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43y · Female·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to a ruptured berry aneurysm
Trina McGrady, a 43-year-old Goomeroi woman, died from subarachnoid haemorrhage due to a ruptured berry aneurysm on 15 September 2020. She had been admitted to John Hunter Hospital following incidental discovery of two l…
57y · Male·Unknown - available evidence does not allow for any finding to be made as to the…
This case concerns the disappearance and presumed death of Mr Wayne Campbell, a 57-year-old man last seen on 20 August 2022. While police investigations confirmed his death on the balance of probabilities, the cause, man…
76y · Male·complications of cerebrovascular accident on a background of atrial fibrillation
Malcolm George Baker, a 76-year-old prisoner serving a life sentence, died from complications of cerebrovascular accident on a background of atrial fibrillation. He had suffered two prior strokes (2020, 2021) leaving him…
38y · Male·multiple injuries
Adam Moore, 38, died following a motorcycle collision in Mount Pritchard after proceeding through a red traffic signal. A NSW Police officer (Sergeant McDonald) initiated a traffic stop after observing the red light viol…
21; 23y · Female; male·Lilie: multiple blunt force injuries to the head and neck. Paul: multiple blunt …
Lilie James, aged 21, was killed by Paul Thijssen, aged 23, a colleague at St Andrew's Cathedral School, using a hammer in a bathroom on 25 October 2023. Paul killed himself by jumping from a cliff at Diamond Bay Reserve…
86y · Male·End-stage congestive cardiac failure on a background of dilated cardiomyopathy
Mark Lewis, aged 86, died from end-stage congestive cardiac failure in custody at Long Bay Hospital Aged Care Unit. He had multiple chronic conditions (dilated cardiomyopathy, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, ischemic h…
32y · Female·Cardiac arrest due to hypoxia caused by dynamic hyperinflation arising from comp…
A 32-year-old woman with Sponastrime Dysplasia (a rare genetic bone disorder) died during elective bariatric surgery. She had undiagnosed subglottic stenosis (airway narrowing) and tracheobronchomalacia. Critical clinica…
44y · Male·undetermined
Gerald George Francis Whitefoot disappeared on 9 December 1977 from Miller, NSW, and is now presumed deceased. He was 44 years old at disappearance. The coroner found him deceased on the balance of probabilities, but cou…
20y · Male·gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen
Bradley Balzan, 20, died on 23 December 2020 after being shot twice by NSW Police officer SC Vingerhoed during a police operation. The fatal encounter began when Nepean PACT officers stopped Bradley on a street without e…
25y · Female·Undetermined
25-year-old German national Simone Strobel was found dead on 17 February 2005 near Lismore, NSW, covered with palm fronds. She died between midnight and 5:30am on 12 February 2005 following an argument with her boyfriend…
34y · Male·multiple gunshot wounds
Amar Dk Kattola, aged 34, was shot and killed by two unknown assailants in the garage of his Fairfield apartment on 10 January 2021. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds in a targeted attack that occurred at 2:27 am. Desp…
60y · Female·multiple injuries
JF, a 60-year-old woman with recurrent major depressive disorder and a history of suicide attempts, died by suicide at Redhead Headland on 12 February 2024. Despite three prior psychiatric hospitalizations and documented…
34y · Female·not able to be determined - body not found
Sana Salman, a 34-year-old woman with bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder, went missing on 1 September 2022 after being discharged from Northern Beaches Hospital on 22 August 2022. She had been admitted for a p…
43y · Male·methadone toxicity
Frank Coleman, a 43-year-old First Nations man, died of methadone toxicity after being supplied diverted methadone by another inmate while imprisoned at Long Bay Correctional Complex. Mr Coleman had repeatedly requested …
1y · Unknown·unascertained
A 12-month-old infant suffered unexpected cardiac arrest at home nine days after receiving routine MMR, meningococcal, and pneumococcal vaccinations. He presented to Manning Base Hospital on 27 July 2020 with fever (38.5…
66y · Male·Multiple blunt force injuries
JSZ, a 66-year-old forensic patient with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, died by suicide while on unsupervised day leave from Cumberland Hospital's Bunya Unit on 20 September 2023. He jumped from a cliff at Queen Elizabe…
58y · Male·Unknown - the available evidence does not allow for any finding as to the cause …
Paul Barning, an experienced game fisherman, died on 23 February 2025 when he was suddenly pulled overboard whilst managing a trace line during a game fishing tournament off Newcastle. He was holding the trace line with …
39y · Male·multiple gunshot wounds
Dima Thomson, a 39-year-old man with a history of alcohol-fuelled domestic violence incidents and mental health conditions, died from multiple gunshot wounds after police attended his home responding to a breach of an ap…
23y · Female·hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and aspiration pneumonia as a result of hanging
BQ was a 23-year-old Aboriginal woman who died by hanging on the Paringa Ward at Cumberland Hospital while detained as an involuntary mental health patient. She had a complex psychiatric history with schizophrenia and bo…
23y · Female·Unknown (homicide)
Leisl Smith, 23 years old, disappeared on 19 August 2012 after being picked up by James Church from Tuggerah Railway Station. She was never found. The coroner concluded on the balance of probabilities that Church killed …
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