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0y · Female·head injuries
Twin infant died of head injuries inflicted by her mother, a previously well-functioning woman suffering unrecognized postnatal depression during the stressful period of managing unsettled twins with colic and poor weigh…
1y · Female·head injury from non-accidental trauma
Chloe Murphy, an 11-month-old girl, died from severe head injuries on 5 December 2010 after being left in the care of a babysitter (Mrs Jenkins) on 3 December. Medical assessment revealed a skull fracture, bilateral subd…
0y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy caused by multiple factors including lung abnor…
Elsie Coghill, a newborn, died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to multiple factors including an underlying lung abnormality from antenatal distress, an undetected apnoeic episode during transfer, and undiagnose…
0y · Male·head injury of undetermined aetiology
Christopher O'Sullivan died aged 29 days from head injury of undetermined aetiology. He presented on 15 September 1993 with fixed pupils, cyanosis, and seizure-like activity, progressing to cardiac arrest. Autopsy reveal…
0y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to intra-partum event and E. coli sepsis, s…
Elsie Robertson was a preterm neonate born at 30 weeks gestation from a monochoroidal diamniotic twin pregnancy complicated by Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) treated with laser photocoagulation at 23 weeks. She…
Female·unknown – unable to be determined from available evidence
An unidentified full-term baby girl, named 'Lily Grace', was discovered buried in sand at Maroubra Beach in November 2014. Despite extensive police investigation, her identity, date and place of death, and cause of death…
0y · Female·Blunt head trauma from multiple deliberate blows inflicted by father
Ebony Napier, aged 4 months, died from blunt head trauma resulting from multiple deliberate blows inflicted by her father Bradley Napier-Tucker over several weeks. A critical failure occurred when the South Australian ch…
15y · Female·Hanging
Zakiya, a 15-year-old Barkindji Maraura woman, died by hanging at Mildura Base Hospital following a family argument about repaying a borrowed $300. She had disclosed experiences of childhood sexual abuse by her uncle, ph…
1y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to drowning
A 15-month-old child drowned in a partially-filled, unmaintained home swimming pool after the entrance gate was propped open with a length of wood. The child was playing in the yard while his mother's attention was occup…
0y · Female·perinatal asphyxia
Baby Kylie Hamilton, a 3-day-old neonate, died from perinatal asphyxia following emergency Caesarean delivery during her mother's induced labour. The mother had gestational diabetes and the fetus showed concerning CTG ab…
4y · Female·Haemorrhage due to aorto-oesophageal fistula caused by ingestion of a button bat…
A 4-year-old girl died from aorto-oesophageal fistula and haemorrhage caused by a lithium button battery lodged in her oesophagus for at least 3 days. Critical diagnostic failures occurred: the initial GP failed to consi…
4y · Female·Injuries sustained in fall from height
Darcey Iris Freeman, aged 4, was fatally injured when her father threw her from the West Gate Bridge on 29 January 2009 during a parenting dispute. Her mother had disclosed to GPs fears that the father could harm the chi…
3y · Male·consistent with drowning in a boy with autism (on historical grounds)
Christian, aged 3 years 11 months with autism spectrum disorder and a significant tendency to abscond, died by drowning in the Yarra River after escaping through an unsecured window at his father's house on 30 October 20…
13y · Female·Multiple injuries due to motor vehicle accident
A 13-year-old Aboriginal girl in residential care absconded with a vehicle after an extended violent altercation with youth workers and died in a high-speed motor vehicle crash. She had extensive trauma history, PTSD, re…
Male·Gunshot wound to the head
Five family members were killed by gunshot on the evening of 8 September 2014 at Watch Hill farm, NSW. Geoffrey Hunt shot his wife Kim and their three children (Fletcher aged 10, Mia aged 8, and Phoebe aged 6) before tak…
0y · Female·Global hypoxic-ischaemic injury of unknown cause
A three-day-old girl, Baby Kirat, died from global hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury sustained during co-sleeping with her mother in a hospital maternity ward on 9 July 2013. She was resuscitated and transferred to NICU but…
11y · Male·Craniocervical trauma
This coronial finding concerns the death of Luke Geoffrey Batty, age 11, killed by his father Gregory Anderson on 12 February 2014 during a cricket practice. Luke was struck with a cricket bat and stabbed with a knife. T…
2y · Female·pneumonia in a child with reported recent flu-like illness (multiple viral detec…
Armarnie-Bree Elliott, a 2-year-old with Angelman syndrome, died from pneumonia complicated by oxycodone toxicity. She developed flu-like symptoms in late April while at a women's refuge. On 2 May evening, appearing incr…
0y · Female·Congenital Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B) pneumonia in the setting of compli…
Baby Mabel Windmill was born in a moribund state following emergency caesarean section after complicated labour and died from congenital Group B streptococcal pneumonia. The inquest identified several suboptimal clinical…
15y · Female·Seizure Disorder in association with Long Standing Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopa…
MKP was a 15-year-old girl with severe cerebral palsy (GMFCS level 5) and long-standing hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy who died from a seizure disorder in her foster home on 26 December 2011. She had progressive respir…
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