334 results
38y · Male·ischaemic heart disease due to severe coronary atherosclerosis
Stuart Murray Chalklen, aged 38, died in Adelaide Remand Centre from ischaemic heart disease due to severe coronary atherosclerosis. He complained of left shoulder pain (a recognised symptom of cardiac disease) to cellma…
Male·Self-inflicted hanging
Leon Mark Carroll died by hanging in prison while on remand for sexual offences. Initial assessment identified significant suicide risk, but this was reversed by the High Risk Assessment Team after only 5-6 minutes consi…
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 escalating domestic violence over 12 years (including bo…
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…
43y · Female·stab wound to the chest; contributing factors were aspiration of stomach content…
A 43-year-old Aboriginal woman died from a stab wound to the chest in circumstances that remain unclear. She had a complex history of depression, alcohol dependence, and family crisis (children removed from her care). Sh…
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…
25y · Male·hanging (self-inflicted)
A 25-year-old man with schizophrenia died by suicide while on a Community Management Order following discharge from psychiatric hospital. He had been effectively stabilized on clozapine for years, but in late 2001 reques…
33y · Female·Immersion (drowning) by suicide
Elizabeth Ann Studd, a 33-year-old woman with longstanding borderline personality disorder, died by drowning in the Swan River on 28 August 1999. She had a severely traumatic childhood characterised by emotional neglect,…
17y · Male·cranial and facial trauma
A 17-year-old male with acute schizophrenia died from cranial and facial trauma after running off a 15.6-metre cliff during a psychotic episode. Hours before, he had been seen by a trainee psychologist who failed to reco…
17y · Male·Cerebral ischaemia caused by hanging at Quamby Youth Detention Centre at approxi…
Mark Watson, a 17-year-old boy charged with assault, was detained at Quamby Youth Detention Centre. During his second remand in September 1996, after a failed hospital admission, he returned to the same unit where he had…
21y · Male·Suffocation from hanging
Shannon Robert Camden, a 21-year-old with longstanding mental health difficulties and previous suicide attempts, died by hanging in cell A1 of the Belconnen Remand Centre on 15 April 1996 while on remand awaiting trial f…
19y · Male·Hanging (self-inflicted)
Jacob Van Berlo, a 19-year-old male, died by hanging following a suicide. He had a history of depression treated with sertraline and an uncontrolled gambling addiction. On the day of death, after receiving his weekly pay…
40y · Male·neck compression consequent upon hanging
Ross Campbell, a 40-year-old man with a history of family violence perpetration, alcohol abuse, and undiagnosed mental illness, died by hanging. He had attended a Men's Behavioural Change Program in 2011 following a fami…
19y · Male·complications of ligature compression of the neck
Stanley John Inman, 19-year-old Aboriginal male, died by suicide at St John of God Midland Hospital on 13 July 2020, two days after ligature compression of the neck at Acacia Prison. He was on low-level ARMS (at-risk man…
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