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67y · Female·bronchopneumonia and acute liver failure on a background of liver cirrhosis and …
Valerie Kelly, a 67-year-old woman with cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and multiple comorbidities, died at Royal Perth Hospital from bronchopneumonia and acute liver failure. She was in custody at Bandyup Women's P…
65y · Male·Drowning
Charles Donald Bates, aged 65, disappeared while fishing off Ningaloo Reef near Coral Bay on 28 July 1977 after his boat was swamped and capsized by a freak wave. Both men were thrown into the water; his companion surviv…
27y · Male·Misadventure - drowning following immersion in sea after slipping from rocks
Malcolm Andrew Carpenter, aged 27, disappeared while fishing from rocks at Mutton Bird Beach, Albany, Western Australia on 25 May 1975. He slipped into the water and was never recovered. This coronial finding, investigat…
61y · Male·Suicide
Richard Lakeman Ryall, a 61-year-old mechanic, disappeared in November 1986 after leaving a letter indicating his intention to end his life due to perceived cancer pain. His vehicle was found abandoned near Lake Muir, We…
73y · Male·Complications, including multi-organ failure and pneumonia, of chronic obstructi…
Alexander Robert Eatts, a 73-year-old prisoner with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive cardiac failure, and multiple comorbidities, died from complications of COPD including multi-organ failu…
54y · Female·combined drug toxicity (heroin, morphine, cannabis, and prescription medications…
Laureen Kaye Reilly, aged 54, died from combined drug toxicity involving heroin, cannabis, and prescription medications including antipsychotics and mood stabilizers. She had complex mental health disorders, acquired bra…
73y · Male·metastatic carcinoma of the lung with palliation
Norman Hazelgrove, a 73-year-old prisoner, died from metastatic lung carcinoma in September 2017. Early in his imprisonment (2013), a chest X-ray showed COPD but this diagnosis was not formally documented or managed desp…
22y · Male·Unascertained; most likely immersion following fall or jump from vessel deck
Qianfang Zhang, a 22-year-old Chinese national employed as a mess boy on the bulk carrier Stella Anita, disappeared on 16 September 2017 in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia. He was last seen alive at 8 pm wearing a…
38y · Male·Hallucination, dehydration and exposure, exacerbated by untreated mental illness…
Gordon Colley, a 38-year-old Aboriginal man from the Marto people, disappeared on 7 December 1997 from Mundiwindi Station near Newman, Western Australia. He was known to have mental health issues requiring anti-psychotic…
38y · Male·death not established
This finding concerns Charles O'Neill, who disappeared from Dampier, Western Australia in April 1969. No medical or clinical issues were involved. The coroner was unable to establish beyond reasonable doubt that Mr O'Nei…
70y · Male·Open finding - manner and cause undetermined
Jackie Palmer, a 70-year-old Aboriginal man, disappeared from a bush camp near Capricorn Roadhouse, Newman on 31 December 1994. An extensive search involving police, trackers, and aircraft was conducted over several days…
55y · Male·Drowning - lost at sea
Andrew Inez Rodrigues, a 55-year-old Indian waiter employed on the bulk carrier MV Chennai Nermai, disappeared at sea on 18 December 1993 while the vessel travelled from Fremantle towards Cape Naturaliste Reef, Western A…
2y · Female·Misadventure - most likely drowning or shark attack while in or near rock pools …
Gloria Anne McCarthy, aged 22 months, disappeared while swimming on a beach at One Arm Point on the Dampier Peninsula in November 1972. Her mother had allowed the three young children to swim in rock pools approximately …
21y · Male·Drowning
Arthur Edwin Mozes, a 21-year-old Dutch third assistant engineer aboard the bulk carrier MBC Lyra, disappeared on 6 October 1971 while the vessel was anchored off Dampier, Western Australia. The coroner established beyon…
37y · Male·valvular and ischaemic heart disease
Eric Wumbie, a 37-year-old Aboriginal male prisoner, died from valvular and ischaemic heart disease on 13 April 2016 following intraoperative cardiac arrest during planned cardiothoracic surgery at Fiona Stanley Hospital…
48y · Female·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Tania Marie Hodgkinson, a 48-year-old Aboriginal woman, died by suicide via ligature compression while remanded at Bandyup Women's Prison on 23 March 2017. She had been admitted with heroin withdrawal symptoms, grief fro…
34y · Male·unascertained; most likely immersion after swimming at City Beach
Jose da Silva, a 34-year-old man with a history of schizophrenia and problematic alcohol use, disappeared on 30 April 2017 from Perth, Western Australia. The coroner found he died on or about that date, most likely from …
Unknown·asphyxiation in a child with drug effect
Two young children, aged 5 and 3, died following filicide by their father during a parental separation. The father purchased sedative medication (Restavit) on the afternoon of the deaths and administered it to the childr…
Male·immersion (confirmed for Justin O'Neill and Jacob Pham; unascertained for Uock P…
This tragic inquest examined the sinking of the recreational fishing vessel 'Yeah Buoy' on 4 October 2018 in the Indian Ocean near Rottnest Island, Western Australia, which resulted in four deaths: Uock Pham (50), Tuan P…
7y · Female·aspiration pneumonia leading to multi-organ failure in a female child with compl…
A child with severe cerebral palsy, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, microcephaly and seizure disorder died of aspiration pneumonia leading to multi-organ failure. Born with severe perinatal brain injury, she had comple…
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