254 results for “family violence and abuse”
37y · Male·self-inflicted stab wound to the chest
…elong history of mental health difficulties, personality dysfunction stemming from severe childhood neglect and abuse, chronic anxiety, substance use, and repeated self-harm. Medical care provided was appropriate; his p…
38y · Female·Hanging in the setting of multiple blunt force injuries
Samantha Joy Fraser, a 38-year-old psychologist, was murdered by her estranged husband Adrian Basham in July 2018 despite an active family violence intervention order. The coronial investigation…
0y · Male·Traumatic head injury
…ry inflicted by his father Simon Johnstone in a household environment. BJay suffered multiple episodes of violence including head trauma, rib fractures, femur fractures, and a skull fracture over the 19 days at home befo…
0y · Male·Unascertained in the setting of a remote head injury
…-old Aboriginal boy, died from unascertained cause in the setting of a remote head injury sustained during family violence. The father violently assaulted the mother while holding the child unsupported, causing the child…
75y · Female·Renal failure and ketoacidosis in a woman with chronic alcoholism and type 2 dia…
A 75-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes and chronic alcoholism died from renal failure and ketoacidosis at home. She was isolated, dependent on her eld…
31y · Male·Stab wound to the neck
…y his de facto partner Stacey Edwards on 22 November 2016 following an escalating pattern of bidirectional family violence. While Edwards perpetrated the fatal assault, the coronal examination identified significant poli…
48y · Female·Neck compression secondary to hanging
…s HRZ, a 48-year-old Turkish-born woman, died by suicide on Christmas Day 2020 after experiencing years of family violence. She first endured abuse from her ex-husband, then sexual coercion, assault, stalking and threats…
52y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity
…ity in July 2018 in circumstances consistent with suicide. She had a long history of depression, childhood abuse trauma, chronic pain conditions, and recent relationship breakdown. She presented to healthcare services m…
15y · Male·Electrocution
JH, a 15-year-old with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder, died by electrocution at home on 16 September 2019. He had been experiencing sui…
20y · Female·MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS TO NECK, THORAX AND ABDOMEN
…asey on 24 February 2008 in Rye, Victoria. The death resulted from multiple stab wounds to the neck, thorax and abdomen inflicted during a domestic violence incident. In the weeks preceding her death, Angelica experienc…
70y · Male·head, neck and chest wounds inflicted by Robert Harold Gerard
Michael John Hawkes, aged 70, was killed in a violent home invasion and attack by Robert Harold Gerard on 12 January 2021. Gerard attacked Mr and Mrs Hawkes at their rural home in…
27y · Female·Multiple sharp force injuries
Ms ZT, a 27-year-old Lebanese woman, was murdered by her husband Mr BR on 17 June 2016 through multiple sharp force injuries. The coroner's investigation revealed a prolong…
29y · Female·Hanging
Nidhi Parashar, an Indian national, died by hanging on 11 June 2012 after killing her husband Asim Kumar with a cricket bat and knife while he slept. The death occurred in a context of prolonged family…
0y · Female·Kobi: head injuries; Henry: multiple injuries
A nine-month-old infant and her 38-year-old father died in a homicide-suicide at the Whispering Wall dam in South Australia. The father…
42y · Male·Gunshot injury to the head
AT was a 42-year-old secondary school teacher with diagnosed depression, adjustment disorder, and ketamine abuse beginning in 2019. He received inpatient psychiatric treatment in August 2021. On 20 Decembe…
43y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
…eaths, Mr Floyd exhibited delusional beliefs that Ms Holt was having affairs, abusing prescription codeine, and reporting him to authorities—beliefs without any evidentiary basis. He engaged in coercive controlling beha…
Multiple gunshot wounds to the head, chest, abdomen and extremities (Jennifer); …
Two children, Jack (15) and Jennifer (13), were fatally shot by their father John Edwards at their home on 5 July 2018. John had a 35-y…
2y · Female·head injury
… in St Arnaud, Victoria. She presented to childcare in the weeks before her death with unexplained bruising and injuries to her face and head. Victoria Police and Department of Human Services investigations prior to her…
48y · Female and male·Ms Dailler: blunt head trauma and multiple sharp force injuries including stab w…
…nt domestic relationship. Ms Dailler, aged 48, was killed by her partner Mr Muir through blunt force trauma and stab wounds. Mr Muir subsequently died by suicide. The case demonstrates systemic failures in police incide…
52y · Female·gunshot wound to head
Leanne Patterson, 52, was shot and killed by her husband Neil in a murder-suicide on 5-6 January 2013. She had been sedated with clonazepam (p…
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