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68y · Male·unascertained
A 68-year-old man with multiple 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 Lanceli…
5y · Female·aspiration of vomit with microscopic early pneumonia, in a child with a history …
A five-year-old girl with cerebral palsy and epilepsy resulting from non-accidental head injuries at two months old died from aspiration of vomit with early pneumonia. Critical lessons: bruising in non-ambulant infants i…
34y · Male·unascertained; most likely drowning/immersion
Carlton Scott Tittums, a 34-year-old deckhand on the commercial prawn trawler Belo Star, entered the ocean without a lifejacket on 27 July 2011 while swimming towards a drifting dinghy. He was last seen swimming towards …
41y · Male·suicide by unknown method, either through deliberate self-harm or by placing him…
Marek Petera, a 41-year-old Slovak-born Australian resident, disappeared from Drysdale River Station in Western Australia on 27 July 1999. He had left a suicide note for his daughter in June 1999, describing severe depre…
0y · Male·Complications in association with fulminant sepsis in an infant (Streptococcus p…
Malakai Paraone, a seven-month-old infant, died from fulminant Streptococcus pyogenes sepsis and septic shock. Over three days, he was seen at three hospitals and a general practice clinic but sepsis was not identified. …
18y · Female·multi-organ failure due to combined effects of environmental exposure (hyperther…
Jessica Jackson, 18, died from multi-organ failure due to combined hyperthermia and dehydration while weight-cutting for an amateur Muay Thai fight. She lost approximately 9 kg in the final week through water-loading, de…
22y · Male·gunshot injury to the chest
Hayden Paul Stacey, 22, died from a gunshot wound to the chest inflicted by police constable Lucinda Boon during a mental health crisis incident on 27 May 2018 at Peel Health Campus, Western Australia. Stacey had called …
22y · Female·bowel obstruction due to faecal impaction
Susan Windie, a 22-year-old with rare congenital abnormalities affecting bowel function, died from bowel obstruction due to faecal impaction complicated by abdominal compartment syndrome. She presented to Carnarvon Hospi…
35y · Male·acute vomit aspiration in a man with acute large intestine obstruction (severe m…
Stephen Michael Kell, a 35-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died at Graylands Hospital from acute vomit aspiration in the setting of acute large bowel obstruction and clozapine-induced gastrointestina…
34y · Female·multiple gunshot wounds to the head
Shirley Finn, a 34-year-old Perth brothel owner, was murdered on 22 June 1975, shot four times in the head in her car near Royal Perth Golf Club. The Deputy State Coroner found cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds …
17y · Female·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 17-year-old girl in state care died by suicide on 16 April 2017 after being discharged from secure care. She had experienced complex developmental trauma, family violence, sexual abuse, and severe alcohol-related liver…
2y · Female·Complications relating to metastatic neuroblastoma
A 2-year-old girl with Stage IV high-risk neuroblastoma (N-myc positive) received intensive, world-class treatment including chemotherapy, surgery, mega-therapy, radiotherapy, and biotherapy at Princess Margaret Hospital…
29y · Male·multiple gunshot wounds
A 29-year-old male died from multiple gunshot wounds inflicted by police Tactical Response Group (TRG) officers during a failed arrest operation. The deceased had stolen firearms, was suspected of being armed, and had ex…
77y · Male·cardiac failure in an elderly man with valvular heart disease and other co-morbi…
Brian Attwell, a 77-year-old sentenced prisoner with multiple chronic conditions including diabetes, chronic renal failure, peripheral vascular disease, and valvular heart disease, died of cardiac failure in hospital. He…
81y · Male·Open finding - unable to determine whether natural causes, exhaustion and disori…
Wilfred Arthur Barrett, an 81-year-old recluse, disappeared in May 1984 from Mount Monger, Western Australia. In the months preceding his disappearance, he was found wandering confused and disoriented on at least two occ…
56y · Male·bronchopneumonia complicated by multiorgan failure and hypoxic ischaemic encepha…
Michael Dyball, a 56-year-old prisoner with chronic kidney disease, hepatitis C, and treated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, collapsed in his prison cell and suffered cardiopulmonary arrest on 28 April 2016. He di…
33y · Male·Exposure to the elements whilst in a mentally unstable state; manner of death Op…
Anthony Johnstone, a 33-year-old Aboriginal man, disappeared in late October 1996 from Wyndham, Western Australia, while in an acutely unstable mental state associated with chronic alcohol use disorder, withdrawal sympto…
22y · Male·Unknown - Open Finding
Christen Lee Fogarty, a 22-year-old man with undiagnosed intellectual disability (cognitive capacity of approximately 12 years old), disappeared from his family home in Newman, Western Australia on 25 July 2002. He had r…
72y · Female·Open Finding - death established but manner and cause unknown
This is a coronial finding from Western Australia concerning the disappearance and presumed death of Kate Campbell Haythornthwaite, a 72-year-old woman who disappeared on 26 January 1968 in Boulder. The coroner establish…
24y · Male·drowning by misadventure following accidental fall overboard from fishing vessel…
Barry Ray Jessen, a 24-year-old deckhand, disappeared from the fishing vessel Cape Palmerston on 17 August 2006 whilst working between Carnarvon and Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia. After falling unexpectedly into …
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