36y · Male·hanging
A 36-year-old man died by hanging on 10 July 2018 after leaving his home in Blacktown, NSW. His partner called Triple Zero after 30 minutes, reporting concern for his welfare and that he was acting strangely, restless, a…
39y · Male·neck compression (due to hanging) and plastic bag asphyxia
John Steve Costi, aged 39, died by suicide in Adelaide Remand Centre on 27 November 2013. He fashioned a ligature from bedding strips and hanged himself using an unusual hanging point in his single cell between 4am and 6…
19y · Male·Intentional self-inflicted hanging
A 19-year-old Aboriginal man from East Arnhem was transported home by police following a disturbance outside a nightclub. He had previously threatened suicide twice in recent weeks while intoxicated, and his behaviour wa…
54y · Female·Hanging
A 54-year-old woman with a history of puerperal psychosis presented with severe depression and anxiety in early 2011. After two suicide attempts, she was admitted to Austin Health's Acute Psychiatric Unit involuntarily. …
51y · Male·Hanging
Stephen Cartwright, a 51-year-old psychologist, was arrested for breach of bail and died by hanging in police custody at Christies Beach Police Station. He displayed multiple risk factors including depression requiring m…
35y · Male·Sudden death during restraint in an agitated obese man with coronary artery athe…
Justin Fraser, a 35-year-old male with first-episode psychosis, died in restraint at Frankston Hospital psychiatric ward on 26 October 2007. He was found attempting suicide by hanging, became agitated and threatening, le…
Troy Thomas Lee: acute neck compression due to hanging; Scott Leslie Matthews: m…
Two men died by suicide while on home detention bail awaiting trial. Troy Thomas Lee (38, hanging) and Scott Leslie Matthews (23, mixed drug toxicity from tramadol and alprazolam overdose) both died on their parents' pre…
21y · Male·Compression of the neck consequent upon hanging
A 21-year-old man with longstanding schizoaffective disorder, substance dependence and anti-social personality disorder died by hanging following absconding from hospital. He was admitted to Casey Hospital ED on 12 July …
40y · Male·Suicide by hanging while on remand in custody
A 40-year-old man remanded in custody on homicide charges died by hanging in his prison cell 7 months after arrest. He had been assessed as at risk of self-harm initially and placed under 'green card' (two-person cell) s…
46y · Female·Hanging
A 46-year-old woman with a history of depression, anxiety, and alcohol dependence died by hanging. She was transported to Box Hill Hospital on 27 January 2016 under Mental Health Act section 351 following suicidal ideati…
47y · Male·Compression of the neck arising from hanging
47-year-old man with antisocial personality disorder, psychosis, and methamphetamine use died by hanging. He presented to emergency departments on 10, 19, and 20 September 2021 with suicidal ideation, auditory hallucinat…
35y · Male·Sudden death during restraint in an agitated obese man with coronary artery athe…
Justin Fraser, a 35-year-old man with first-episode psychosis admitted to Frankston Hospital psychiatric unit, was found attempting suicide by hanging and subsequently became agitated. Security and AMT staff physically r…
39y · Male·Self-inflicted death by hanging
A 39-year-old man with longstanding Bipolar I Disorder died by hanging on 28 December 2017, shortly after police attended a domestic disturbance at his mother's home. He had expressed suicidal ideation to his treating ps…
36y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (suicide by hanging)
A 36-year-old Aboriginal man with cluster B personality disorder, substance abuse, and chronic self-harm risk died by ligature suicide in prison 2 hours after admission. He pleaded guilty to arson charges and was remande…
13y · Male·asphyxia as a result of hanging
MS, a 13-year-old Year 8 student, died by suicide by hanging on 16 February 2020. In the weeks before his death, MS engaged in self-harm by cutting his arms and expressed suicidal ideation to close friends through online…
37y · Male·hypoxic encephalopathy due to asphyxia from hanging
Joseph Aaron Lattimer, aged 37, presented to the Royal Hobart Hospital Emergency Department at 5:02am on 10 July 2016 in mental health crisis with suicidal ideation, correctly triaged as Category 3 (urgent, requiring ass…
52y · Male·Hanging
A 52-year-old man with long-standing mood disorders, depression and suicidal ideation was apprehended under Mental Health Act section 10 after acute suicidal behaviour including self-harm. He was brought to Casey Hospita…
18y · Male·compression of the neck in keeping with hanging
An 18-year-old Aboriginal man died by hanging three days after release from prison on home detention bail. He had been displaying acute psychotic symptoms while in prison custody, placed under camera observation due to s…
20y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Jayden Stafford Bennell, a 20-year-old Aboriginal man and sentenced prisoner at Casuarina Prison, died by ligature compression of the neck (hanging) in a cleaning storeroom on 6 March 2013. He had a complex psychiatric h…
48y · Male·Hanging (partially suspended hanging using shoelaces as ligature)
Robert Harold Gerard, aged 48, died by hanging in Risdon Prison in May 2022 while on remand for serious charges. He had paranoid schizophrenia, a long history of substance abuse, and was experiencing depression and suici…
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