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53y · Male·Cardiomegaly in a man with obesity and chronic liver disease
Craig Ashley Hill, a 53-year-old man with multiple comorbidities including obesity, chronic liver disease with cirrhosis, cardiomegaly, hypertension, diabetes, and mental health conditions, died suddenly in hospital from…
44y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity (buprenorphine, ketamine, diazepam, fluvoxamine and lacosami…
A 44-year-old female veterinarian died from mixed drug toxicity involving buprenorphine, ketamine, diazepam, fluvoxamine and lacosamide. She had a 18-19 year history of opioid addiction, initially using heroin recreation…
58y · Female·Unascertained
Colleen Mary South, aged 58, was found deceased on 8 August 2022 under a tree in a remote rural paddock in Bunguluke, Victoria, approximately 1.5 kilometres from her abandoned vehicle. She had a significant psychiatric h…
38y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity including metonitazene
A 38-year-old man with a long history of substance use, depression, anxiety and ADHD died from mixed drug toxicity involving metonitazene. He believed he was injecting heroin but had unknowingly obtained metonitazene (a …
44y · Male·multiple injuries from fall from cliff
A 44-year-old man with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and bipolar affective disorder with drug-induced psychosis died following a fall from a cliff at Vaucluse during a police rescue operation. He had been managing s…
41y · Female·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Petya, a 41-year-old Bulgarian-born woman, died by ligature compression of the neck while an involuntary psychiatric patient at Bentley Health Service Ward 6 on 16 December 2020. She had been admitted following acute psy…
17y · Male·Hanging
17-year-old Joshua Klumper died by hanging following cannabis withdrawal and workplace stress. He had a complex mental health history with ASD diagnosis (lacking robust diagnostic support), multiple suicide attempts, and…
45y · Female·Neck compression secondary to hanging
Claire Louise Carroll, 45, died by hanging while experiencing severe untreated psychotic symptoms including auditory hallucinations, paranoid delusions, and persecutory ideation. She had complex mental health diagnoses (…
64y · Female·hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy caused by neck compression and hanging
A 64-year-old woman with a history of childhood trauma, anxiety and depression was admitted to an acute mental health unit (Kurrajong Unit) under involuntary care following a suicide attempt. Within 24 hours, she accesse…
59y · Male·Hanging
A 59-year-old man serving a life sentence died by hanging in his segregation cell at Lithgow Correctional Centre on 2-3 April 2020. He had a history of depression, anxiety, and a prior serious self-harm attempt in 2010 r…
81y · Male·traumatic brain injury
Brian Thomas Carroll, aged 81, died from traumatic brain injury sustained in a single-vehicle motor vehicle crash. He was travelling at approximately 125 km/h in an 80 km/h zone when he failed to negotiate a roundabout a…
92y · Female·Consequences of an assault
A 92-year-old woman with dementia died from consequences of an assault by another resident with unmanaged psychosis in an aged care facility. The assault occurred after the facility failed to adequately monitor, assess, …
26y · Male·Craniocervical injuries following a train collision (pedestrian)
Sidarthan Gajaharan, a 26-year-old with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, died by suicide after being struck by a train while on unescorted ground leave from an involuntary mental health admission. He had been hospitali…
31y · Male·Unable to be determined (uncertain whether drowning or other cause following app…
A 31-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder and substance use was admitted involuntarily to the Kiloh Centre after presenting in acute psychosis with suicidal ideation on 1 April 2017. His psychotic symptoms rapidly …
33y · Male·Complications of methylamphetamine use
Jasmynd Gibbs, a 33-year-old First Nations man, died from complications of methylamphetamine use while on supervised parole in May 2021, less than two months after release. He had complex needs including mental health di…
45y · Male·hanging
A 45-year-old man with a history of depression, suicidal ideation, and alcohol misuse was admitted to Spencer Clinic following a medication overdose suicide attempt. During his six-day admission, he improved clinically, …
47y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 47-year-old Aboriginal man died by suicide in custody at Roebourne Regional Prison while on SAMS mental health monitoring. He had paranoid ideation, delusions about 'black magic', and auditory hallucinations, which wer…
22y · Female·Complications of cutaneous burns
A 22-year-old woman from Afghanistan died from complications of severe burns (75%+ body surface area) sustained during self-immolation on 5 February 2018. She was experiencing family violence from her husband and in-laws…
31y · Male·Hanging
Timothy Garner, a First Nations man with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, died by hanging in custody at MRRC on 7 July 2018, five days after being cleared from Risk Intervention Team (RIT) management. The coroner foun…
55y · Male·drowning following assault
Terrence McCallion, aged 55, died by drowning in the Murray River on 1 May 2015 after being assaulted by Matthew Knight. McCallion was pulled from the river unconscious and died at Mildura Base Hospital. Autopsy revealed…
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