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52y · Male·Ischaemic heart disease
Vivian Anderson, aged 52, died of ischaemic heart disease while remanded in custody at Long Bay Correctional Centre. He had significant cardiac history including two previous myocardial infarctions (2000, 2006), high cho…
51y · Male·Stab wound to the heart
Brian Liston, a 51-year-old teacher, died from a stab wound to the heart inflicted by William Cahill during an unprovoked attack at a bus stop in December 2015. Cahill suffers severe treatment-resistant schizophrenia and…
37y · Male·Unascertained
Kenneth Klees, aged 37, disappeared on 1 February 2021 and was found deceased on Mollymook beach on 26 February 2021. He had a history of depression, anxiety, poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, and obsessive-compulsive d…
44y · Male·Complications of a Left Temporal Lobe Abscess
Mootijah was a 44-year-old Aboriginal man who died from a brain abscess originating from an untreated chronic ear infection. He had documented hearing impairment and a history of chronic ear disease requiring ENT special…
33y · Male·multiple gunshot wounds to the head, trunk and limbs
Daniel King died following multiple gunshot wounds sustained during a police operation. He had acquired a firearm and attended three locations in western Sydney, discharging it before arriving at Penrith Police Station w…
43y · Male·Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy due to out of hospital cardiac arrest, secondar…
Richard Navarro, a 43-year-old man with severe obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), morbid obesity, hypertension, and recurrent pneumonia, died of hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest while in custody at …
5y · Male·Presumed drowning
CS, aged 5 years 9 months, died by presumed drowning on 2 March 2017 in the Murray River, Moama NSW. His mother LS, who was mentally unwell and using ice, forcibly held him underwater. Multiple agencies—FACS, NSW and Vic…
57y · Male·Severe coronary artery disease. It is likely that Kevin's use of inhalants in cu…
Kevin Bugmy, a 57-year-old Aboriginal man, died of severe coronary artery disease while in custody at Cessnock Correctional Centre. The coroner found the care received for his chronic inhalant use disorder was grossly in…
Male·Darren Wallace: single gunshot wound to right side of neck. TBD: two self-inflic…
Two deaths occurred on 9 December 2015 in a tragic incident connected to a dispute within the Rebels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. TBD, a 31-year-old former ADF member with severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), alcohol…
48y · Male·hanging
A 48-year-old man remanded in custody for breaching an Apprehended Violence Order died by suicide by hanging in a correctional centre cell approximately 1.5 hours after being refused bail. He was arrested on 12 September…
49y · Male·Global cerebral hypoxia due to cardiac arrest and drowning, with bilateral bronc…
Mark Murphy, an experienced diver with 657 logged dives, died during an occupational diving course when his full face mask became accidentally dislodged underwater, resulting in sudden cold-water exposure. This triggered…
70y · Male·hypovolaemic shock due to the consequences of fractured femur
Thomas Fulcher, a 70-year-old man with intellectual disability and osteoporosis in a group home, fell on 19 January 2018 and sustained a spiral femur fracture with internal bleeding. Care workers failed to seek medical a…
Female·Multiple Injuries (motor vehicle collision)
Two people died in a motor vehicle collision on the Pacific Motorway on 15 January 2020. Rowan Nelson (22 years old) was driving a Toyota Yaris with his mother Louise (53 years old) as a passenger when the vehicle crosse…
Male·unknown
This inquest concerns unidentified human remains discovered in Liverpool Cemetery in 2016, initially found in 2014 but reburied. Despite extensive investigations including forensic pathology, anthropology, radiocarbon da…
60y · Male·metastatic atrial sarcomatoid tumour
Steve Fesus, aged 60, died in custody at Prince of Wales Hospital from metastatic atrial sarcomatoid tumour. He had been diagnosed with cardiac cancer in 2016, underwent surgery, and was in remission until metastases wer…
Male·Gunshot wound to chest (Aleksander Stefanovic); gunshot wound to head (AD)
Joint inquest into the deaths of two males at their shared Lewisham home on 4 September 2020. AD (aged 55), with documented depression, anxiety and recent suicidal ideation, shot his flatmate Aleksander Stefanovic (aged …
18y · Male·Multi organ failure due to sepsis from a Group A streptococcus infection
Alex Braes, an 18-year-old from Broken Hill NSW, died of multi-organ failure due to Group A streptococcus sepsis. He presented to Broken Hill Base Hospital three times over 24 hours with knee pain that progressed to seps…
54y · Male·gunshot wound to the head
WX, a 54-year-old with longstanding depression, substance abuse (opioids, benzodiazepines), and a 2008 suicide attempt, died by gunshot wound on 27 April 2015. Despite this psychiatric and substance abuse history, he hel…
Male·Gunshot wound to the head
GH, an Iranian national on a permanent protection visa, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a shooting range during an unlicensed 'try shooting' session. He had documented suicidal ideation for years and attempte…
77y · Male·Complications of Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma
Robert Fennell, a 77-year-old man serving an 18-year prison sentence, died of complications from metastatic colorectal carcinoma in Long Bay Correctional Hospital's Medical Sub-Acute Unit on 27 October 2020. He had an ex…
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