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44y · Male·unascertained - may have been injury from fall, drowning, or predation from mari…
David Ingram, a 44-year-old deckhand, disappeared from the cargo vessel Maersk Mover on 24 September 2021 in the Indian Ocean off Exmouth, WA. He had an undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenia with a history of anxiety, depre…
58y · Male·unascertained
Peter James Guidera, a 58-year-old man with a history of depression, suicidal ideation, and previous suicide attempts, disappeared on 8 May 1998 from Narrogin, Western Australia, shortly after receiving a distressing pho…
41y · Female·complications of intracerebral haemorrhage due to ruptured aneurysm
Dannielle Stacey Lowe, a 41-year-old Aboriginal woman, died in custody at Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison from complications of intracerebral haemorrhage due to a ruptured cerebral aneurysm. Critical missed opportunities in…
48y · Male·Complications of human immunodeficiency virus infection with terminal palliative…
Travis Dion Baumgarten was a 48-year-old Aboriginal man serving a prison sentence at Acacia Prison in Western Australia who died on 5 December 2022 from complications of untreated HIV/AIDS. After HIV diagnosis in 1994, h…
23y · Male·Multiple injuries from being struck by train
Jalen Hunter Norris, aged 23, died by suicide when struck by a train on 9 April 2021. He was experiencing paranoid delusions and had recently been arrested for criminal damage and cannabis possession after an incident at…
64y · Male·complications in association with thermal injuries in a man with underlying chro…
Kim Vulich, a 64-year-old man with decompensated liver cirrhosis from chronic alcohol use, developed hepatic encephalopathy and cognitive impairment including possible Korsakoff syndrome. Despite SAT guardianship orders …
38y · Male·electrical injury
Benjamin Van Trigt, a 38-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, died by electrocution at home on 17 November 2022 while on a Community Treatment Order (CTO). He had experienced multiple psychiatric relapses requirin…
41y · Male·Unascertained - may have resulted from injuries sustained in fall from vessel or…
Tanghui Huang, a 41-year-old Chinese able seaman, disappeared from a bulk carrier vessel off Dampier, Western Australia on 21 April 2012. He was last seen painting the mooring winch at 11:30 am and was presumed to have f…
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'…
50y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Matthew Francis Leach, a 50-year-old man with longstanding alcohol dependence, depression, and a history of suicide attempts, died by ligature hanging in his cell at Hakea Prison shortly after being sentenced to 12 month…
22y · Male·Immersion in water (drowning) in a man with combined drug effect
Jaxon Charles Kinnane, 22, drowned in the Swan River on 12 October 2020. He had chronic schizophrenia with persistent delusional beliefs (microchip in ear) and was a polysubstance user, particularly methylamphetamine. He…
32y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging) in a man with methadone and methylamp…
Kingsley Garlett, aged 32, died by hanging in a maximum security prison cell on 31 July 2022. The evidence indicates his death was an impulsive response to relationship conflict with his partner revealed through prison p…
31y · Female·organ failure due to anorexia nervosa
Chloe Tupper died of organ failure due to severe anorexia nervosa at age 31. She had suffered from this illness for 17 years since age 14, receiving multiple episodes of hospital-based refeeding that never achieved lasti…
49y · Male·combined drug toxicity
Karl Turner, a 49-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and chronic polysubstance use, died from combined drug toxicity (heroin, morphine, pregabalin, methylamphetamine, and cannabis). He was managed on a Community …
31y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Stephen Sherwood, a 31-year-old Aboriginal man with untreated mental health issues and history of methylamphetamine use, died by suicide on 13 April 2022. He had attempted suicide by wrist-cutting on 30 March 2022 and th…
36y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 36-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, traumatic brain injury, and substance use disorder died by ligature while an involuntary inpatient in a locked mental health ward. He was on hourly observations and had re…
48y · Female·Combined drug toxicity (predominantly methadone)
Amy Rebecca Deane-Johns, aged 48, died from combined drug toxicity predominantly involving methadone that she had taken without knowledge or authorization. She had a long history of mental illness with 18 inpatient admis…
48y · Male·metastatic high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma, treated palliatively
Lindsay Woods, a 48-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, organic psychosis, and ischaemic heart disease, died from metastatic high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma. He was subject to a custody order…
34y · Male·Gunshot injuries to chest and left shoulder
Joseph Abela, a 34-year-old with chronic paranoid schizophrenia and polysubstance use, died from gunshot wounds inflicted by police during a mental health welfare check on 25 October 2021. Critical clinical failures prec…
49y · Male·Unascertained - cardiac arrhythmia with terminal aspiration in an overweight man…
Phillip Veltman, 49, died of unascertained cause (likely cardiac arrhythmia with terminal aspiration) while an involuntary psychiatric patient at Bentley Mental Health Services. He presented to Royal Perth Hospital ED on…
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