34y · Male·Hanging
A 34-year-old man died by suicide by hanging whilst on remand in a correctional facility. He had disclosed his father's suicide 12 years earlier during initial assessment, but was not identified as self-harm risk. In the…
28y · Male·hanging
A 28-year-old man with treatment-resistant paranoid schizophrenia and substance abuse died by hanging while detained under the Mental Health Act in a closed psychiatric ward. He had chronic auditory hallucinations comman…
24y · Female·asphyxiation due to hanging
Kylie Danielle Hooymans, a 24-year-old woman with depression and anxiety, died by hanging on 13 March 2005 while under community-based mental health care. The coroner found that healthcare providers acted professionally …
36y · Male·hanging, with contributing factors of alcohol dependence and depression
Ross Johns, aged 36, died by hanging on 14-15 June 2021 after a long history of bipolar disorder, major depression, and alcohol dependence. He was discharged from Northside Mental Health Unit on 9 June 2021 following adm…
75y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
A 75-year-old man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, detained under the Mental Health Act in a high-dependency psychiatric unit, died by hanging in his ensuite bathroom. He had been admitted after allegedly assaulting …
27y · Male·Global cerebral ischaemic injury in the setting of hanging
Jamie Kowalewsky, a 27-year-old with long-standing mental health issues including depression, substance abuse (ICE and cannabis), and previous suicide attempt, was voluntarily admitted to a low dependency psychiatric uni…
23y · Male·self-inflicted hanging
Dean Jigili, a 23-year-old Aboriginal man, died by hanging after absconding from Cowdy Ward mental health unit on 13 January 2015. He had first-episode psychosis likely triggered by cannabis use, complicated by apparent …
61y · Male·hanging
Andrew Robert Young, a 61-year-old man with lifelong depression and social phobia, died by hanging on 13-14 January 2020. He had received consistent psychiatric care from an experienced psychiatrist for 16 years using su…
45y · Male·Hanging
A 45-year-old man with depression died by hanging after experiencing significant workplace stress. He had consulted his GP in October 2014 regarding grief over his mother's terminal illness and was prescribed sleeping ta…
24y · Female·hanging
A 24-year-old woman with longstanding depression, anxiety, and a history of self-harm and suicidal ideation died by hanging following a marital conflict. She had been under care of university counsellors and a psychologi…
75y · Male·Hanging
Kelvin Davidson, a 75-year-old man with complex psychiatric history including prior self-harm and attempted hanging, was admitted to Baringa Aged Psychiatric Unit on 27 September 2007. He engaged in wrist-cutting self-ha…
31y · Male·acute neck compression due to hanging
A 31-year-old man with depression, substance use history, and prior suicide attempts presented to the Emergency Department after a motor vehicle accident on 23 July 2014. He expressed suicidal ideation and was appropriat…
21y · Male·Hanging
A 21-year-old male died by hanging on 9 December 2018 following arrest for drink-driving with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.155g/210L. He had been prescribed sertraline 50mg by his GP on 7 November 2018 for depressi…
59y · Male·Hanging
Paul Hannan, a 59-year-old man with significant alcohol dependence and prior mental health issues including depression, died by hanging in custody at Metropolitan Remand Centre in September 2020. He was referred for cust…
54y · Male·compression of the neck due to hanging
Anthony Lanzafame, a 54-year-old remand prisoner, died by hanging in his single cell at Adelaide Remand Centre on 24 May 2016. He had been on remand for 17 months facing murder charges and was undergoing trial when he di…
61y · Male·hanging, the result of actions undertaken by the deceased alone, voluntarily and…
Rickie Underwood Barron, aged 61, died by hanging in Tasmania's Ron Barwick Minimum Security Prison on 10-11 January 2022. He had been incarcerated since 2019 for sexual offences and received appropriate medical care for…
59y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Christopher Hillstead, a 59-year-old prisoner serving a life sentence for wilful murder, died by suicide by hanging on 18 January 2021 at Acacia Prison, Western Australia. He had been pursuing tertiary education (master'…
34y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury caused by hanging
Craig Stevens, aged 34, died from hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury following a suicide by hanging on 17 June 2008. Despite police intervention, critical delays in cutting the ligature around his neck prevented timely resus…
53y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
Neil Heyward, aged 53, died by hanging in Port Augusta Prison on 6 June 2009 while on remand for murder. He had been in custody since December 2007 and was managed by prison social workers and medical staff. Although he …
29y · Male·acute neck compression due to hanging
A 29-year-old Maori man died by hanging in Adelaide Remand Centre while in custody awaiting trial for domestic violence assault. He had been increasingly distressed about separation from his children and made multiple ph…
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