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Unknown·Injuries sustained in violent attack by Antony Waterlow (stab wounds caused by k…
Nicholas Waterlow and his daughter Chloe Heuston were fatally attacked by Antony Waterlow, Nicholas's son and Chloe's brother, in November 2009. Antony suffered from untreated paranoid schizophrenia, characterized by per…
44y · Male·cardiac arrest and cerebral oedema consequent upon ingestion of Alpha-PVP (Smoki…
Glenn Punch, a 44-year-old truck driver, died from cardiac arrest and cerebral oedema following intravenous injection of Alpha-PVP (Smokin Slurry), a synthetic cathinone derivative. He purchased the drug from a retail ch…
42y · Male·Nick Karayiannis: ligature strangulation inflicted by cellmate Tien Tran; Tien T…
Two remand prisoners died in a shared cell at Silverwater Metropolitan Reception and Remand Centre: Nick Karayiannis was killed by his cellmate Tien Tran via ligature strangulation, and Tran subsequently hanged himself. …
19y · Female·Not determined - cause and manner of death could not be established as body was …
Belinda Peisley, aged 19, disappeared on 26 September 1998 after leaving Blue Mountains Hospital in Katoomba, NSW. The coroner found it likely that she is deceased but could not determine the cause or manner of death as …
37y · Male·Single gunshot wound deliberately self-inflicted while in police custody
Jason Lee Plum, a 37-year-old man with bipolar disorder, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while in police custody at Wagga Wagga. Arrested for domestic violence, he was not searched before being placed in a polic…
21y · Male·undetermined causes, in the course of being restrained by members of the NSW Pol…
Roberto Laudisio Curti, a 21-year-old Brazilian, died on 18 March 2012 during police restraint in Sydney after consuming LSD which induced a psychotic state. After a convenience store incident was misclassified as an arm…
28y · Female·undiagnosed acute streptococcus pneumonia meningitis with left-sided otitis medi…
28-year-old Michelle McIlquham with mild intellectual disability presented to Bankstown Hospital ED with fever, headache, ear infection and first-ever seizure. A junior doctor diagnosed simple otitis media with behaviour…
19y · Male·Complications arising from hyperthermia, including total organ failure, rhabdomy…
Marcus Wilson, a 19-year-old roofing insulator, died from hyperthermia-induced organ failure, rhabdomyolysis and coagulopathy after working in a roof space during extreme heat (40°C+) without adequate hydration. He consu…
Three deaths with different primary causes: James Unicomb - acute toxicity due t…
Combined inquest into three deaths at Psyche South Clinic involving treatment failures: James Unicomb (22, 2005) from multi-drug overdose after naltrexone implant; Michael Poole (48, 2008) from ruptured aneurysm post-Rap…
42y · Female·gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) toxicity; cardiorespiratory depression
A 42-year-old woman holidaying on a cruise ship died from gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) toxicity. She was unknowingly given GHB by male passengers who subsequently engaged in sexual abuse while she was incapacitated. The s…
Multiple traumatic injuries sustained in earthquake-induced building collapse; o…
The 28 December 1989 Newcastle Earthquake (magnitude 5.6) killed 13 people: 9 in the Newcastle Workers Club collapse and 3–4 from Beaumont Street building failures. The coroner found that while the 1972 Club extensions l…
Male·chronic suppurative otitis media with secondary infection
An Aboriginal man died from complications of chronic ear disease (chronic suppurative otitis media) with secondary infection. He was incarcerated intermittently and presented to custody with known ear disease, but approp…
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