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28y · Female·compression of the neck and hanging
28-year-old Bridget Flack, a transgender woman experiencing complex mental health issues including depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder and PTSD, died by suicide in December 2020 after becoming increasing…
33y · Female·neck compression and hanging
Natalie was a 33-year-old transgender woman with a long history of mental health conditions including severe social anxiety, agoraphobia, borderline personality disorder and PTSD, with suicidal ideation since age 17 and …
36y · Male·ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 36-year-old man with schizoaffective disorder, traumatic brain injury, and substance use disorder died by ligature while an involuntary inpatient in a locked mental health ward. He was on hourly observations and had re…
Unknown·Sodium nitrite toxicity
Two deaths from sodium nitrite toxicity: Laurence Cox (63) and his daughter Ryley Cox (32). Laurence had a history of depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and medical conditions including emphysema and legal blindness, and…
Unknown·Sodium nitrite toxicity
A 63-year-old man with a history of depression, anxiety, and chronic medical conditions including emphysema and blindness, and his 32-year-old daughter with depression, anorexia, and substance abuse, died from sodium nit…
36y · Male·Neck compression secondary to hanging
A 36-year-old man with a history of depression, anxiety, and alcohol dependence died by suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic following job loss. He presented to a psychotherapist with suicidal ideation, multiple risk fac…
34y · Female·multiple drug toxicity
Katherine Alexander, a 34-year-old woman with chronic suicidality and complex mental health conditions including bipolar II disorder, borderline personality disorder, and PTSD, died from multiple drug toxicity on 7-8 Feb…
18y · Male·Sodium nitrite toxicity
Nathan Greenwood, an 18-year-old with a history of anxiety and depression managed in primary care, died from sodium nitrite toxicity after intentionally consuming 30 grams of the substance. He had been under care at his …
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…
27y · Male·The available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the cause…
Samuel Segal, aged 27, disappeared on 15 January 2022 from Glenbrook National Park in the Blue Mountains, NSW. He was found to be deceased. The coroner determined he died from misadventure, though the exact cause, date a…
39y · Female·multiple drug toxicity (etizolam and carisoprodol as major components)
Catherine Broadbent, 39, died from multiple drug toxicity involving benzodiazepines (etizolam, carisoprodol) sourced from the dark web, in the context of chronic borderline personality disorder and complex PTSD with life…
27y · Male·gunshot injury to the head
A 27-year-old Western Australian police officer with a longstanding history of depression and anxiety took his own life using his police-issued firearm stored at home. He had struggled with mental health since 2017, atte…
33y · Male·Neck compression (hanging)
Thompson James Harvey, aged 33, died by hanging in his cell at Capricornia Correctional Centre on 13 November 2017, four days after remand for serious offences including attempted murder. He had a recent suicide attempt …
22y · Male·Multiple injuries from fall from 21st floor balcony
Michael Bird, 22, died by suicide on 17 March 2022, jumping from the 21st floor of his new workplace on his first day as building manager. He had been experiencing auditory hallucinations and paranoid delusions about pol…
51y · Male·Incised wound to the right arm
Russell Williams, aged 51, died by suicide in a Queensland prison on 15 May 2018 by cutting his right arm with a disposable razor blade. He was remanded on two historical murder charges and had spent 15 years in prison o…
37y · Female·Effects of fire
Jasmine Sara Thomas, 37, died in a car fire on 24 March 2022 along with her two young children. She purchased petrol at a service station, drove to McDonald's, then set fire to the vehicle. Toxicology was negative for dr…
55y · Male·Hanging
Craig Geoffrey Rickard, aged 55, died by hanging on 15 January 2020, three days after release from custody serving a Community Corrections Order. He had presented to mental health services multiple times in September 201…
45y · Female·Neck compression secondary to hanging
Claire Louise Carroll, 45, died by hanging while experiencing severe untreated psychotic symptoms including auditory hallucinations, paranoid delusions, and persecutory ideation. She had complex mental health diagnoses (…
33y · Male·Complications of methylamphetamine use
Jasmynd Gibbs, a 33-year-old First Nations man, died from complications of methylamphetamine use while on supervised parole in May 2021, less than two months after release. He had complex needs including mental health di…
47y · Female·insulin and mixed drug toxicity, the result of actions undertaken by the decease…
A 47-year-old woman with depression and a history of suicidal ideation died from insulin and mixed drug toxicity after deliberately injecting insulin from her daughter's insulin pens. She had been seen by her GP seven ti…
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