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23y · Male·Stab wounds to the chest and back
Hassan Jeng, a 23-year-old remand prisoner with a history of mental illness and substance use, was fatally stabbed multiple times in his cell at Port Phillip Prison on 1 January 2018. CCTV footage clearly documented the …
41y · Male·Cardiomegaly and Coronary Artery Disease with significant contributing condition…
Jay Crich, a 41-year-old man in custody at Clarence Correctional Centre, died of cardiomegaly and coronary artery disease with emphysema and obesity as significant contributing conditions. He was discovered unresponsive …
37y · Female·complications of withdrawal from chronic opiate use and Wilkie Syndrome in the s…
Veronica Nelson, a 37-year-old Aboriginal woman with opioid dependence, was arrested on minor theft charges, remanded in custody following a bail hearing, and held at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre (DPFC) women's prison. She …
19y · Female·Hanging
Cody Watson, 19, died by hanging following childhood sexual abuse, family violence, and inadequate trauma-informed care. She disclosed abuse at 15, subsequently developing borderline personality disorder, anxiety, depres…
24y · Male·Injuries sustained in fall from height
SJ, a 24-year-old man with recently diagnosed Stage 4B non-Hodgkin lymphoma and pre-existing depression managed by Orygen Youth Health, died by suicide on 22 September 2016 by jumping from the seventh-floor rooftop garde…
29y · Male·Hanging
Steven John Bamblett, a 29-year-old Aboriginal man, died by hanging on 14 January 2020 following service of a Family Violence Intervention Order application. He had a documented history of untreated mental illness with f…
43y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident (driver)
Cameron Boyes, a 43-year-old man, died in a high-speed motor vehicle collision after his engagement was called off. He had contacted mental health services on 23 March 2019 reporting suicidal ideation and sleep deprivati…
27y · Male·Dextromethorphan toxicity
Mr ZJF, a 27-year-old man with a longstanding history of schizophrenia, polysubstance use disorder, and depression, died from dextromethorphan toxicity. He was subject to a Community Treatment Order at the time of death …
27y · Female·multiple injuries sustained from fall from 30-storey building
Ms L, a 27-year-old German national, died by suicide on 4 March 2021 after jumping from a 30-storey building in Perth. She had experienced depression since 2016, exacerbated by recent diagnoses of chlamydia and HPV16 in …
55y · Male·right intracerebral haemorrhage and left middle cerebral artery cerebrovascular …
Wayne Shore, 55, died from right intracerebral haemorrhage and left middle cerebral artery stroke complicating infective endocarditis, end-stage renal failure, and multiple myeloma. He was subject to a Level 1 Inpatient …
66y · Male·inanition and probable respiratory tract infection complicating Alzheimer's deme…
Peter Joseph Hammond, aged 66, died from inanition and probable respiratory tract infection complicating advanced Alzheimer's dementia. He was admitted to the Acute Older Persons Mental Health Unit at Flinders Medical Ce…
69y · Male·plastic bag asphyxia and mixed drug toxicity (oxycodone and pentobarbitone)
John Abbott, aged 69, died from plastic bag asphyxia and mixed drug toxicity (oxycodone and pentobarbitone) while under home detention bail with electronic monitoring. He had a complex medical history including chronic o…
25y · Female·Injuries sustained in a single vehicle motor vehicle incident in which Ms Dent w…
Paige Dent, 25, died in a single-vehicle motor accident after absconding from hospital on 6 October 2018. She had a 19-year history of psychiatric admissions for schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, and substa…
67y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolus due to deep vein thrombosis
Ms Procter, a 67-year-old woman with developmental delay and longstanding mental health issues, died from pulmonary thromboembolism following hip fracture surgery. Post-operatively, she refused prophylactic anticoagulati…
23y · Male·Injuries sustained when struck by train
Kai Wu, a 23-year-old man with first-episode psychosis, died by suicide at a railway station while on escorted leave from psychiatric inpatient care. He had been admitted to The Alfred Hospital in January 2018 under Ment…
40y · Male·Stab wound to the chest
Wei Hu, a 40-year-old IT engineer, died from a stab wound to the chest inflicted by himself following a fatal incident involving intimate partner violence. The death occurred after Mr Hu stabbed his wife Ms Zhou and then…
73y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia
John Hardy Stow, 73, died of aspiration pneumonia complicated by a small bowel obstruction. He had cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, dysphagia, and was at high risk of aspiration. He presented with vomiting and wa…
84y · Male·acute aspiration complicating periprosthetic fractured right femur (operated) on…
Bryan Roocroft, 84 years old with severe dementia, suffered a periprosthetic right femur fracture after two falls at aged care on 24 December 2020 while on oxazepam. He underwent surgical repair on 25 December and was pl…
51y · Male·Hyperthermia of unknown cause in a man with cardiac hypertrophy; chronic obstruc…
Arthur Andrianakis, 51, died from hyperthermia of unknown cause with cardiac hypertrophy and COPD. He presented to hospital with respiratory distress following police custody for assaulting his mother. Initial diagnosis …
37y · Male·self-inflicted stab wound to the chest
Benjamen Robert Wildman, aged 37, died from a self-inflicted stab wound to the chest while in police custody on 29 December 2020. He had a lifelong history of mental health difficulties, personality dysfunction stemming …
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