0y · Female·head and neck injuries
A 4-month-old girl (Baby H) died from head and neck injuries caused by violent shaking inflicted by her mother on 28 May 2017. She had presented to an…
10y · Male·catastrophic brain injury with multiple brain bleeds
A 10-month-old child died from catastrophic brain injury with multiple brain bleeds inflicted by their mother's boyfriend during an episode of care at home. The pe…
52y · Male·Significant blunt head trauma suffered from an assault inflicted by known person…
Chi Khanh Huynh, a 52-year-old man with long-standing drug dependencies and prior head trauma from a September 2018 scooter accident, died following a severe assault by Cheng Chia involving mult…
93y · Female·blunt trauma with head injury on a background of ischaemic heart disease
Dorothy Mavis Baum, 93, died at Flinders Medical Centre from blunt trauma with head injury following an unprovoked assault by another nursing home resident with a plastic chain. Critical clin…
Male·Gunshot injury to the head
Matthew Worthington died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head during a 21-hour police siege at his home in Bayswater, Western Australia, on …
33y · Male·Contact range shotgun injury to the head
A 33-year-old man died from a contact range shotgun injury to the head while subject to a Mental Health Act apprehension order. Police conducted a six-hour operation…
59y · Male·Hanging
… inadequate removal despite policy breaches (makeshift clothesline visible to staff). The death was self-inflicted but clinical escalation, risk reassessment timing, and environmental safety measures warrant review.
2y · Male·traumatic head injury
A 2-year-7-month-old boy died from traumatic head injury inflicted by person(s) unknown after experiencing severe and escalating physical abuse over weeks. D…
28y · Male·gunshot injury of head, self-inflicted
Jason Neil Richards, aged 28, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on or about 21 June 2011 at Coondambo Station, South Australia. He had consume…
2y · Male·Unascertained causes; on balance of probabilities, inflicted injuries on evening…
Daniel Thomas, aged 2 years 8 months, died on 13 October 2003 from unascertained causes, likely inflicted injuries resulting from abuse. He had been living with Ms Martyn from September 2003, during which time …
0y · Male·Head injury from non-accidental trauma (forced shaking) occurring on 11 May 2009
Baby R, born at 28 weeks gestation, died of non-accidental head injury sustained on 11 May 2009 when forcefully shaken by a person or persons unknown while in parental car…
24y · Female·Shotgun injury to the head
Amy Wensley died from a shotgun wound to the head on 26 June 2014. Whether self-inflicted or inflicted by another remains undetermined. Detectives prematurel…
1y · Male·head injury
Baby S, a 12-month-old boy, died from head injuries inflicted by his mother's de facto partner, Mr B, while the mother was away obtaining heroin. The …
34y · Male·hypovolaemic shock due to stab wound to the neck
Ashton Frederick Jones, aged 34, died from hypovolaemic shock following a stab wound to the neck inflicted by Caleb Adams on 12 October 2020. Jones approached Adams's unit in the early hours with socks on his ha…
59y · Female·blunt force head trauma
Sandra Deacon, aged 59, died from blunt force head trauma inflicted by multiple axe blows to the head by Garry Weigand on 30 September or 1 October 2014 at Bu…
50y · Male·Single, contact-range shotgun discharge to the head
Carmelo Gusman, a 50-year-old man, died from a self-inflicted shotgun wound after killing his wife in a murder-suicide. His death followed a workplace back injury tha…
38y · Male·Internal haemorrhage complicating large calibre gunshot wounds to the neck
Grant MacLeod, aged 38, died from a gunshot wound to the neck inflicted by Constable Mark Buckingham during a police response to reports of an armed person at a service station…
64y · Male·Gunshot injury to head
Jacob Louis Viergever, a 64-year-old man, fatally shot his wife of 36 years and their three dogs, then set their Mount Macedon home alight and shot himself on 29 March 2010. The coroner found Mr Viergever was driven by f…
26y · Male·Gunshot injury to the head (self-inflicted)
… obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety, alcohol dependence, and a history of violence, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was under treatment by a psychiatrist and psychologist who were not fully informed of …
35y · Male·unknown
…had a significant psychiatric history including multiple suicide attempts, the most serious being a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in 1986. He had chronic alcohol use disorder and was living in a refuge for al…
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