented to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on 13 June 2004 with abdomin…
26y · Female·Asphyxiation due to Ligature Compression of Neck
Peta Dawson, a 26-year-old woman with a history of depression, self-harm, and suicidal ideation following miscarriage and maternal rejection, was admitted to Merredin Hospital on 10 August 2003 after presenting with wris…
58y · Male·Gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis
Bert Sharpe, aged 58, died from gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to erosive gastritis at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on 19 April 2004. He had been an involuntary psychiatric patient at Graylands Hospital since 1992, fo…
36y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained from intentional jump from cliff top
Alexander Albert Steinbrenner, a 36-year-old man with schizo-affective disorder, died from multiple injuries sustained when he jumped from an 11-metre cliff at the Roundhouse in Fremantle on 27 February 2004. He was an i…
39y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Hendrik Jan Groothedde, a 39-year-old remand prisoner at Hakea Prison, died by ligature compression of the neck (hanging) on 31 January 2003. He had been admitted to custody in December 2002 following stabbing an ex-girl…
18y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Damien George Garlett, an 18-year-old Aboriginal remand prisoner at Hakea Prison, died by ligature compression of the neck (hanging) on 4 April 2003. He had a history of self-harm, drug-induced psychosis, violent offence…
23y · Female·Unascertainable
Gretta Ray, 23, died on 17 December 2002 at Bentley Hospital in Western Australia while detained as an involuntary psychiatric patient under the Mental Health Act. She was admitted on 14 December with suspected schizophr…
60y · Female·Aspiration of food in a woman with cerebral atrophy
Jytte Mortensen, a 60-year-old woman with multi-infarct dementia and schizoaffective disorder, died at Graylands Hospital from aspiration of food. She had documented dysphagia requiring a pureed diet and one-to-one super…
33y · Female·Combined drug toxicity, with thioridazine as the principal component, in the con…
Lou Ann Kelly, aged 33, died on 3 April 2003 at Royal Perth Hospital ICU from combined drug toxicity, primarily thioridazine, after consuming large quantities of prescription medications with alcohol. She collapsed at he…
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