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36y · Male·Undetermined; three possible mechanisms identified: oversedation with vomiting a…
Jacob Kennedy, a 36-year-old Aboriginal man with polysubstance use disorder and psychiatric illness, died on 4 February 2017 after 11 days as an involuntary inpatient at Frankston Hospital. He was administered multiple s…
16y · Male·mixed drug toxicity (codeine, morphine, tramadol, alprazolam and desmethylvenlaf…
LI, a 16-year-old with borderline personality disorder, factitious disorder, and opioid use disorder, died from mixed drug toxicity (codeine, morphine, tramadol, alprazolam, desmethylvenlafaxine) after obtaining prescrip…
35y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia with amisulpride toxicity, and myocarditis being contributory…
35-year-old Mohamed Warwar died in custody at Metropolitan Remand & Reception Centre from cardiac arrhythmia with amisulpride toxicity and myocarditis. He was admitted to custody with a history of mental health issues an…
27y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained as a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle; specifica…
Jari Wise, aged 27, died on 29 February 2020 when struck by a vehicle driven by Melissa Oates at Huonville, Tasmania. Mr Wise was intoxicated (BAC 0.220%, THC present), wearing dark clothing, and standing in the centre o…
18y · Male·Drug toxicity (3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine (MDMA), methylone)
An 18-year-old male died from drug toxicity (MDMA and methylone) following ingestion at a music festival. He collapsed 4 hours after consuming three MDMA capsules over one hour, suffered cardiac arrest at the festival me…
38y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity including metonitazene
A 38-year-old man with a long history of substance use, depression, anxiety and ADHD died from mixed drug toxicity involving metonitazene. He believed he was injecting heroin but had unknowingly obtained metonitazene (a …
39y · Female·Sudden cardiac arrhythmia following the administration of Kambo frog toxin
Natasha Lechner, a 39-year-old woman with chronic pain from degenerative disc disease, died from sudden cardiac arrhythmia triggered by Kambo frog toxin administration during a ceremony. She had completed Kambo practitio…
33y · Male·Irreversible hypoxic brain injury secondary to acute cocaine toxicity
Omar Mohammad, a 33-year-old man with recent mental health concerns and drug use, ingested a small plastic bag containing cocaine whilst being arrested for trespass on 10 August 2020. He died 44 days later from irreversi…
20y · Female·Mixed drug toxicity including tramadol and flualprazolam
Zoha Khan, a 20-year-old university student, died from mixed drug toxicity involving tramadol and flualprazolam (a novel psychoactive substance benzodiazepine). She obtained tramadol from a friend and consumed what she b…
43y · Male·Not able to be determined
Shane Tapp, a 43-year-old man involved in illegal drug distribution in Katherine NT, was found dead in the Katherine River on 12 April 2021. His body showed advanced decomposition limiting post-mortem examination. He was…
35y · Male·Multiple organ failure—cause not determined to requisite standard
Robert John Ryan, a 35-year-old senior stockman, collapsed suddenly on 7 January 2015 at a farm gate near his workplace at Malahide in Tasmania, while driving his work utility during a normal workday. He presented with s…
60y · Male·Mixed drug (methylamphetamine, deschloro-n-ethyl-ketamine) toxicity in a man wit…
Mr XML, aged 60, died from mixed drug toxicity (methylamphetamine and deschloro-n-ethyl-ketamine) in the setting of significant cardiovascular disease. He collapsed after self-injecting an unknown substance while driving…
20y · Female·Aspiration of sand; cause of sand aspiration not determined
Elly Warren, a 20-year-old Australian volunteer worker, died in Mozambique on 9 November 2016 from aspiration of sand. The coroner found the cause of death was sand obstruction of her airways, though the precise circumst…
44y · Male·acute alcohol intoxication
Samuel Patrick Burke Drummond, aged 44, died from acute alcohol intoxication with blood alcohol level of 0.572g/100ml (above the lethal threshold of 0.4g/100ml), combined with methylamphetamine use. He had a longstanding…
7y · Female·Pneumonia complicating a viral respiratory illness with acute combined drug effe…
Child ML, aged 7, died of pneumonia complicating viral respiratory illness with acute combined drug effect. She had severe cerebral palsy with complex care needs including PEJ tube feeding and multiple medications. At th…
26y · Male·acute cocaine and alcohol toxicity
AAB, a 26-year-old man with a history of substance abuse and mental health issues, died from acute cocaine and alcohol toxicity while in police custody. He presented to a hotel with agitated, paranoid behaviour and was d…
29y · Male·Methadone toxicity
Darren James Fielding died in custody at Middleton Prison on 26 May 2018 from methadone toxicity. He was on day 6 of opioid substitution therapy (OSTP) when he received his prescribed 10mg methadone dose. Expert evidence…
46y · Male·Methylamphetamine toxicity and coronary atherosclerosis
A 46-year-old man died in police custody following a domestic violence order breach arrest in Rockhampton, Queensland. The death resulted from a combination of methylamphetamine toxicity, significant coronary artery dise…
20y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (ethanol, cocaine, etizolam, diazepam, nordiazepam and oxyco…
Ryan Chisholm, a 20-year-old with a history of substance abuse and mental health concerns including anxiety and depression, died from mixed drug toxicity after consuming ethanol, cocaine, etizolam (a novel psychoactive s…
35y · Male·Dilated cardiomyopathy and coronary atherosclerosis, in the setting of drug cons…
Simaile Masila-Liutolo, aged 35, died from cardiac arrhythmia precipitated by dilated cardiomyopathy and coronary atherosclerosis, compounded by acute methylamphetamine use and physical exertion during police apprehensio…
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