690 results for “hanging”
30y · Male·neck compression
Mohamed Omar, a 30-year-old man with schizophrenia, died in Melbourne Assessment Prison on 25 June 2017 from neck compression while on remand. He had a history of command auditory hallucinations instructing self-harm, re…
39y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
… Jan Groothedde, a 39-year-old remand prisoner at Hakea Prison, died by ligature compression of the neck (hanging) on 31 January 2003. He had been admitted to custody in December 2002 following stabbing an ex-girlfriend…
24y · Male·Strangulation by hanging
Dean Laycock, a 24-year-old man with intellectual disability and psychosis, died by hanging on Christmas Eve 2009, four hours after being informed that his anticipated 4-day Christmas leave from PA…
72y · Female·Hanging
…ear-old Chinese-speaking woman with severe spinal cord compression, chronic pain, and depression, died by hanging during respite care at an aged care facility. While her depression history and multiple failed back surge…
1y · Female·hypoxic brain injury caused by pressure to the neck from entrapment on a loop-to…
Ebony Thompson, aged 22 months, died from hypoxic brain injury caused by neck entrapment in a loop-topped chickencoop gate at a childcare centre. She became trapped while standing on a tricycle attempting to view chicken…
Unknown·Ruby: ligature compression of neck (hanging); Carly: ligature compression of nec…
Five young adults died by suicide within 12 months (March 2011 to March 2012), all connected to Alma Street Centre mental health services at Fremantle Hospital. Four were discharged (Ruby Nicholls-Diver, Carly Elliott, M…
16y · Male·complications of ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 16-year-old Aboriginal youth, Cleveland Keith Dodd, died by suicide via hanging in Unit 18, a youth detention centre housed within an adult maximum-security prison in Western Australia.…
52y · Male·Hanging
Cameron Richard Plant, a 52-year-old male, died by hanging in hotel quarantine on 11 April 2020, shortly after returning to Australia from Dubai. He was experiencin…
22y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Ricky-Lee Cound, 22, an Aboriginal man with FASD, died by hanging in his Hakea Prison cell on 25 March 2022. At 4.11pm, Mr Cound called requesting a monitored safe cell to…
18y · Female, female, male·Caitlin: suicide by hanging; Talieha: suicide by hanging; William: suicide by tr…
Three adolescent patients (aged 18 at death) died by suicide within four months of the Barrett Adolescent Centre (BAC) closure in January 2014. Caitlin had complex mental health needs including bipolar affective disorder…
15y · Female·neck compression due to hanging
…scribed fluoxetine but didn't escalate suicidal statements on final visit (5 July 2012). Michaela died by hanging 4 days later. The coroner found CAMHS operated as individual practitioners rather than as a multidiscipli…
24y · Female·hypoxic brain injury secondary to hanging
Chrystal Ross, a 24-year-old woman, died by hanging in hospital in January 2015 after a catastrophic chain of communication failures and care coordination er…
31y · Male·hanging
B W, aged 31, died by hanging following emergency police removal of his daughter from his care under the Care and Protection Act. The r…
30y · Male·neck compression from ligature strangulation and possible suspension (hanging)
BG, a 30-year-old Nepalese national in Australia, died by intentional neck compression on 11–12 January 2018. He had previously caused the death of Amelia Blake on 9 January 2018. BG was experiencing multiple severe stre…
43y · Male·Hanging
…plex mental health history (depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, substance use), died by hanging in Goulburn Correctional Centre after 183 days in custody. The critical failure was the systemic denial o…
Male·Multiple: ligature compression of neck (hanging) in four cases; incised injury t…
…le prisoners died by suicide at Casuarina Prison, Western Australia between 2014-2015. All deaths were by hanging or self-inflicted laceration. The coroner identified multiple systemic failures including: inadequate Pri…
26y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Callum Mitchell, aged 26, died by ligature compression of the neck (hanging) in his cell at Hakea Prison on 21 April 2019. He had a longstanding history of self-harm, severe persona…
36y · Male·Hanging (Mr Sharma); Homicide by smothering/suffocation or chloroform exposure (…
…eetika, son Divesh (5 years old), and daughter Divya (3 years old) between 28-29 April 2012, then died by hanging. Evidence suggests he exposed them to chloroform before smothering them. The case involved a history of c…
51y · Male·hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy due to hanging
Darren Brandon died by hanging in prison on 10 June 2018, two days after arriving at Melbourne Assessment Prison. He was a 51-year-old m…
42y · Female·Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy with antecedent cause being self-caused near mis…
…ioulios, a 42-year-old psychologist, died from hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy following a self-inflicted hanging in a Corrective Services transport vehicle on 4 July 2008. She had presented to mental health services th…
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