42y · Female·Haemothorax and pneumonia in the setting of acute and chronic chest injuries and…
Narelle Simmons, 42, died from haemothorax and pneumonia secondary to rib fractures, with contributing factors of hepatic cirrhosis, chronic alcoholism, and multiple drugs (methadone, methylamphetamine, diazepam, sertral…
8y · Male·undetermined
…ly influenced by initial police conclusions. Cause of death remains undetermined—drowning, head trauma, suffocation, or strangulation cannot be excluded.
14y · Female·Acute cerebral hypoxia arising out of suffocation due to inhalation of toxic vap…
Haley Diamond, 14, died from acute cerebral hypoxia following inhalation of volatile substances (deodorant spray) in Kununurra, WA. She suffered acute brain damage and bronchopneumonia. Clinical lessons: volatile substan…
5y · Male·unascertained
A 5-year-old boy and his sister (3 years old) and mother were killed by their father between 28-29 April 2012 in their Glen Waverley home. The father, who had experienced cognitive impairment and mood changes following a…
38 and 3y · Female and male·Stacey: hanging; Seth: undetermined causes (likely suffocation, drowning, or str…
Stacey Docherty, a 38-year-old woman with complex post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder resulting from childhood sexual abuse, killed her 3-year-old son Seth before taking her own life in Mar…
35y · Female·homicide by smothering/suffocation, possibly facilitated by chloroform exposure
This tragedy involved the deaths of Preetika Sharma (35), her two children (Divesh, 5; Divya, 3), and her husband Nilesh, who killed his family and then himself. Mr Sharma exposed family members to chloroform before smot…
3y · Female·Undetermined, consistent with suffocation or drowning
Indianna Grace Price-Mihayo, aged 3 years, was killed by her father Charles Mihayo on 20 April 2014 during a custody visit, in a case of filicide within a context of family violence and parental conflict. The death occur…
0y · Male·Non-accidental infliction of significant force to the head/face and gum region, …
Jacob, a premature infant born at 29 weeks, was discharged from neonatal care at 11 weeks old and presented to hospital three days later with a subarachnoid haemorrhage and periorbital bruising. Despite being assessed as…
36y · Male·Hanging (Mr Sharma); Homicide by smothering/suffocation or chloroform exposure (…
Nilesh Sharma, a 36-year-old Fiji Indian man, killed his wife Preetika, 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 chlo…
Sudden Unexplained Death of an Infant (SUDI) in an unsafe sleeping environment; …
Three Aboriginal infants died in unsafe co-sleeping environments in the Northern Territory. Baby K (3 months), Baby B (2 months), and Baby S (5 weeks) all died from sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) associated wi…
21y · Male·Suffocation from hanging
Shannon Robert Camden, a 21-year-old with longstanding mental health difficulties and previous suicide attempts, died by hanging in cell A1 of the Belconnen Remand Centre on 15 April 1996 while on remand awaiting trial f…
25y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
David Peter Ellery, a 25-year-old man with long-standing amphetamine addiction and deteriorating mental health, died by hanging on 31 July 2007. He presented to Bentley Hospital on 31 July with active suicidal ideation, …
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