39 results for “family estrangement”
68y · Male·Unknown; likely suicide by unknown means
…-year-old man living alone in Yarraville, disappeared on 3 January 2020 after reporting health concerns to family. He had a history of skin cancer treated in 2015-2017 but was not receiving ongoing medical care. In late …
57y · Male·Unknown - coroner unable to determine
Peter Henrich, a 57-year-old man with a history of schizophrenia, disappeared in Tasmania between November 2017 and January 2018. His van was found abandoned near Poatina with food items expired in early November and no …
48y · Male·Cause of death remains unknown
…ntly experienced significant life stressors: the death of his long-term partner Linda in November 2014, estrangement from his step-daughter, relationship breakdown with Shirley Maclean, and possible financial difficultie…
33y · Male·Argon gas and plastic bag asphyxia
A 33-year-old man died by argon gas inhalation asphyxia using a plastic bag and cylinders purchased from a hardware retailer. He had long-standing depression and anxiety, experienced relationship breakdown and custody di…
51y · Female·blunt force head injuries, stab wounds of the right neck and gagging
Michelle Louise Meades, aged 51, died from blunt force head injuries, stab wounds to the neck, and gagging following a violent assault at a residential unit in Tasmania. Ms Meades had a history of methamphetamine and mar…
18y · Female·Gunshot wound to the head
Rebecka Hans, a 18-year-old woman, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head while police negotiators attempted to engage her at her Darwin River residence. She had called police early on 24 October 2007 expre…
Unknown·Sodium nitrite toxicity
Two deaths from sodium nitrite toxicity: Laurence Cox (63) and his daughter Ryley Cox (32). Laurence had a history of depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and medical conditions including emphysema and legal blindness, and…
26y · Male·Asphyxia in the setting of an irrespirable environment
… acute stressors including relationship breakdown, pending fraud-related legal charges, and isolation from family. The coroner emphasised that inert gas suicide is preventable through restricting access to these gases. T…
56y · Female·acute pentobarbitone toxicity
…arbitone from Mexico via internet, which her partner had previously confiscated. She had new financial and family stressors, and had made a new will days before death benefiting her partner. The coroner recorded an open …
29y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head, self-inflicted
BX, aged 29, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on 17 July 2023 during a police siege at Bowenfels, NSW. Following a domestic violence incident report, police arrived and BX refused entry, triggering a …
50y · Male·Gunshot injury to the head
A 50-year-old man with depression, excessive alcohol use, and cardiac defibrillator died by self-inflicted gunshot injury after a drink-driving incident and receipt of an eviction notice. The coroner found his treating g…
63y · Female·Combined features of bronchopneumonia, emphysema and ischaemic heart disease on …
A 63-year-old woman with depression, anxiety, liver cirrhosis, and chronic drug use died from bronchopneumonia, emphysema, and ischaemic heart disease following a prolonged lie on the ground with hypothermia. She missed …
41y · Female·Nitrate/nitrite toxicity
Jessinda Kiroyan, a 41-year-old woman with a longstanding history of bipolar affective disorder, died from nitrate/nitrite toxicity in May 2019 after intentionally ingesting sodium nitrite obtained from a food ingredient…
54y · Female·neck compression secondary to hanging
Ms NXA, a 54-year-old woman with complex mental health conditions including depression, CPTSD, and anxiety, presented to hospital after a suicide attempt by overdose on 9 August 2021. She was experiencing severe tinnitus…
64y · Female·Combined toxicity to alcohol and baclofen
Anna Lawrence, 64, died from combined toxicity of alcohol and baclofen on 30 April 2020. She had a 40+ year history of alcohol dependency, borderline personality disorder, depression, and multiple suicide attempts. Baclo…
81y · Male·Hanging
…nces experience significant psychological stressors including shame, loss of reputation, social isolation, family dissolution, and unfamiliarity with the criminal justice system—creating elevated suicide risk. The findin…
71y · Female·starvation
A 71-year-old woman with chronic mental illness died of starvation in her home in Tasmania. Police attended on 9 December 2021 for a welfare check and found her severely malnourished, mentally unwell, and unable to care …
60y · Female·hanging
… temporary effects. She lived alone with multiple stressors including relationship breakdown and perceived family estrangement. While receiving comprehensive medical and psychiatric care in her final weeks, there was no …
50y · Male·unascertained
…t-discharge support. Police investigation failures significantly delayed coronial investigation and caused family distress, highlighting importance of prompt notification procedures, evidence preservation, and disclosure…
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