29y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy and multi-organ failure due to out of hospital …
Wayne Fella Morrison, a 29-year-old Aboriginal man with undiagnosed coronary artery disease (70% stenosis of right coronary artery), died following cardiac arrest during his detention at Yatala Labour Prison. After attac…
78y · Male·Not determined - no remains found, no postmortem examination possible
Luis Fernandez, 78, was reported missing on 1 January 2019 after last being seen on 28 December 2018 near Glenfield station. The coroner found he is now deceased but cannot determine the place, cause, or manner of death …
36y · Female·combined effects of baclofen toxicity and blunt head injury
Kim Melissa Hall, 36, died from combined baclofen toxicity and blunt head injury sustained during falls while acutely intoxicated. She had severe alcohol dependence treated with off-label baclofen prescribed by her GP. O…
44y · Female·Cardiac arrest in the context of several contributory factors (physical exertion…
…, obesity), physical exertion during restraint, psychological distress from being denied phone calls, and possible intermittent asphyxia. The coroner found the cause 'not determined' as relative contributions could not b…
64y · Male·hospital-acquired pneumonia on a background of end-stage cryptogenic liver cirrh…
Peter Langford, aged 64, died of hospital-acquired pneumonia complicated by end-stage cryptogenic liver cirrhosis after a 43-day admission to Flinders Medical Centre. He presented with severe cellulitis requiring amputat…
27y · Male·Unknown
Jeremiah Rivers, a 27-year-old First Nations man, disappeared from a remote pig-hunting camp at Wippo Creek in southwest Queensland on 18 October 2021. Members of his travelling group provided multiple inconsistent accou…
31y · Male·undetermined
Erol Elmas, a 31-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, died in custody at Thomas Embling Hospital on 30 November 2022. The cause of death remains undetermined despite thorough pathological investigation. Mr Elmas w…
30y · Male·Malignant ventricular arrhythmia without myocardial infarction, precipitated by …
Jack Kokaua, a 30-year-old with schizophrenia and coronary artery disease, died from malignant ventricular arrhythmia during a police encounter after absconding from hospital. Contributing factors included positional asp…
79y · Male·Respiratory failure due to haemothorax and hospital-acquired pneumonia due to mu…
A 79-year-old man with extensive comorbidities died following multiple falls in residential aged care. He was identified as high falls risk on admission but experienced inadequate falls prevention after a second fall on …
29y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Houston Peel, a 29-year-old man, presented to Fiona Stanley Hospital ED at 4:35 am on 30 March 2023 with acute psychotic symptoms including auditory and visual hallucinations, bizarre behaviour, and paranoid ideation fol…
25y · Male·Multiple organ failure due to acute paracetamol poisoning
Danny Whitton, a 25-year-old Aboriginal prisoner at Junee Correctional Centre, died from acute paracetamol toxicity causing multi-organ failure. He presented to the prison medical clinic on 5 November 2015 with vomiting …
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