41y · Male·Upper airway obstruction from ingestion of dirt in an intellectually impaired ma…
Darren Hannah, a 41-year-old man with severe intellectual disability, autism, partial blindness and longstanding pica disorder, died from upper airway obstruction after ingesting large quantities of d…
7y · Male·cardiorespiratory failure in a child with cerebral palsy and epilepsy, with acut…
Child KT (Vinnie), age 7, died of cardiorespiratory failure from cerebral palsy and epilepsy after a prolonged hospital admission. He had complex medical needs including chronic respiratory disease, requiring PEG feeding…
82y · Male·unknown
Malcolm McPhail, aged 82, disappeared from his rural property on 30 March 2021 while engaged in his usual weeding activities. He had early signs of dementia, prior episodes of becoming lost, was blind in one eye, and had…
53y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia with septic shock in a man with severe intellectual disabil…
George Manos was a 53-year-old man with severe intellectual disability living in state-funded shared accommodation. His condition—severe disability affecting swallowing and communication—predisposed him to aspiration pne…
Female·Hanging
… in Campsie, NSW. SN had significant life-limiting medical conditions including bilateral micropthalmia (blindness), adrenal insufficiency, hypotonia, and developmental delay. TC became severely depressed following SN's…
39y · Female·multiorgan failure and probable sepsis
Jane Laura Gooding, a 39-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and blindness living in residential care, presented to Knox Private Hospital with fever, shortness of breath, vomiting…
55y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall
Patrick Tolan, a 55-year-old man with chronic depression, alcohol dependence, and multiple suicide attempts, died from injuries sustained in a fall from a shopping centre sign. He had jumped from a parapet four years ear…
57y · Male·Complications of congenital rubella (palliated)
… rubella at his SDA care home. He had complex medical needs including intellectual disability, deafness, blindness, dysphagia, epilepsy, and recent diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma. In September 2023, his health deteri…
43y · Male·Pneumonia and severe epilepsy, with renal cell cancer as a contributing factor
Jason Paul was a 43-year-old man with tuberous sclerosis, cerebral palsy, spastic quadriplegia and severe epilepsy who resided in a Department of Human Services facility. He had progressive renal failure requiring multip…
63y · Male·Bowel obstruction
A 63-year-old man with severe intellectual disability, quadriplegia, and blindness died from bowel obstruction with sepsis. On 5 September 2015, carers noted cough and eating difficulties…
49y · Male·Complications of craniopharyngioma and pan-hypopituitarism
Stephen Ross Gamble, a 49-year-old man with long-standing craniopharyngioma and pan-hypopituitarism, resided in a community residential unit. His condition had been deteriorating in the months before July 2010, with mult…
61y · Male·urosepsis in the setting of chronic suprapubic catheterisation in a man with con…
Wayne Daniel Holland, aged 61, died from urosepsis related to chronic suprapubic catheterisation. He had significant disability from congenital rubella and lived in specialist disability accommodation. He presented to ho…
42y · Male·Cause of death cannot be determined
Robert Mansell, a 42-year-old man, disappeared on 8 August 2015 while allegedly fishing at Salmon Rock with Joshua Kennedy. Kennedy claimed Mansell slipped into cold water retrieving a lure and drowned despite Kennedy's …
6y · Male·respiratory failure due to pneumonia
Richard Ted Kunia was a 6-year-old Aboriginal child with multiple serious congenital conditions including cerebral palsy, epilepsy, severe developmental delay, aspiration syndrome, and microcephaly. He was in state care …
56y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest
Anthony Gaylard, a 56-year-old man with severe intellectual disability living in residential care, suffered a cardiac arrest on 14 September 2012 (note: document states 2007 in one place, 2012 elsewhere; finding date is …
53y · Female·Complications of post-natal encephalitis including epilepsy; sudden unexpected n…
A 53-year-old woman with post-natal encephalitis, deaf, blind, and intellectually disabled, who had been in residential care since age 6, died suddenly at night in her community residential unit. She was found on the flo…
61y · Male·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)
A 61-year-old legally blind man was struck by a motor vehicle while crossing a busy highway with his guide dog. He sustained severe head injuries including subarachnoid and subdural haemorrhage, and diffuse axonal injury…
9y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia due to cerebral palsy and seizures
Nine-year-old Aboriginal girl with severe cerebral palsy, cognitive impairment, and seizure disorder died of aspiration pneumonia in ICU following status epilepticus. She had complex medical needs including PEG feeding, …
Sodium nitrite toxicity
…ar-old man with a history of depression, anxiety, and chronic medical conditions including emphysema and blindness, and his 32-year-old daughter with depression, anorexia, and substance abuse, died from sodium nitrite t…
84y · Female·pneumonia and fracture of the neck of right femur following a fall
Mrs Bell, aged 84, died from pneumonia and a fractured right femoral neck sustained in a fall at a residential aged care facility. She had advanced Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment, impulsive behaviour, and was …
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