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36y · Male·hanging, with contributing factors of alcohol dependence and depression
Ross Johns, aged 36, died by hanging on 14-15 June 2021 after a long history of bipolar disorder, major depression, and alcohol dependence. He was discharged from Northside Mental Health Unit on 9 June 2021 following adm…
67y · Male·Haemopericardium arising from a ruptured aorta (aortic dissection)
John Cribb, a 67-year-old man with known cardiac disease (coronary artery disease, aortic regurgitation, hypertension), died in custody from haemopericardium due to ruptured aortic dissection. He had signed a not-for-res…
34y · Female·Multi drug toxicity
Jodie Overstead, a 34-year-old with epilepsy, anxiety, and chronic pain, died from multi-drug toxicity involving tramadol, codeine, amitriptyline, benzodiazepines and other drugs. She engaged in 'doctor shopping', obtain…
48y · Male·Hanging
Duncan Sparke, a 48-year-old man with a history of suicidal ideation and depression, absconded from a locked psychiatric unit at The Alfred Hospital on 24 April 2017 while subject to a Temporary Treatment Order. He was r…
59y · Female·Global hypoxic brain injury due to mixed drug toxicity, specifically alprazolam …
A 59-year-old woman with a 30-year history of alprazolam dependence for anxiety disorder died from global hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by mixed drug toxicity, with alprazolam levels in the fatal r…
51y · Female·Complications of Huntington's disease
A 51-year-old woman with advanced Huntington's disease died from respiratory failure at a disability care facility. She was found with a blanket wrapped tightly around her head, though autopsy showed no evidence of neck …
59y · Male·Massive aspiration in the setting of intubation following complications of sever…
A 59-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia on long-term clozapine therapy died from massive aspiration following a severe ileus of unknown aetiology. He had documented constipation managed with laxatives, t…
70y · Female·Cause of death could not be determined - available evidence does not allow a fin…
A 70-year-old woman died unexpectedly at home in August 2017. Initially certified as hypertensive heart disease without autopsy, the death was later investigated as a potential homicide following allegations by her forme…
42y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (sertraline, amlodipine, lamotrigine, quetiapin…
Luke Trevor Young, 42, died from mixed prescription drug toxicity (sertraline, amlodipine, lamotrigine, quetiapine) in a suicide by overdose. He had severe, longstanding bipolar II disorder with chronic suicidality, comp…
50y · Male·Hanging
Craig Harvey, a 50-year-old man with depression, polysubstance use disorder, and antisocial personality disorder, died by hanging in Casey Hospital's mental health inpatient ward while on a compulsory admission. He was a…
15y · Female·Hanging
A 15-year-old girl with major depressive disorder and bulimia nervosa died by suicide in June 2019. She had received treatment from a private psychologist from 2017-2018 within the constraints of a GP Mental Health Care …
45y · Male·gunshot wound to the chest with associated significant blood loss
Stanley Russell, a 45-year-old Aboriginal man with mild intellectual disability, was shot dead by NSW police executing a bench warrant at his home on 9 November 2021. He had suffered childhood sexual abuse, his brother d…
60y · Male·sepsis/leg cellulitis with peripheral oedema and congestive cardiac failure in t…
Andrew Leader, a 60-year-old man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, emphysema, COPD, chronic hyponatraemia, and heart failure, died of sepsis from leg cellulitis with peripheral oedema and congestive cardiac failure…
57y · Male·Gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen
Martin Sheahan, 57, was fatally shot by Glenn Usher-Clarke at his home on 26 January 2022. Usher-Clarke, who held a NSW firearms licence and permit to acquire, legally purchased a shotgun in Victoria on 17 December 2021 …
78y · Male·multi-organ failure complicating neck of femur fracture (operated) on a backgrou…
A 78-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (heart failure, renal disease, COPD) suffered a neck of femur fracture from an unwitnessed fall at an aged care facility. Post-operatively he deteriorated with acute renal fa…
13y · Male·Hanging
Zhane Chilcott, age 13, died by suicide at a residential care facility after 12 years in state care with 18 placements. The coroner found multiple systemic failures: inadequate scrutiny of his first placement with LB des…
31y · Male·Burns
31-year-old George Grimes with longstanding schizophrenia was found threatening self-immolation after consuming alcohol and missing antipsychotic medication. Despite police de-escalation attempts, he doused himself with …
71y · Female·starvation
A 71-year-old woman with chronic mental illness died of starvation in her home in Tasmania. Police attended on 9 December 2021 for a welfare check and found her severely malnourished, mentally unwell, and unable to care …
64y · Female·complications following a fractured neck of femur and mandible from a fall
Deborah Smith, a 64-year-old woman with dissociative identity disorder (DID) and multiple psychiatric comorbidities, died from complications of a fractured femur and mandible sustained in a fall from a fence at Quest Apa…
48y · Male·Drowning
A 48-year-old man with depression, problematic alcohol use, and recent onset paranoid ideation and auditory hallucinations presented twice to the Emergency Department on the morning of his death. Despite expressing suici…
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