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78y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia, epistaxis, and trauma to the face
Joan Hendrickson, a 78-year-old with vascular dementia, was assaulted by a co-resident at an aged care facility in April 2006, sustaining facial trauma and epistaxis. She died from aspiration pneumonia 10 days later. The…
73y · Male·Acute on chronic subdural haematoma due to recent head trauma in the context of …
Brian O'Connor, a 73-year-old man with vascular dementia, was admitted to a mental health inpatient unit following aggressive behaviour. He was placed on 15-minute observations due to Level 3 falls risk. Over several wee…
0y · Female·Myocardial infarction
Jacinta Pascoe, a 4-week-old premature infant, died of myocardial infarction due to unclear aetiology on 10 July 2007. She presented to Austin Hospital via ambulance on 9 July with vomiting, limpness, and grunting. Clini…
Unknown·unknown
This inquest concerned unidentified human skeletal remains discovered in 2009. Forensic anthropological examination by Dr B. of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine determined the bones were a partial, incomplete…
Unknown·Judicial execution
This finding concerns unidentified human remains of a judicially executed prisoner exhumed in 2007 from the Old Melbourne Gaol and Pentridge Prison site. The remains had been historically relocated from the Old Melbourne…
59y · Male·Complications arising from blunt force trauma to the head consistent with a fall
Anthony Rimanich, a 59-year-old storeman, sustained a fatal head injury at work on 3 June 2008 when he fell while counting stock at a warehouse. He was found unconscious on the concrete floor after apparently losing his …
Unknown·unknown
This finding concerns skeletal remains of unknown identity discovered in 2009. A forensic anthropologist examined 16 bones from a single individual with no evidence of trauma. DNA extraction was unsuccessful and ancestry…
Unknown·unknown
This case involved unidentified human skeletal remains discovered during estate disposal. Forensic anthropological examination confirmed co-mingled adult skeletal remains of unknown ancestry, sex indeterminate for some b…
Unknown·unknown
Coroner examined co-mingled skeletal remains of unknown origin discovered during estate settlement of a deceased doctor. Forensic anthropological examination revealed adult male and female bones with evidence of prior us…
85y · Female·Complications of subdural haematoma (evacuated), secondary to fall, contributed …
Patricia Cook, 85, died from complications of a subdural haematoma following a fall at a supported residential service (SRS) while on warfarin for atrial fibrillation. She fell on 30 September 2007, striking her head. Pe…
82y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage secondary to blunt force trauma (fall)
An 82-year-old man resident in a nursing home died from intracranial haemorrhage following a fall. He sustained two falls on 7 March 2009; the first was unwitnessed at 8.24am. When examined after a second fall at 7.35pm,…
20y · Male·pulmonary oedema due to acute on chronic heart failure resulting from dothiepin …
A 20-year-old man died from pulmonary oedema due to acute-on-chronic heart failure resulting from dothiepin overdose. He had complex mental health and substance use issues dating back to age 16. He was prescribed dothiep…
Exothermic chemical reaction and spontaneous combustion of nitrocellulose-based …
A firefighter was critically injured in a fire caused by exothermic chemical reaction of nitrocellulose-based lacquer overspray in a furniture spray booth. Poor housekeeping, accumulation of flammable dust, removal of ex…
31y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
Travis Wayne Freeman, a 31-year-old man with cerebral palsy, scoliosis, and epilepsy, died from aspiration pneumonia at Warragul Hospital on 13 June 2007, five days after admission for acute pneumonia. He was a high-depe…
53y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with Down syndrome and dementia; epilepsy
Raymond Giles, a 53-year-old man with Down syndrome, dementia, epilepsy and recurrent chest infections, died of pneumonia while in residential care. On the morning of his death, staff noted a fever treated with paracetam…
26y · Male·consistent with drowning
Sandeep Bollampally, a 26-year-old Indian international student, drowned at Smiths Beach, Phillip Island on 15 March 2008. While standing on a rock platform with friends to take photographs, he was struck by an unexpecte…
53y · Male·multiple large incised defects to the head and single stab wound to the chest
Mr X, aged 53, was killed by his son Mr A who was subject to a Community Treatment Order (CTO) supervised by Peninsula Health Mental Health Services. Mr A had a complex history of mental illness (schizophreniform paranoi…
1y · Male·Massive head injury
Kalon Tippett, aged 21 months, died from massive head injuries sustained when he fell from a tractor bucket and was run over on a family farm. The child was placed in the bucket of a moving tractor by his father as an al…
26y · Female·Complications of liposuction surgery: sepsis, decreased respiratory function sec…
Lauren James, a 26-year-old woman, died from complications of elective liposuction surgery performed on 19 January 2007. She presented to the clinic on 22 January with severe pain and asymmetrical swelling of her left th…
Female·injuries sustained in an explosion
A 38-foot Halvorsen motor cruiser (Leda II) exploded at a refuelling wharf in May 2008, killing Jennifer and Alexander Elliott. The explosion resulted from petrol vapour accumulation in the bilge, ignited when the port e…
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