643 results for “suicide by hanging”
15y · Female·Asphyxia due to hanging
Eden Jayde Westbrook, a 15-year-old year 10 student, died by hanging at Fisherman's Memorial Park, St Helens, Tasmania on 17 February 2015. The coroner found she died from vo…
31y · Male·Hanging
Scott Matthew O'Connor, a 31-year-old male, died by suicide in the Maximum Security Unit of Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre on 22 January 2013. He had been assesse…
46y · Male·Acute hypoxic brain damage resulting from intentional self-inflicted hanging
A 46-year-old male prisoner died from acute hypoxic brain damage following self-inflicted hanging in custody. He had a history of physical health issues including HIV and mental health concerns including…
33y · Unknown·neck compression secondary to hanging
…chiatric diagnoses including schizoaffective disorder, borderline personality disorder, and PTSD, died by hanging while remanded in custody at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre on 2 September 2023. They had a chronic high risk …
20y · Male·Ligature Compression of the Neck (Hanging)
…th schizophrenia and a long history of psychotic symptoms, violent behaviour and substance abuse, died by suicide in Smith Ward at Graylands Hospital on 13 November 1998. He was admitted involuntarily after assaulting h…
54y · Male·compression of the neck due to hanging
Anthony Lanzafame, a 54-year-old remand prisoner, died by hanging in his single cell at Adelaide Remand Centre on 24 May 2016. He had been on remand for 17 months facing m…
28y · Male·In keeping with Hanging
A 28-year-old man with a history of depression, anxiety, and previous self-harm died by hanging during a police response to a domestic violence incident. Police attended after his sister reported he ha…
33y · Male·cerebral hypoxia due to compression of the neck (suspension)
… cerebral hypoxia due to neck compression by suspension on 4 April 2007. He died 3 days after being found hanging from a residential balcony on 1 April 2007 following an argument with his partner. He had consumed signif…
23y · Male·Suicide by hanging
Dwayne Joseph Berto, a 23-year-old Aboriginal man, died by suicide by hanging in his home in Darwin on 25 August 2010. He was highly intoxicated (blood alcohol 0.268%) and …
37y · Male·Hanging
Robert Allen Johnson, aged 37, died by hanging in his prison cell at Yatala Labour Prison on 21 September 2005. He had been remanded in custody the prev…
43y · Male·compression of the neck in keeping with hanging
A 43-year-old man on home detention died by hanging in September 2021. He had a history of epilepsy, depression, anxiety, illicit drug use, and previous suic…
20y · Male·hanging
BK was a 20-year-old male with a history of depression diagnosed in 2015 who died by hanging in May 2018. He was a regular user of alcohol and cannabis with intermittent mental health treatment, hav…
20y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
…old sentenced prisoner with a documented history of self-harm, depression, and suicidal ideation, died by hanging in his cell at Casuarina Prison on 2 September 2004. He had been identified as at chronic risk of self-ha…
46y · Male·Hanging (suicide)
John Pritchard, born in the UK in 1968, died by suicide (hanging) in his Manly apartment in November 2014, having lived for 17 years under the assumed name Paul …
33y · Female·hanging
… woman with significant history of mental health issues, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation and prior suicide attempts died by hanging while highly intoxicated (BAC 0.183g/100mL). She used a length of telecommunicat…
28y · Male·Hanging
James Daniel Simpson, a 28-year-old man incarcerated at Melbourne Assessment Prison, died by hanging on 22 August 2014, hours after being acquitted on some charges and returning to prison with expectations …
39y · Male·Compression of the neck consequent upon hanging
…a 39-year-old voluntary inpatient with severe treatment-resistant depression and chronic anxiety, died by hanging while on day leave from the Melbourne Clinic. He had been under psychiatric care since 2008 with multiple…
75y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
…ranoid schizophrenia, detained under the Mental Health Act in a high-dependency psychiatric unit, died by hanging in his ensuite bathroom. He had been admitted after allegedly assaulting his daughter-in-law during a psy…
59y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury secondary to compression of the neck in the circu…
A 59-year-old woman with major depression died by hanging using her dressing gown tie while a voluntary inpatient at a private psychiatric clinic. She was assessed…
38y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
Michael Andrew Curren, a 38-year-old prisoner at Mobilong Prison, died by hanging on 10 June 1998. He had been assaulted five days earlier and attended medical review on the day of death,…
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