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20y · Male·sodium nitrite toxicity
A 20-year-old Indian international student died from sodium nitrite toxicity following intentional ingestion. He had relocated to Australia in 2019 for university studies and initially struggled with the transition to on…
0y · Female·Complications of spinal muscular atrophy
Frankie Skye Foulkes, a four-month-old diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy type 1, died from complications of SMA while positioned in a standard car seat during a car journey. She had recently commenced nusinersen tre…
55y · Male·Multiorgan failure and septic shock complicating parasitic gastrointestinal infe…
A 55-year-old man with severe intellectual disability and multiple comorbidities died from multiorgan failure and septic shock due to parasitic gastrointestinal infection. He presented on 15 July with head banging and or…
87y · Female·Haemorrhage secondary to an ulcerated varicose vein
An 87-year-old woman died from haemorrhage secondary to an ulcerated varicose vein on her right leg. She had known venous insufficiency documented by duplex scan in November 2020, but no specific management plan for blee…
55y · Female·Unascertained
Ms Ismail, a 55-year-old driver, died in a motor vehicle collision after being distracted by her mobile phone while using GPS navigation. She failed to stop at a stop sign, accelerating into an intersection at approximat…
17y · Male·Neck compression due to hanging
Rohan Cosgriff, a 17-year-old Victorian student, died by suicide following sextortion. After exchanging messages with someone posing as 'Christine Herdon' on Snapchat, he was coerced into sending intimate images. The off…
32y · Female·Neck compression in the setting of self-suspension
A 32-year-old woman with a documented history of intimate partner violence died by self-suspension. She had reported ongoing physical, sexual and psychological abuse to police on 12 May 2020 and was assessed under mental…
39y · Male·Lost at sea presumed drowned
Giovanni Castillo Garbanzos, a 39-year-old Filipino worker, was washed overboard from the commercial fishing vessel Lady Miriam in Bass Strait on 2 September 2021 during rough weather (20-30 knot winds, 2-3 metre swells,…
32y · Male·methylamphetamine toxicity
Joshua Steven Kerr, a 32-year-old Aboriginal man with intellectual disability and substance use disorder, died from methylamphetamine toxicity on 10 August 2022 at Port Phillip Prison. After lighting a fire in his cell a…
44y · Female·Neck compression in the circumstances of hanging
A 44-year-old woman died by hanging following rape in 2014 and protracted criminal proceedings. She experienced ongoing trauma and PTSD exacerbated by reopening her complaint and multiple court processes. She had multipl…
48y · Female·Pneumonia on a background of subacute bowel obstruction secondary to metastatic …
Ms T, a 48-year-old woman with cerebral palsy and intellectual disability living in specialist disability accommodation, died from pneumonia with subacute bowel obstruction secondary to metastatic sigmoid colorectal canc…
56y · Male·consequences of a physical struggle in the setting of injecting drug use (heroin…
Vincenzo Lobosco, 56, died following a physical altercation with his friend Darren Heaney on 25 June 2022. The assault involved blunt force trauma to the head and neck. Death resulted from consequences of the physical st…
67y · Male·Metastatic gastric cancer
John Henry Hamilton, a 67-year-old man with cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, epilepsy and multiple comorbidities, died from metastatic gastric cancer in a palliative care unit. He was diagnosed with metastatic ga…
17y · Female·Neck compression by hanging (suicide)
XY, a 17-year-old Wemba Wemba Aboriginal girl, died by suicide on 18 July 2021 while in out-of-home care. The inquest found the Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) failed in its duty of care as …
28y · Male·Chest injuries following a cliff collapse
A 28-year-old man died from chest injuries (haemothorax, bilateral pneumothoraces, rib fractures) sustained in a cliff collapse at Addiscot Beach, Victoria on 31 December 2021. While sitting under cliffs with friends dur…
49y · Male·Acute myocardial infarction complicating prosthetic valve thrombosis in a man wi…
Joshua Paul Coates, aged 49, died from acute myocardial infarction complicating prosthetic valve thrombosis following mechanical aortic valve replacement. Post-mortem examination revealed a large blood clot obstructing h…
57y · Male·Complications of congenital rubella (palliated)
Russell Aldridge, aged 57, died of complications from congenital rubella at his SDA care home. He had complex medical needs including intellectual disability, deafness, blindness, dysphagia, epilepsy, and recent diagnosi…
79y · Female·Aspiration pneumonia in a woman with COVID-19 and multiple medical co-morbiditie…
Jennifer Turnbull, 79, with cerebral palsy and multiple comorbidities, died from aspiration pneumonia complicated by COVID-19. She was admitted to hospital in October 2022 with recurrent aspiration pneumonia. A PEG tube …
39y · Male·most likely suicide; possibly accidental death from untreated epilepsy or natura…
Martin Page, a 39-year-old man with epilepsy, schizophrenia or Asperger's syndrome, severe obsessive-compulsive behaviours, and intellectual disability, disappeared from his family home in October 2006 and has not been l…
16y · Male·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle incident as a motorcyclist
Sebastian D'Imperio, 16, died from head injuries sustained while motocross riding at Frankston City Motorcycle Park when he failed to land safely after the last table-top jump, lost control, and was struck by another air…
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